Dark Right-Wing Money Threatens Democracy

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A Tsunami of Right-Wing Dark Money Is Barreling Toward Harris and Walz

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Julian Zelizer : Democrats are giddy right now, but lessons from past years should keep them from easing up.

He says the big money pledged by right-wing and neofascist billionaires hasn’t even shown up yet.

History tells us big dark money could overcome even those substantial tailwinds, Zelizer says.

AIPAC spent $14 million to take down New York’s Jamaal Bowman and, just this week , knocked out Missouri congresswoman and Squad member Cori Bush .

Julian Zelizer : In post Citizens United era, truth has become a casualty of big money.

Zelizer says Citizens United legalized literally unlimited contributions to the new category of political action committees it created (super PACs) Over $8.6 billion has been raised for this year ’s federal campaigns with over 65 percent of that money running through PACs.

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