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It’s important to recognize that this horror, this genocide, has come directly from our country. Materially and spiritually. If we are a democracy then every citizen is complicit and we all must immediately recall, reject, vote out, our corrupted and immoral legislators. If we are an oligarchy, then we must urgently and peacefully create a new legitimate form of government. Including the prosecution of Biden and his fellow war criminals. It doesn’t matter how difficult it is or how long it takes. The days of US imperial, criminal, immunity must end.

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Corruption is the case. Following is the summary of the pro-Israeli "contributions" during the period 1990 to 2024. Any person can find who are those paid politicians by checking it in the opensecrets.org website.

House # of Members Average Total Contributions

Democrats 2452 $24,660 $67,510,533

Republicans 1781 $20,327 $41,321,186

Independents 2 $650 $11,700

TOTAL 4235 $25,701 $108,843,419

The US House of Representatives has 435 members and 5 non-voting delegates. Totals may exceed 440 due to mid-term replacements.

Senate # of Members Average Total Contributions

Democrats 526 $79,860 $40,381,935

Republicans 419 $78,323 $31,788,330

Independents 11 $85,441 $1,855,067

TOTAL 956 $77,432 $74,025,332

The US Senate has 100 members. Totals may exceed 100 due to mid-term replacements.

The numbers on this page are based on contributions from PACs and individuals giving $200 or more.

All the numbers on this page are for the All-election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released on March 20, 2023.

Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit OpenSecrets. For permission to reprint for commercial uses, such as textbooks, contact OpenSecrets: info@opensecrets.org

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Thank You, Open Secrets is an excellent resource! The redesign of Congress to facilitate its own corruption negates any democratic function it may have once had. Most recently the Demo leadership blocked any attempt to constrain members from using their votes to enhance their and their families investment opportunities. This is straight up clear corruption, undermining their oath and commitment to their constituents needs. Elections will only change this if there is a major social movement to challenge this crap. One or two ain't gonna do it..

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Agreed. And the problem is that most of our leadership is corrupted from the judiciary to the local politicians. From Democracynow.org news of 05/17/24:

"The Washington Post reports a group of billionaires and business interests privately pressured New York City Mayor Eric Adams to deploy police on pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University. A WhatsApp group with some of the country’s wealthiest people detailed donations to Adams’s campaign and conversations with the mayor. Some of those involved include real estate magnate Barry Sternlicht; Daniel Lubetzky, founder of the Kind Snacks brand; hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb; and founder of Thor Equities, Joseph Sitt."

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When things get completely corrupted, is when things get changed.

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I saw that show. We are all fortunate to have alternative media! Seriously.

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Yes. This is why I vote for a third party instead of the lesser evil. Doing that, I protest, and since the chances of winning are low, one of the evils will win and continue the status quo until the majority of the people revolt and change the system.

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It would be great if so many folks voted third party that it created a real electoral crisis. Dream on…. I’m voting for Jill regardless.

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