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Progressive organizations in Maine were told that some of these super funders were going to back out of Maine if they passed this initiative. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 PolicyCast 🏷️ Politics , Maine

Simplified: Progressive organizations in Maine were told super funders would back out if they passed the initiative.

1 sources

4 months ago
There's a lot of work to be done to build the support to get the court to do the right thing in this case that will potentially end super PACs. 0.800

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 PolicyCast 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: Do a lot of work to build support to get the court to end super PACs.

1 sources

4 months ago
Democratic Party organizations would have to rewire and 99% of nonprofit organizations would have to rewire in a way that makes them less reliant on billionaires. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 PolicyCast 🏷️ Politics , Organizations

Simplified: Democratic Party organizations would have to rewire and 99% of nonprofit organizations would have to rewire to be less reliant on billionaires.

1 sources

4 months ago
Seattle experimented and Oakland and LA is now considering, a voucher program that would hand vouchers to everybody to help fund campaigns, which would radically change the attention that members of C... 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 PolicyCast 🏷️ Politics , Campaign Finance

Simplified: Seattle experimented with a voucher program to fund campaigns and Oakland and LA are considering it which would change the attention members of Congre...

1 sources

4 months ago
People think it’s corrupt. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics , Society

Simplified: People think government is corrupt.

1 sources

4 months ago
He gets to do it. 0.900

👤 Archon Fung 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics , Technology

Simplified: He gets to do it.

2 sources

4 months ago
This is going to be the most kleptocratic administration we’ve had since the last Trump administration. 0.800

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: This will be the most kleptocratic administration since the last Trump administration.

1 sources

4 months ago
Wealth has infused the policymaking process to great effect for a long, long time. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: Wealth has infused the policymaking process to great effect for a long time

2 sources

4 months ago
People think that you’re either an idiot or you’re on the inside. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics , Society

Simplified: People think you are either an idiot or on the inside.

1 sources

4 months ago
They make up facts. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: They make up facts.

1 sources

4 months ago
This guy is not going to help it. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: This guy is not going to help the government.

1 sources

4 months ago
Federal lawmaking has been completely unresponsive to the bottom 80 or 90 percent of public opinion when the opinions of the wealthy are different from the opinions of the non-wealthy. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Society

Simplified: Federal lawmaking has been completely unresponsive to bottom 80 or 90 percent of public opinion when opinions of wealthy are different from opinions o...

2 sources

4 months ago
He actually has a coder who went in and has modified the software that is providing the payment services for the Treasury Department. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics , Technology

Simplified: He has a coder who modified the software providing payment services for the Treasury Department.

1 sources

4 months ago
He put on X, I killed it, I put it through the woodchipper. 0.900

👤 Archon Fung 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics , Technology

Simplified: He said on X, I killed it, I put it through the woodchipper.

1 sources

4 months ago
The Harris campaign probably outspent the Trump campaign by quite a bit. 0.750

👤 Archon Fung 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: The Harris campaign probably outspent the Trump campaign by quite a bit

2 sources

4 months ago
If you’re a reporter at the Washington Post and your boss is now Jeff Bezos, are you able to say concentrated wealth is the number one problem in American politics and the American democracy. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Journalism , Politics

Simplified: A reporter at the Washington Post can say concentrated wealth is the number one problem in American politics and American democracy if their boss is J...

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4 months ago
He has a capacity to control whether payments are made. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics , Technology

Simplified: He has a capacity to control whether payments are made.

1 sources

4 months ago
They just frame the story as if it’s good versus evil. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics

Simplified: They frame the story as good versus evil.

1 sources

4 months ago
Musk tweeting out that USAID is corrupt and needs to die. 0.900

👤 Ralph Ranalli 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics , Technology

Simplified: Musk tweeted that USAID is corrupt and needs to die.

1 sources

4 months ago
He’s violating all sorts of rules and laws. 0.900

👤 Lawrence Lessig 📋 Podcast 🏷️ Politics , Technology

Simplified: He is violating all sorts of rules and laws.

1 sources

4 months ago