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GJ Loft ME CA FL IL NE CT MI's avatar

As long as we're fantasizing, Leonard Leo and about 2 dozen billionaires and maybe 100 corporations. And of course, TFFG and his top enablers. As evil as Cruz and Tuberville are, no one holds a candle to Leo. He is a theocrat and personally owns the US Supreme Court.

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EGDx2's avatar

yes, Olivia Troye spoke about what The Heritage Society and its 40 smaller operating arms are doing to control all by 2025-6. And of course Rachel Maddows new book talks about the Nazi government within the US in the 30's and 40's. It never really went away did it?

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Virginia Witmer's avatar

Money. ItтАЩs why tax structure is so important in a democracy. ItтАЩs why Bidenomics is so important. Whatever itтАЩs flaws may be, the principle of тАЬfrom the bottom up and the middle outтАЭ is important for our survival. Leo must be totally discredited along with тАЬhisтАЭ SCOTUS and senators.

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progwoman's avatar

On the Media on NPR had a three-part series about his influence.

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J L Graham's avatar

An essential part of what a just government does is curtail abuses of power and monopolies of power, including money.

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy." - Lincoln

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Virginia Witmer's avatar

Thank you, JL Graham!

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Lee Roberts's avatar

Are you listening to "We Don't Talk About Leonard," by Andrea Bernstein, Ilya Marritz, and Andy Kroll, the "Trump Inc" and "Will Be Wild" podcast team from WNYC?

It opens with a scene at Leo's palatial Maine home that HRC might appreciate, given that John Roberts' summer place is just around the next peninsula from her place.

Editing to add a link:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/we-dont-talk-about-leonard-episode-1-part-1-on-the-media

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GJ Loft ME CA FL IL NE CT MI's avatar

My wife listened to both parts. She couldn't sleep for two days after listening to the first part. She gave me the highlights. I am too much of a coward to listen to it myself.

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Lee Roberts's avatar

I'm sorry about your wife's lost sleep.

Embracing the facts of our current scene has cost many of us dearly.

Leo sleeps like a baby, though, I feel sure.

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Lynn Spann Bowditch's avatar

I nominate the Koch Bros., or whichever one of them hasn't died yet, for Scoundrel of the Centuries (both the 1900s and 2000s, so far), American Division. Leg irons, behind-the-back handcuffs, and duck/duct tape across the mouth.

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