This is what oligarchy looks like.
Tell Congress to overturn Citizens United! SUBSCRIBE TO CIVIC SHOUT AND JOIN WITH OTHER TO PARTICIPATE IN IMPORTANT ACTIONS! The scale of billionaire money in U.S. politics just reached a new extreme. A new investigation by The New York Times found that just 300 billionaires and their family members poured about $3 billion into the 2024 federal elections — more than double what billionaire donors spent in 2020. Much of that money flowed through super PACs and outside groups made possible by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Before Citizens United , billionaire spending made up less than 1% of political donations. Today, it accounts for about 19% of all federal election spending. According to reporting highlighted by The Guardian and analysis from Americans for Tax Fairness, much of that money backed far-right candidates aligned with Donald Trump — politicians now pushing policies like tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit...