9.17.2016

Concerning holes of the the loop variety


Money talks in US politics. And it appears some of that money is foreign.
PRI

It's illegal for foreign nationals to try to influence an election in the United States. US companies with foreign owners, however, face no such restrictions. And in a post-Citizens United world, it's difficult to tell where the money is coming from. Citizens United took a case to the Supreme Court in 2010, claiming that corporations had the same First Amendment right to free speech as people, and as such could give money to political campaigns.…

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