If We Don't Pass H.R. 1, 'We Are F*cked as a Nation'

 1 - 6-2021 is not a collection of numbers that evokes visions of an American democratic republic in vibrant good health. A violent insurrection will do that. But we should also have a look at another number: $14 billion. That's the pile of cash that the Center for Responsive Politics estimates was spent trying to influence the 2020 elections. That's more than twice as much as was spent in 2016. Billions of it took the form of so-called "dark money," where donors route their money through...read more.