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Andrew's avatar
2dEdited

Gulp! … and re-stacked.

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

This is terrifying.

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Shankar Narayan's avatar

Can be stopped. 100%. Need effort.

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

Once again I believe you. Your sense is excellent, and you have been proven right so many times.

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Delia Wozniak's avatar

We better yell like hell!

Extreme wealth is taking over! Period!

Roll this Trojan Horse back where it came from, to the fascist oligarchs who bought and paid for Republican Corporate Governance!

The REINS Provision has NOTHING to do with BUDGETING!

The REINS Provision has EVERYTHING to do with DEREGULATION OF EXTREME WEALTH!

It’s the top priority of the OLIGARCHY to be rid of Independent Congressionally authorized authority!

Oligarchs want a strong President they can buy!

The Republican Roberts ‘ Court gave it to them!

Consumers lose

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Delia Wozniak's avatar

Thanks so much for informing us of one of the MOST SERIOUS ATTACKS ON CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR LIFETIMES!

The REINS PROVISION ELIMINATES INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT OF CORPORATE BEHEMOTHS BY CONGRESSIONAL AGENCIES!

The “independent agencies “ responsible for investigating antitrust matters would be subsumed, consumed, by DOJ.

The whimpering carcass of Independent decision-making responsible for regulation and accountability will die a quiet death!

No funerals! No press coverage!

Corporate behemoths will finally run the whole show!

Consumers be damned!

Thank you to the Roberts’ Court which enabled this fascist takeover of our entire economy by their true friends, the privileged white, ruling class!

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stuart burstin's avatar

Do these moves suggest that the republicans believe they no longer need to worry about what would happens when they no longer control both houses and the presidency? Or do they assume that can no longer happen?

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Shankar Narayan's avatar

they have decided to keep moving towards a single party system. They are also counting on dems to not use these controls.

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Richard Bedingfield's avatar

The quickest way to stop descent into a banana republic is to persuade enough republican representatives in both houses to see the error of their ways and vote against this nonsense. Otherwise, it could be a long wait for the judiciary to lock it down to the enrichment of many lawyers.

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James Aldridge's avatar

See you on the beach!

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Jay Corvan's avatar

Yes the nefarious nature of these republicans just amazes me. The inmates run the prison. It’s the most corrupt and disgusting power grab ever witnessed in a country that can’t take much more.

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