You raise money in rich people's homes because that's where the money is. (Disclaimer: I have raised money in rich people's homes.) The conflation of corporate capture of the Democratic party, and the basic mechanics of campaign fundraising, may be politically sound but irks me.https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1234125441943900161 …
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Politics is very expensive because our laws around funding it are broken. To fix those laws, we need to elect people within that broken system. The only way to do that is to fundraise! So I ask you to give to four campaigns who will vote for real reformhttps://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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The one guy on this slate who we already elected to Congress has infuriated the party leadership by refusing to take corporate PAC donations for his re-election. He's part of a growing caucus of incumbents making this pledge. The change is real, but it's also incremental and hard
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Bernie is an existential threat to nothing without a reformist, Democratic Congress. So let's give him one!
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A final word about corporate and union PACs and the Democratic leadership. They are scared to death that if they give up that PAC money, there will be nothing there to replace it. So by showing this strong new form of grassroots fundraising, we make them more amenable to change
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