c/fuck_ai · by Fosss@lemmy.world · 2d

Oracle hosted powerful Senator Susan Collins at a private D.C. fundraiser, and they gave her campaign $11 million

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/politics/the-least-transparent-midterm-how-dark-money-is-washing-over-the-2026-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9lA.lUUu.iKkm0qNqZUgW

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schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 2d (1 reply)

The world's first constitutional democracy, everyone. Learn from our mistakes.

ramble81@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2d

The world’s first ~~constitutional democracy~~ corportocracy, everyone.

Fixed that for you.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2d (1 reply)

Maine, don’t fuck up again pls kthx

kurmudgeon@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2d

I will gladly vote for anyone else than Susan Collins. Fuck her and Oracle.

frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 2 pts · 2d

If corporations are people, why doesn't everyone involved get to vote for the campaigns they donate to? What makes their corrupt leaders the deciders of what political speech they make?