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Bettie

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2. Those donations come with strings attached

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 07:07 PM

Mar 4

the expectation is that the person who gets the donations will vote in the interest of the donor, not the interest of their constituents or the nation.

This is a big part of how we got to where we are.

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What if that's how we ended up in "grave danger?" leftstreet Mar 4 #1

Those donations come with strings attached Bettie Mar 4 #2