As the Democratic Party gears up for a vital and historic 2028 primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders and 7 Democratic Senators are demanding that the DNC ban super PAC from the primaries.
I’m All For It!! so very tired of the multiple text begging for money, especially the ones that try to shame you! Yesterday I must’ve gotten 12 of them right in a row
They are trying to end funding from special interests and corporations, not individuals. The fact remains they will still need your money. They need to find a better way to solicit it. The texts are irritating and I think self defeating.
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
The only time I recall hearing about doing something about Citizens United is when there is an election coming up. Once the election is over, our elected officials go silent for the next year and a half. The masses (We the People) won't do what they need to do until the poison of this Supreme Court decision is spilling into their own glass. And it's going to be even harder now to do anything since we are so far removed from the Democracy we used to know. When a U.S. Senator can be slammed to the floor for trying to ask a question, we are in bigger trouble than we even know.
That is because they know that passing legislation to overturn it is pointless as long as the conservative SCOTUS majority will overturn anything they do.---Jason
Sarah and Jason- I don't think I'll live to see a liberal majority on the Court as I have less than five years left myself, but you two will surely see it. An idea that's been kicking around for a while and that I put my negligible support to is increasing the Court's membership to equal the number of the appellate circuits. The idea has been around since FDR's days and was criticized as court packing them, but it need not be a matter of liberal vs conservative ideologies. It is a matter of how the court system operates and how to maximize the number of cases the Court can take up in a given season, granting cert. In Administration of Justice terms it makes good sense and actually is long overdue. With 340 million people America is a far bigger country with far more litigation making its way through the appellate funnel than it was even when you and I were born.
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
You nailed it. We are in a world of hurt right now. I think this will not work as much as we would like it to. This current SCOTUS would never vote to change the law.
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
I have read and re-read your statement, and for the life of me I have not been able to figure out what you are saying, or how it relates to the huge mistake the US Supreme Court made in approving the Citizens United case and why it should be reversed.
@Marsha Sherman Super PACs are primarily regulated by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The FEC is the independent regulatory agency responsible for administering and enforcing federal campaign finance laws. This includes regulating Super PACs, which are also known as independent expenditure-only committees not the dnc executive Democratic Party
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
Pacs cant coordinate with candidates at all under federal law dnc can’t regulate campaign finance the best you get is a strongly worded resolution with no teeth to enforce it
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
Super PACs are primarily regulated by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The FEC is the independent regulatory agency responsible for administering and enforcing federal campaign finance laws. This includes regulating Super PACs, which are also known as independent expenditure-only committees
I think you need to read my statement over again. It says nothing about Super PACs or the FEC's regulatory responsibilities. It specifically speaks to WE, the PEOPLE, need to start doing what our elected officials are not interested in doing, and that is to overturn the disasterous SCOTUS decision in Citizens United. That's the last time I will respond to this type of response.
Just because they aren't on the letter, doesn't mean they don't support it. Every single Senate Democrat has voted for campaign finance reform in the past. Often these letters aren't sent to every Democrat to sign, so that's something to keep in mind.---Jason
Pacs cant coordinate with candidates at all under federal law dnc can’t regulate campaign finance the best you get is a strongly worded resolution with no teeth to enforce it
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
Not really,because primaries aren't general elections, and Democrats have made it overwhelmingly clear they would love a federally funded election system, but asking them to lose every single election by playing by a different set of rules, would be nonsensical. The point of a political party is to win elections.---Jason
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
Something else I would like to see stopped is lobbyists giving money or favors to politicians. To me, that is very much like a bribe. The Supreme Court Justices are a good example, Justices Thomas and Alito especially. There should be a law against it.
Conservative Supreme Court majorities have already ruled against that idea. It would take a liberal Supreme Court majority to uphold restrictions on lobbying money.---Jason
Then when we get Congress and the White House back, we will “urge” Thomas and Alito to retire so that we can install Democratic replacements. I do not see why anyone would consider this legitimate and legal.
Thomas and Alito said last year if DJT wins they’ll retire, but here they sit 💩 on the constitution. I realize if they leave now we’ll be stuck with a younger MAGA.
So if I understand this right, the Democrats reform themselves but have no power over the SCOTUS to change campaign finance rules or end the vile Citizens United Super PAC dark hole?
But the Republican party would just continue getting massive amounts of funding from every corporation with a vested interest in fascism and fattening their wealth while conning poor delusional magats?
How exactly does that help the Democrats? By setting an example and appearing honest and woke?
To win votes they already have in apparently insufficient numbers through their "righteousness" approach?
Pleeeease.... in this highly corrupt America, in 2025?
Sanders et al projecting their rage at so many injustices is fine.
But cutting off your nose to spite your face is not a political strategy.
You have to win first to change fundamental aspects of government, especially on a rigged playing field.
Otherwise, it's just more fairy dust.
So let's keep Trump and his rotten GOP off balance at every turn, as every day that goes by, they hang themselves more and more.
I've always been against lobbyists and superpacs as well as the electoral college and Citizens United. We, the People are the only voice we need in our government.
Peter Theil started as a Super PACer making Heritage sound almost normal. Personally, my mail carrier would appreciate the PAC Ban to cut down on volume. However, I like reading for accomplishments and issues. People know to go directly to a Candidate's website or office address or THEIR Campaign HQ address when donating. Democrats don't do PACs like the Repubs. Lobbying Ban? ..now that would be a sacrifice. Congrats on the Brave Seven. Nice report heard here 1st.🙏
Pacs cant coordinate with candidates at all under federal law dnc can’t regulate campaign finance the best you get is a strongly worded resolution with no teeth to enforce it
Three words: PACK. THE. COURT. We win back Congress in 2026, we win back the white house in 2028, and then we DISBAN ALL TRUMP APPOINTEES, PUT IN TERM LIMITS FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND INCREASE THEIR NUMBER TO 11. Democrats can stay in power long term if they FUCKING. DO. SOMETHING. It's the only way we can really make sure fascism doesn't reel it's bug ugly head again in this country once Trump is gone.
I agree with Eric Perrault, where exactly do they think the money is going to come from? This Dem gave Hillary and Kamala money that could have gotten ME new living room and Bedroom furniture! No, I'm tapped out! While CU is still in place, Freaking Use it! Then once Dems win it can tried to be overturn! Same like Secretary Pete said in response to Elizabeth Warren in the 2016 primaries ,"If rich Wine owners want to give me money, so be it!" This is Why we lose, and I'm sick of it! Bernie is butthurt because Dems used money to challenge, or knock out THEIR nominees! Again why don't Bernie and Elizabeth start their Own party? Why? Because it takes MONEY to do that! People on the right claim the "left" has Soros. Lol. We need more than just Soros, We need rich donors too just like the right! The first commenter said she was sick of donation emails, Well damn it, I am too! So where the heck do you think the money will come from? Because I'm retired and just can't give up my lowly retirement check to politicians! This baloney is what literally Pisses Me Off! So Yes, I say We USE CU until we're back in power. Wake UP people, I'm tired of the right cheating and win as opposed to the high ground! I wish Michelle Obama Never said that we go high. Fight Fire with Fire Damn it!
I’m All For It!! so very tired of the multiple text begging for money, especially the ones that try to shame you! Yesterday I must’ve gotten 12 of them right in a row
They are trying to end funding from special interests and corporations, not individuals. The fact remains they will still need your money. They need to find a better way to solicit it. The texts are irritating and I think self defeating.
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
Yes!!! This is a long time coming, but so very necessary!!
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
The only time I recall hearing about doing something about Citizens United is when there is an election coming up. Once the election is over, our elected officials go silent for the next year and a half. The masses (We the People) won't do what they need to do until the poison of this Supreme Court decision is spilling into their own glass. And it's going to be even harder now to do anything since we are so far removed from the Democracy we used to know. When a U.S. Senator can be slammed to the floor for trying to ask a question, we are in bigger trouble than we even know.
That is because they know that passing legislation to overturn it is pointless as long as the conservative SCOTUS majority will overturn anything they do.---Jason
Sarah and Jason- I don't think I'll live to see a liberal majority on the Court as I have less than five years left myself, but you two will surely see it. An idea that's been kicking around for a while and that I put my negligible support to is increasing the Court's membership to equal the number of the appellate circuits. The idea has been around since FDR's days and was criticized as court packing them, but it need not be a matter of liberal vs conservative ideologies. It is a matter of how the court system operates and how to maximize the number of cases the Court can take up in a given season, granting cert. In Administration of Justice terms it makes good sense and actually is long overdue. With 340 million people America is a far bigger country with far more litigation making its way through the appellate funnel than it was even when you and I were born.
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
You nailed it. We are in a world of hurt right now. I think this will not work as much as we would like it to. This current SCOTUS would never vote to change the law.
terrifying that SCOTUS has sold us out
I’m afraid SCOTUS is just as corrupt as this administration. They receive the darkest of money.
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
I have read and re-read your statement, and for the life of me I have not been able to figure out what you are saying, or how it relates to the huge mistake the US Supreme Court made in approving the Citizens United case and why it should be reversed.
@Marsha Sherman Super PACs are primarily regulated by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The FEC is the independent regulatory agency responsible for administering and enforcing federal campaign finance laws. This includes regulating Super PACs, which are also known as independent expenditure-only committees not the dnc executive Democratic Party
Yes it is.
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
It's really sad. I guess things won't turn around until absolutely everyone says they've seen enough and don't like it anymore.
Pacs cant coordinate with candidates at all under federal law dnc can’t regulate campaign finance the best you get is a strongly worded resolution with no teeth to enforce it
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
Super PACs are primarily regulated by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The FEC is the independent regulatory agency responsible for administering and enforcing federal campaign finance laws. This includes regulating Super PACs, which are also known as independent expenditure-only committees
I think you need to read my statement over again. It says nothing about Super PACs or the FEC's regulatory responsibilities. It specifically speaks to WE, the PEOPLE, need to start doing what our elected officials are not interested in doing, and that is to overturn the disasterous SCOTUS decision in Citizens United. That's the last time I will respond to this type of response.
Just re read
All democratic senators should support this.
Just because they aren't on the letter, doesn't mean they don't support it. Every single Senate Democrat has voted for campaign finance reform in the past. Often these letters aren't sent to every Democrat to sign, so that's something to keep in mind.---Jason
Pacs cant coordinate with candidates at all under federal law dnc can’t regulate campaign finance the best you get is a strongly worded resolution with no teeth to enforce it
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
This is like asking Democrats to ban oxygen... which at this point I'm cool with but I'm not sure they would be.
Not really,because primaries aren't general elections, and Democrats have made it overwhelmingly clear they would love a federally funded election system, but asking them to lose every single election by playing by a different set of rules, would be nonsensical. The point of a political party is to win elections.---Jason
good work.
And on another note Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all Some Democrats immediately raised questions about the viability of the DNC enforcing donation restrictions on super PACs. Historically, national party organizations work directly with campaigns, which are legally prohibited from coordinating with outside groups. Not to mention the obvious fact fec enforces campaign finance laws including limits on pacs not the dncs job Super PACs can’t coordinate legally so it would probably not be legal for the dnc to do anything if it has any authority at all
Something else I would like to see stopped is lobbyists giving money or favors to politicians. To me, that is very much like a bribe. The Supreme Court Justices are a good example, Justices Thomas and Alito especially. There should be a law against it.
Conservative Supreme Court majorities have already ruled against that idea. It would take a liberal Supreme Court majority to uphold restrictions on lobbying money.---Jason
Then when we get Congress and the White House back, we will “urge” Thomas and Alito to retire so that we can install Democratic replacements. I do not see why anyone would consider this legitimate and legal.
Suggestion... When that happens just pay them to go away. That might be the easiest way.
Thomas and Alito said last year if DJT wins they’ll retire, but here they sit 💩 on the constitution. I realize if they leave now we’ll be stuck with a younger MAGA.
So if I understand this right, the Democrats reform themselves but have no power over the SCOTUS to change campaign finance rules or end the vile Citizens United Super PAC dark hole?
But the Republican party would just continue getting massive amounts of funding from every corporation with a vested interest in fascism and fattening their wealth while conning poor delusional magats?
How exactly does that help the Democrats? By setting an example and appearing honest and woke?
To win votes they already have in apparently insufficient numbers through their "righteousness" approach?
Pleeeease.... in this highly corrupt America, in 2025?
Sanders et al projecting their rage at so many injustices is fine.
But cutting off your nose to spite your face is not a political strategy.
You have to win first to change fundamental aspects of government, especially on a rigged playing field.
Otherwise, it's just more fairy dust.
So let's keep Trump and his rotten GOP off balance at every turn, as every day that goes by, they hang themselves more and more.
Then, pray we even have mid-terms under Trump.
FYI... Current betting odds on Kalshi...
House Control (2026)
Democrats: ~75.5%
Republicans: ~24.5%
Senate Control (2026)
Republicans: ~71.5%
Democrats: ~28.5%
I've always been against lobbyists and superpacs as well as the electoral college and Citizens United. We, the People are the only voice we need in our government.
Absolute support this reform. Citizen’s United must be repealed. Power to the people restored.🔔
The Supreme Court will overturn any law to repeal Citizens United, so repeal doesn't matter.--Jason
Peter Theil started as a Super PACer making Heritage sound almost normal. Personally, my mail carrier would appreciate the PAC Ban to cut down on volume. However, I like reading for accomplishments and issues. People know to go directly to a Candidate's website or office address or THEIR Campaign HQ address when donating. Democrats don't do PACs like the Repubs. Lobbying Ban? ..now that would be a sacrifice. Congrats on the Brave Seven. Nice report heard here 1st.🙏
Pacs cant coordinate with candidates at all under federal law dnc can’t regulate campaign finance the best you get is a strongly worded resolution with no teeth to enforce it
Three words: PACK. THE. COURT. We win back Congress in 2026, we win back the white house in 2028, and then we DISBAN ALL TRUMP APPOINTEES, PUT IN TERM LIMITS FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND INCREASE THEIR NUMBER TO 11. Democrats can stay in power long term if they FUCKING. DO. SOMETHING. It's the only way we can really make sure fascism doesn't reel it's bug ugly head again in this country once Trump is gone.
I agree with Eric Perrault, where exactly do they think the money is going to come from? This Dem gave Hillary and Kamala money that could have gotten ME new living room and Bedroom furniture! No, I'm tapped out! While CU is still in place, Freaking Use it! Then once Dems win it can tried to be overturn! Same like Secretary Pete said in response to Elizabeth Warren in the 2016 primaries ,"If rich Wine owners want to give me money, so be it!" This is Why we lose, and I'm sick of it! Bernie is butthurt because Dems used money to challenge, or knock out THEIR nominees! Again why don't Bernie and Elizabeth start their Own party? Why? Because it takes MONEY to do that! People on the right claim the "left" has Soros. Lol. We need more than just Soros, We need rich donors too just like the right! The first commenter said she was sick of donation emails, Well damn it, I am too! So where the heck do you think the money will come from? Because I'm retired and just can't give up my lowly retirement check to politicians! This baloney is what literally Pisses Me Off! So Yes, I say We USE CU until we're back in power. Wake UP people, I'm tired of the right cheating and win as opposed to the high ground! I wish Michelle Obama Never said that we go high. Fight Fire with Fire Damn it!
were does the money come from then expert tax individual.
Where is WALL STREET mentioned in letter?
where are tax shelters mentioned?
I suppose all the honorable mentions are in the two words CITIZENS UNITED.
Tax shelters have nothing to do with campaign finance law. I think you may be losing the plot a little.---Jason
I agree wholeheartedly!