Bernie Sanders, seven other senators urge Democrats to break with billionaire donors

[Uncle Joe]

At a moment when many Americans are troubled by the role that top Republican donor Elon Musk played in shaping Trump administration policies, Sen. Bernie Sanders and seven fellow senators are calling on the Democratic Party's leaders to make a sharp break with their own billionaire donors by banning super PAC and "dark money" from Democratic primaries.

The Vermont independent and his colleagues are seizing on this moment of turmoil for the Democratic Party to demand that Democrats "begin cleaning our own house" by restricting the influence of wealthy donors and powerful corporate interests in Democratic contests. Sanders is attempting to shape the direction of the party with his "Fighting Oligarchy" tour, which has drawn out tens of thousands of people to protest Musk and President Donald Trump's policies.

"The American people are disgusted with a corrupt political system that allows Elon Musk to spend $270 million to elect Donald Trump," the senators wrote in a letter to Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) and Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin, which was obtained by The Washington Post. "They want change. We can make change."

https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2025/06/18/politics/bernie-sanders-seven-other-senators-urge-democrats-to-break-with-billionaire-donors/132284.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/17/sanders-democrats-billionaire-donors/

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. 16 Dem senators just voted to pass the cryptocurrency bill

Sen. Gallego received $10 million from the crypto super PAC.

You think they’re going to walk away from that gravy train?

[Uncle Joe]

2. I've always been curiuos, other than undermining

the dollar, and laundering money, what purpose does crypto currency serve?

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. Evading taxes

That’s the only other purpose I can think of.

[in2herbs]

3. Gallego is only getting one trip to the trough because I'm not voting for him a second time. nt

[Passages]

4. They should for good reasons.

Joseph Stiglitz: 'We should shut down the cryptocurrencies'

CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com › 2019/05/02 › joseph-stiglitz-w...
May 6, 2019 — Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel-Prize winning economist, says cryptocurrencies should be shut down. He worries that they enable illicit activity by making money ..