THE PLOT TO DESTROY AMERICA EXPOSED

[@markedid5818]

We've graduated from corruption to criminally insane.

[@JerryKaczmarek-xt2hu]

This is an excellent 👌👌👌👌👌 way to put it and truly so sad.

[@CarlosBlancas-hg4eh]

Sion train is coming our way

[@ambermarie186]

🙏 💯 facts

[@marymitchell4617]

That sums it up perfectly.

[@HildeAzul]

Way past Oligarchy…

[@dianaroach3093]

Time to clean house. Make lobbyists against the law. No more corporate money going to politicians

[@randykerg9083]

Easier said then Done. Term limits also.

[@ConnieDaulton]

True.

[@rosebronikowski2022]

No difference between a lobbyist and someone who bribes a politician.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

Good luck. Those that makes the laws are above the laws. Only one way to change that and thats illegal federally. There is no “democracy “

[@brigittebeltran6701]

💯

[@Ryank2150]

Money in politics is BY FAR the biggest issue in the country. AIPAC is just one example of what’s happening rn.

[@waltergrace565]

Crazy how Kyle still cheerleads for the most corporately funded political entity the world has ever seen though, huh.....?

[@youarenotme01]

no, it isn’t. Money is but a tool to fool you.

[@ConsciusVeritasVids]

@@waltergrace565 Do you know many cheerleaders who heckle and jeer their own team from the sidelines?

[@waltergrace565]

@@ConsciusVeritasVids Haha, are you implying that Kyle's few passing comments in a few unrelated videos is "heckling" and "jeering"? C'mon, you're not fooling anyone and neither is Kyle.

[@veilenj]

​@youarenotme01, so is a wrench, but if you use it like a bat, it suddenly becomes a weapon. Same with money.

[@toddl1893]

This should be discussed daily. We get trapped in micro issues and this is the major reason our country is going to hell

[@nomastomas002]

Mcguffin right term?

[@joshc6569]

Media are all corporately owned. If that doesn't explain why people are caring so much about micro issues. The culture war

[@ykst6685]

voters are like cats chasing a laser endlessly - very easy to distract them.

[@1969Makaveli]

Who do we blame for this? The politicians or the American people.

[@joshc6569]

@@1969Makaveli The corporate sector. Corporate media, the Chicago school ideology. Politicians are either bought or have that ideology like Bolton and Pompeo and most people are brainwashed by the media and the system. Read Kline's shock doctrine and Herman and Chomsky's manufacturing consent.

[@KenHiroshi627]

Everyone needs to hear this!! It's the way we fight back to regain control of our country.

[@barbarayeager4678]

corporations, money , and politics do not go together.

[@Skiddoo42]

If you ask them nicely they can explain to you how ignorant you are.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

They have gone together for over a hundred years. The last president who campaigned on fighting big money in politics was Taft. Wilson sold us out the big banks

[@theresewalters1696]

Should not but they do.

[@doodoobean2621]

This is so f*^*ing depressing.

[@BurgermanForever-nh2vp]

Literally every generation across human history had huge numbers of people insisting "this is the end we're so done". Nope. Despair is a worthless illusion. Local politics. Solidarity. Intersectional thinking. Genuine connection with other humans. You. All of these have the power to help

[@CF-3300]

@@BurgermanForever-nh2vpGive me a break.

[@christopherdunne4048]

Shouldn't be. Knowledge is power. Talk about it to others. Revolution can happen.

[@jfm14]

I agree, but we have to fight back if we don't want things to get worse... let alone get better.

[@glytchd]

It's even worse when to realize the Clinton admin with NAFTA and such was the precursor groundwork to exporting our jobs and importing European 'values' ie. French debauchery and Ultimately a Muslin influenced state. Just look at Britain 20yrs ago vs now

[@diegoyanesholtz212]

Before banning campaign donations by corporations, you need to ban lobbying. Lobbying is even worse, IMAO, but I agree with banning or limiting corporate campaign financing.

[@Kwijibob]

You can't ban lobbying due to the fundamental structure of representative democracy - you have to be able to talk to your rep. Potentially you could ban non-citizens from lobbying and ban outsourcing lobbying to an agent (ie you must lobby on your own behalf, you can't hire a professional lobbyist to do it for you)

[@chaws314]

I'm not so sure about this. I think they both need to be banned, but lobbying has been a thing for a very long time. Everything started spiraling out of control as a result of Citizens United supreme court ruling.

[@yishnir]

​@@Kwijibob 'Lobbying' is a conflated term. While you're correct that it strictly means, 'talking', most people mean what it has become euphemistically, which is 'plying politicians with money'.

[@Gregorypeckory]

​@@chaws314It happened many years before that, with the Supremely Anti-democracy Court's Buckley decision in 1976; that is when we actually lost our democracy, and opened the international auctioning off of the Congress and the Presidency.

[@Gregorypeckory]

​@@yishnirI think it would be a vast improvement to simply ban corporate lobbying. The pretense that corporations are human has to end and humans have a right to talk to their representatives. Corporations aren't even entitled to have representatives, except ones they employ. They certainly aren't entitled to have the attention of the tax-funded government elected officials; they didn't vote for them because they aren't people and they aren't entitled to be represented by them for the same reason.

[@Titanvol91]

Bolton is Henry Kisinger level of evil.

[@deborahbeaudoinzaki8019]

BOLTON, KISSINGER, and this whole gang of Israeli dual citizens have corrupted our USA Government for decades!

[@cbrindle91]

Hell. May as well be Kissinger's twin. I'd say "evil twin," but that would imply Kissinger was good... 😂

[@IraanOzono]

The mustache somehow says it all

[@ronblevins3346]

Bolton will NEVER have the power that Henry Kissinger had. He’s already irrelevant. Kissinger was responsible for Cambodia and Vietnam all the way through the Middle East forever wars. Bolton isn’t backed in the same way by the illegal state of Israel.

[@AurielAlpha]

All those with dual citizenship are the level of evil....not just Kissinger.

[@nancymorrison9978]

The perfect description...... A slow-moving coup.

[@frevazz3364]

It was done without violence by guys wearing suits and by a relatively small number of them.

[@cbrindle91]

Hell. Slow moving is barely fitting. This all started between WW1 and WW2 when Wall Street was plotting a violent coup on FDR. It's all old money, old families with nothing but contempt for the middle and lower class; they hide behind the scenes funding their hand-picked mouthpieces so they can hoarde more and more...

[@carycunningham9510]

This is what class warfare looks like. We live in a corrupt oligarchy. We need ranked-choice voting, ballot access, and more parties.

[@1969Makaveli]

Bernie Sanders was right but no one would listen. Now look at all of us.

[@peterstafford4426]

The person who is fighting for the rich right wing is Sirota. Look at The Lever. He is ignoring the dangers of Trump because he wants Trump to win. The Lever is a smoke screen.

[@tobyradenbaugh8965]

Too bad bernie is GUTLESS or a FRAUD and/or BOTH Eitherway - bernie is the ultimate gate keeper Rot in hell bernie You betrayed The People

[@ZachNimmo-w7a]

Those are good steps but take it even further with proportional representation and tax payer funded elections

[@illegalmonkey]

But sir, I was told the brown man next door to me is the problem!

[@kellybrown9086]

America for sale

[@christinegivens9048]

More like a fire sale.

[@handl3869]

Sold!

[@Chris-wz5yd]

Things changed in Britain around the same time with the wicked witch called Margaret Thatcher, she started the privatisation of public owned services for short term gains and supposed price drops through competition. This was all fake though, and probably very corrupt. PS, now we're paying the highest prices ever to companies that have gargantuan profits, while citizens have nothing.

[@NormanMaguire]

Always was ...

[@ConnieDaulton]

No, AMERICA is not for sale. Democrats trying to USA for bargain prices. No, socialism/ communism then, & NONE NOW. STOP THE SALE.

[@celdiadivis1013]

MANY supreme court rulings need overturning, but the FIRST one MUST be Citizen's United. Just ask Bernie.

[@waltergrace565]

Right..... because it's totally not the parties that take the money. They're the real victims here.

[@ConradNeill]

@@waltergrace565 If the law permits them to take it, they'll take it.

[@waltergrace565]

@@ConradNeill And you'll vote for them. And......?

[@mjohnson2123]

Right, when Citizen's United gets overturned, everything else will start falling into place.

[@robertpresley1503]

@@waltergrace565 WHATS THE FUCKING ALTERNATIVE TROLL? God damn you can't keep pretending you're above it all.

[@bicyclist2]

This is the history not taught in schools. This is very important. I hope many more people see this. Thank you.

[@michaelkennedy8270]

This was illuminiting, dark but illuminating.

[@Punshr]

The Sith takeover began in the 60s.

[@Phil42100]

Have you ever heard of the tragedy of Darth Bolton the wise? It's not a tale the Jedi will tell you.

[@waltergrace565]

Nah, it was already well in place after WW2.

[@justsomeguy6336]

The same time as the Great Society.

[@organicod2438]

Wtf? Have you never heard of Allen Dulles?

[@alex30425]

No it happened after Watergate. That’s where the master planning of corporate corruption and the idea to start Fox News.

[@JoeyJoe-JoeJrShabadoo]

John Bolton: the Forrest Gump of evil 3:41 perfectly said🤣

[@Toquer88]

John Bolton has endorsed Kamala Harris

[@diegoyanesholtz212]

@@Toquer88 You know how extreme the current Republican has gotten when John Bolton and Dick Cheney are voting for Kamala Harris.

[@Toquer88]

@@diegoyanesholtz212 Nah, it's how you see where the most corrupt congregate. Harris is allied with NeoCons and NeoCons support her.

[@JoeyJoe-JoeJrShabadoo]

@@Toquer88 this is correct

[@ozzythrash979]

stand up comic level joke.

[@portcybertryx222]

Like Bernie said. Just end corporate funding for politics. Make it completely illegal. Make elections shorter. We don’t need 2 years of campaigning. 90 days is enough.

[@whereswaldo5740]

Did he mention term limits and age limits.

[@maverick3092]

KZbin, STOP CENSORING!!!

[@HexagonAnon]

Jewtube

[@joemagarac405]

Thom Hartmann and Cenk Uyghur have been talking about this history for years, but Sirota does a great job of putting it all together. Great that this is getting more attention.

[@bothpartiesaretraitors4021]

Sirota will tell you to vote for the blue puppets to stop the red puppets.

[@jfm14]

​@@bothpartiesaretraitors4021 It's not necessarily that people like Sirota think the blue team will change anything for the better. Some simply view it as the best way to slow down the march to totalitarian fascism, buying us more time to fight back. I don't think it'll pan out, but I get how they arrived at their decision to "vote blue no matter who". It's a legitimate strategy.

[@72marshflower15]

@@bothpartiesaretraitors4021 ~ love your alias. ✨

[@72marshflower15]

@@jfm14 ~ Yeah and what blue team are you referring to? The blue team we have works for the red team. Dems are the controlled opposition of the GOP. It’s why they always “lose”.

[@bothpartiesaretraitors4021]

@@jfm14 Cop cites have been & currently being built across the country in mostly Democrat controlled cities.

[@guidothechihuahua4035]

Who in congress is going to vote for this? Absolutely no one! The parties are so busy calling each other names and bickering that they can’t see beyond their own nose.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

Its all a dog and pony show. Stop looking at overt differences and look at the covert similarities between the 2 so called sides. You can see it in the laws passed and research on campaign contributions and lobby money. I did and do

[@dreamsofturtles1828]

​@@pitchforkpeasant6219Agree. I've heard it described as the uniparty.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

@@dreamsofturtles1828 uniparty or 2 wings of the same bird. ✌️

[@DavyDoo69]

The only way to fix our country is to get rid of the BAR association and all governmental Public Officials in office that holds a Bar card that should not hold any Office in the first place, and get back to the real law, Common Law, and the Constitution Republic.

[@keithjenkins6708]

Only way to fix our country is to reverse corporate personhood and the notion that money in politics is free speech protected by the first amendment

[@josephcarioggia9506]

Ahh you understand....

[@frankromero4048]

Lawyers are the reason... Our government can't get anything done, In a timely fashion !

[@richarderwin2369]

And until Citizens United is rescinded, it's checkmate for democracy.

[@roboparks]

Democrats like Citizens United also .

[@willia3r]

@@roboparksthat doesn’t negate the opinion. The Uniparty(both Democrats and Republicans) needs to be disbanded.

[@LeeLee-cd6bj]

@@roboparks

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

@@willia3rexactly. Dems and pubs have been in power for over a hundred and fifty years. L ft wing this and right wing that while scr wing us ALL. Only way i can type this without DoucheTube erasing my comment

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

Politicians have been sold since 1913 and laws passed since them do the same as citizens united. Quite a few actually

[@hstater2]

thank you for having Sirota on! He and the team at the lever are doing incredibly important work

[@ConnieDaulton]

@hstater2 NO he is a woke one.

[@thesinaclwon]

Now this is a solid piece that needs to be shared on all social media platforms

[@Skycouncil_Sentinel_777]

David Sirota doing the Lord's work, thanks David!

[@peterstafford4426]

Sirota is a stealth Trumper. This is all about making everyone look bad to distract from Trump.

[@andytraiger4079]

The lord is far worse than David Sirota. Just look how he taught people to treat women: •If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity. [Deuteronomy 25:11-12]

[@johnsanders561]

Any religion that condones chattel slavery is obviously a false man-made religion.

[@Skycouncil_Sentinel_777]

@@andytraiger4079 That was OT Yahweh visiting space being who mistreated everyone and left, not Jesus

[@andytraiger4079]

@@Skycouncil_Sentinel_777 Jesus claimed he was Yahweh in human flesh though... It would have been way better if the people writing the story of the NT had Jesus say Yahweh was an evil spirit and the OT is evil... instead Jesus said in Matthew 5 that the OT is good and people will be blessed if the follow the OT and he didn't come to destroy the OT garbage, he came to fulfill it. In John's gospel Jesus claimed to be Yahweh... before Abraham was born: I AM. So Jesus is Yahweh. Jesus claimed to be the very same god that commanded people to chop women's hands off for grabbing a dude by his balls.

[@Fiawordweaver]

💙 💙 💙 I’m 71 and Ralph Nader was a huge influencer and watch dog. I miss those times. EXCELLENT REPORTING

[@mjohnson1741]

Long live Ralph Nader!

[@LabGoats]

​@@mjohnson1741 listen to his radio show/podcast! The man has much wisdom

[@nellawhite3188]

GOD CHOSE TRUMP ❣️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nellawhite3188]

Talk to JESUS HE WILL TELL YOU HIS CHOICE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. ❤️❤️❤️

[@LabGoats]

@@nellawhite3188 jesus was a communist, bot

[@DeenanTheKemon1]

Imagine someone who would starve toddlers to death so their Bank Balance went from $20,000,000,000.00 to $20,000,000,050.00 Now imagine that is EXACTLY who rules the World.

[@ConnieDaulton]

@DeenanTheKemon1 THE DEMONIC BLINDED DEMOCRATS, HOLLYWOOD, SOROS, HARRIS, BIDENS, OBAMA, SCHUMER, PELOSI, CLINTONS, BUSHES, SCHIFF, CROOKED FBI, ARE THE ONES.

[@HexagonAnon]

Jews

[@ConnieDaulton]

@@HexagonAnon Leave THE JEWS OUT OF THIS. THEY HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

@@HexagonAnonyou sound like you’re blaming an entire race. Has the mentality of early 1900’s eugenics and social darwinism returned? Race is a grouping. You are blaming the wrong group

[@raydrapela634]

@@pitchforkpeasant6219 They say they are Ju(deans) but they are not. So you confuse race with personal choice? Personally, I don't believe in race at all.

[@mwatts6755]

LEGAL BRIBES, the American way 🇺🇸

[@waltergrace565]

Right? It's crazy that Kyle relentlessly cheerleads for these people who take the money.

[@myrtillesm3532]

"Legal" corruption !!!

[@Kim-dm4yb]

​@@waltergrace565you are pathetic, do you have a life? The same old things throughout every thread. Nothing of substance & everyone constantly proves you wrong.

[@rittherugger160]

That's it Kristal. I've always hated Bolton and could not understand how a 'good government' could have this guy, a convicted (and pardoned) felon so near and influential to the 'levers of power' for seeming decades on end. 'The Forest Gump of Evil' covers how I've felt about him for so long. I know. He was pardoned. What he (always) did was Evil. He didn't just fart in an elevator. There has to be a limit to that pardon. Yes, you stay out of jail and retain your right to vote but that's it. You don't get to go back to a job involving National Security. You just don't.

[@jakehageman4852]

When did he get convicted

[@rittherugger160]

@@jakehageman4852 Back in the 80s. Receiving a pardon requires an admission of guilt otherwise, what are you being pardoned for.

[@TimEssDub]

He planned US-backed coups in various countries that did not toe the American line.

[@GailH-sd1ug]

Criminal charges on sanctuary cities and States.

[@NickTheMagnificent]

The next politician (republican or democrat) that runs mainly on this is getting all my money and vote. This should be a top 3 issue. No other issue gets talked about honestly because of money in politics.

[@kerrybock766]

Sheldon Whitehouse !!!

[@waltergrace565]

Right? You'd think Kyle would stop cheerleading for the party grift. It's almost as if he's getting rich off of this......

[@tonystone10K]

Just vote for the Green Party. Simple.

[@hyanreo2]

The scary thing is there are candidates who run on this, but you don't know who they are, and therefore can't vote for them precisely because this is a problem....

[@jabrokneetoeknee6448]

@@tonystone10K Jill is literally bankrolled by the right. The evidence is documented. The Green Party’s only contribution to US politics has been to make nuclear energy unpopular😑

[@maryivanchick4976]

The people can't put up with this anymore.

[@Hannah2012able]

How is this system Democratic in ANY WAY!

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

Exactly. So called “democracy “ is nothing more than a facade. We do as we are told or punished. Law enforcement enforces the laws passed by politicians

[@jer1776]

This is one of the best guests you guys have ever had

[@maryr.scholl2913]

We must continue this conversation even after the election.

[@PpBvasquez]

YES! For God Sakes! YES😡🇺🇸✊🏼✊🏼💙💯🔵

[@stevenlarrabee3438]

If Harris wins, there will be no conversations. Dems want to make free speech illegal. Look up Tim Walz saying you have no guarantee to free speech.

[@josephinewhite6224]

Corporate money like power will always corrupt.

[@pRODIGAL_sKEPTIC]

Ppl over 40 pretend they don't remember when money in politics was bad. Why was Watergate even a scandal then?? Chrissake 😑

[@CorbCorbin]

Hiring people to break in and wire tap the opposition?

[@ConsciusVeritasVids]

@@CorbCorbin They prefer the term "intelligence gathering"

[@tracy419]

I'm 53 and can't think of anyone I know who believes money in politics is acceptable. It's more likely that they think there's not much they can do about it. We are voting on ranked choice voting in Oregon, and so are other states so make sure to vote for it if you can. Maybe as that spreads, we can actually start electing people who can fix this.

[@pRODIGAL_sKEPTIC]

@@tracy419 well maybe remind ppl they supposedly don't believe it's ok when they're making excuses for their preferred politicians' corruption. Ppl's behavior tells me more their words

[@tracy419]

@@pRODIGAL_sKEPTIC as I said, that's more about people thinking they can't do anything about it, so they end up both sides-ing issues. Well if that guy can get away with it, then why shouldn't my guy? Understandable considering how things have gone over the years thanks to how we vote for politicians. And I don't know if you noticed based on what I have already said, clearly that's not how I think considering I brought up ranked choice voting and how I believe we should be pushing for it. I do this all the time, so maybe don't lump me in as part of the problem. Maybe focus on the steps needed to fix it instead of paying the blame game.

[@revenant2943]

Didn't Mulder and Scully try to warn us all?

[@Bekayvd]

Underrated comment

[@sophiasometimes9818]

The truth is out there:)

[@iamjustsaying4787]

And the corporations are under the control of the banks.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

1913

[@onalos1271]

F the corporations

[@dsvp4825]

Discussions like this really kills all hope . Because we all know our system has been stolen We have no power to change it because the system is alredy courrpted and they wont let it go back The saddest part is that both the parties are culpable

[@waltergrace565]

But Kyle puts out all those party gossip videos for you to keep playing the game....... what are you try to say.....?

[@celdiadivis1013]

NOT TRUE!

[@AllegraPersephone]

It's a tricky situation, because one person can't change a system on their own, and when people enter into a system they kind of just accept that things are the way they are. I guess a President could change it. Maybe some kind of public funded process would be the answer. Where they have equal resources, such as an episide of The Apprentice, where both teams (with opportunities for smaller party participation) have the same resources and task, like creating and running ads, etc.

[@dsvp4825]

@@waltergrace565 what do you think I said ? Are you able to read? Our system has already been stolen and our oligarchs are not going to let us make bribing politicians illegal again And both parties are corrupt and culpable . They even work together to make it this way

[@dsvp4825]

@@AllegraPersephone exactly why it will never change They have all the power and all the money Its legal to bribe politicians so nothing will ever change They will keep us fighting over stupid shit like the border and abortion so we keep fighting each other. Nothing would ever change unless there are tens of millions of people in the street demanding it to be changed This should be the single biggest focus of any political channel because it doesn't matter if you are left or right As long as it's legal to bribe politicians they will never do what we the people want . Only what our corporate overlords allow

[@beverywhereyouare]

I'm beginning to think money in politics may be a slight problem. And TRUST ME, I catch on to things like this VERY quickly.

[@sophiasometimes9818]

😂😢😅

[@waltergrace565]

Sums up this channel perfectly.

[@xSLIMxSHADYx]

@@waltergrace565sums up this channel? this channel has over 20k videos…

[@gsforte3259]

@@waltergrace565 Yup because Kyle and Krystal have never talked about money in politics before and it's corrupt influence. Good god the stupidity and disingenuousness is palpable.

[@FischerNilsA]

Aww, c´moooon! Dont be hasty now. I´m sure if you could press those people on it, they would eventually have good explanations for those gold bars. But of course nobody does townhalls anymore.

[@SerenaS-h8c]

The Lever is doing some of the best journalism out there. Great to see Sirota on with K/K.

[@waltergrace565]

You forgot a K.

[@Bill-c5i]

Look at the amount of money required to manage a political campaign these days and tell me something isn't wrong.

[@RedboneUnincorporated]

The sad thing is that even of most people know all this, which many of us do, nothing will change bc we still have no power to affect change.

[@surfcathy]

USA became UCA !! United Corporations of America‼️‼️

[@jameeltayyeb584]

Thank you both for this interview. We needed to hear it. Was real eye opening for me and the fam

[@Owl350]

And also the inside job in 62 and 63. Before that there were no federal buildings in some states and I doubt any state. Citizens United will have to be REPEALED before anything works right !

[@Sanchez-i1r]

I knew back when corporations were essentially given the status as a person that it would be very bad. Corporations now have pretty much all the rights and power as a person, while they have really no responsibilities as people have. Meanwhile, ACTUAL people have total responsibility and at the same time the rights and power of ACTUAL people are being taken away. Very bad on all counts.

[@katsan88]

Its crazy how our media completely ignores this!!

[@franciscogonzalez5284]

The media is their's. Remember ?

[@sandyjamison5929]

It was Roberts, Alito & *Thomas.* Thomas was a H.W. Bush appointment because Thurgood Marshall retired. The only things Thomas has in common with Marshall is they were both black men & judges. There were much more qualified judges than Thomas; however, as we've seen, the corruption is deep. (edited to correct 🙂)

[@citizenx8710]

Thomas was appointed by George HW Bush.

[@waltergrace565]

Right........ it's totally not the parties that take the money..... not at all..... those people are the real victims here. This is such a serious channel with such a serious audience.

[@citizenx8710]

@@waltergrace565 It's a KZbin channel dude. You don't like Kyle, we get it. But coming here whining and repeating the same crap, is basically the equivalent of you being in a room by yourself yelling into a mirror. Both parties take corporate donations because they have hijacked our politics. That is what David is talking about, and its good Kyle and Krystal had him on to bring attention to the history of this issue and how it occurred.

[@celdiadivis1013]

Thomas was a GW Bush appointee. I saw A. Hill trying to reason with the white guys, that he was a psycho, but they were afraid they'd look racist by not appointing him. Biden stopped the hearing when female witnesses for A. Hill were about to take the stand. Thomas was an obvious creep. The next yr, women ran for congress in droves.

[@waltergrace565]

@@citizenx8710 Haha, OK, my man. Thanks for the tip though.

[@lyannatargaryen3223]

David Sirota is amazing, a reporter for the people! Thanks for having him on and David thanks for your hard work and sharing your knowledge.

[@nascentcomplacence3302]

This is THE BIG ISSUE OF OUR TIMES

[@BigAl-o7b]

Next time a politician remarks about “supporting small business” as they love to do, I would enjoy hearing someone ask them about reinstating the Robinson-Patman act. I’m all for regulated-fair-as-fair-can-be-capitalism, but somehow America got high on the idea that everything should be for sale. When your politicians, laws, healthcare, judges and prisons are all for sale and trying to make a profit, I’m pretty sure that makes for less a civilized society and more of a jungle.

[@ConnieDaulton]

And now the democrats are selling their souls.

[@counterflow5719]

How far away are we from cops taking bribes to not give you a ticket? And why haven't we gotten there yet?

[@NarcPope]

Im sure if your wealthy enough they do.

[@John-gi6yh]

@@counterflow5719 that’s gone and past. I guess you haven’t learned anything about the mafia…

[@jeltoninc.8542]

Can’t bribe a terminator. The future is coming fast 🤣

[@LynnMiddleton-ns4dg]

We had a very wealthy Bristol-Myers relative get a DUI and he actually had a park built if they washed his DUI. From memory I think his DUIs had started to add up so a bribe was needed to fix the problem. You heard it right, as a kid of a state trooper and I worked seven years for a county 911 for over forty police stations, we knew about all the dirty juicy corruption in politics and how often the cops needed to help cover up dead prostitutes and cocaine overdoses. It was part of their job or you lost your job. It was so such an everyday thing that for me law politics and corruption is just a part of life. But if you don’t have money or influence basically you’re at their mercy. Maybe just maybe if you’re a young cute blonde that might give you something to work with and of course that happens much more then we want to admit. In SC after a judge raped two women who had to have sex with him in order to get their kids back in family court, it took six years but they finally got him removed but I’m not even sure he was punished for the crime, that story broke my heart and makes me wonder sometimes why people just don’t flip out and take action on their own. I’ve read a few hundred comments on people saying that exact thing about the Supreme Court and how possibly it’s our only recourse before all our rights are removed. At some point what will have left to lose when they’ve already taken it all except our ability to fight back the old fashioned way? Yes it’s ugly, messy but I believe the Heritage Foundation founder said it would get bloody only if we didn’t fully give up our rights and follow their Project 2025 then it wouldn’t be any problem at all aside of course we give up any beliefs and rights we may hold dear.

[@ryno4ever433]

@counterflow5719 We have been in that reality for a while. The police have been corrupt for a very long time. In some ways, they produce the corruption because they're the hired muscle.

[@aditsu]

Protect this man, guys!

[@nsbd90now]

Glad to hear someone talking about "The Powell Memo"!

[@MattRamsayhumba]

Nice segment... my grandfather taught John Bolton biology at McDonogh in Maryland - which at that time was a Military School.... I remember when Ralph Nader hosted SNL... It was as if after the sacking of Jimmy Carter and the ushering in of the Reagan Era - the entire corporate blueprint was enacted - and you could feel it, the harmony of the 70s being flushed down the drain and the fingerprints of corporate America on any and every thing - political, economical, social, cultural, etc... That's why there was such an effort by the shitty DNC to rig the primary against Bernie [ Wasserman-Schultz scandal and then the 4th Place Biden BS]. Needs to turn around. We can't allow the Ghouls to rule us so.

[@martymar8993]

Reagan won because he made a deal with the terrorists to not surrender and make Carter look weak. This from the same man who said "we will not negotiate with terrorists". Terrorism has been the main tool of republicans for 4 decades and their main way of hijacking our taxes into their own pockets.

[@raynaylor8602]

Bernie’s socialism is a pretty poor choice of replacement.

[@martymar8993]

@raynaylor8602 Bernies socialism represents the only positive aspect of Bidens presidency. Sanders agenda is supported by an overwhelming majority. Stop being triggered by the term "socialism " when it represents the majority opinion.

[@RiggsBF]

Thom Hartmann has often mentioned how Lewis Powell lead to Reagan.

[@tinoyb9294]

Powell was a Democrat.

[@angiejefferys5779]

Possibly the very reason Roosevelt made the statement that "corporations should regulate themselves" These ideologies have an origin

[@chrisculhane3777]

America there telling you who needs to be taken out

[@LynnMiddleton-ns4dg]

Of course you realize that unfortunately we now have been divided into two Americas and who you ask that question to may give you a surprising disappointing answer. I know because I’ve heard a few answers that shocked the hell outta me. I also distanced myself from them…. Far far away.

[@myrtillesm3532]

Closer to money, farther from humanity 😢😢😢😢

[@66zebulon]

I recall one of the more conservative members of Congress from, I think, Alabama, spilling the tea on the way anyone in Congress wishes to be the head of a given committee must come up with something like $500,000 in order to be considered by the larger body. This applies and is important especially in primary elections, where perhaps more progressive members who might be more prone to reign in corruption not advancing because of these circumstances. Sirota is spot on here

[@joewhite9074]

I'm unclear on this money paid to bribe Politicians should be considered Constitutionally protected free speech, whereas speaking out against Genocide perpetuated by Israel on Palestinian people is under threat of being made illegal as Antisemitism? How can these people not see their own hypocrisy.

[@shodowhawk]

They do see it they just don't care because one benefits them and the other doesn't.

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

Thank you for saying it!

[@tommyhodge8525]

Who started this conflict? Hamas? Does Israel have a right to protect itself? Second amendment: Our founding fathers knew that without this amendment we could lose our republic and freedom. Authoritarian governments have a no gun laws, so they can remain in power. Just my thoughts on these issues.

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

Why are you concerned about the destruction of Palestine and not BOTH? Are you ok with the destruction of Israel? Do you have something against jews? Why will NO one explain that? Why not side with both or condemn both

[@joewhite9074]

​@@pitchforkpeasant6219Understand the following words because you think your propaganda has some merit. Israel has killed well over 50,000 Palestinians a large number are innocent civilians, men,women, and children. Isreal is in absolutely no danger of being destroyed period,and they are not defending themselves, they are committing Genocide with the intention of building more Settlements in Gaza. The Palestinians are an occupied people, and even the events of Oct 7th is not justification for Israel's current savagery.

[@carolwillmont7424]

This makes a lot of sense. We have to regulate the amount of money that can be spent.

[@SodaQuasar]

Lets make corruption legal. I wonder what could go wrong?

[@t-bone3657]

Nothing would change. It would look and act the same as it does now…

[@yourmilitaryadvisor]

History has proven how devastatingly bad this ruling was.

[@TheQuietPartisLoud]

This is a lot to figure out at once. Thank you for having this guy on, and putting this out.

[@AuntieFa]

This made me so fucking angry

[@lilishyta-ep4wr]

Americans are waking up so late.

[@duaneyohey3284]

Were only waking up because they want us to.

[@duaneyohey3284]

But yeah, so late, to late

[@christieferrell2611]

I’ve been screaming for 15 years. And now Israel.

[@Eneeki]

After over 50 years of trying, I have to say that your last segment about being able to do something about it is wrong. I live in South Carolina. we have been trying to get Graham out of power for longer than I can remember, but 100% of the time, outside of the state money floods his campaign and the challengers get completely drowned out in a money war where the little guy is always crushed. This can and has manifest in dozens of ways. In the end the people of the state get punished by the establishment in the state for trying to get rid of Graham and his cohorts. Our roads are falling apart for instance because they want to punish us for not supporting their corruption. I am old, and from my years of seeing the pattern, the sad fact is this can only change in one way, as designed, and the catastrophic level of civil unrest and damage that would occur is the perfect deterrent. This was well planned for a long time and is designed to leave people with nothing but bad options that will all benefit the opponents. I am sorry to be so negative but I am old and have been wanting the same changes you mention for decades & instead of gaining any ground on these issues, I have just seen them get further and further away with each new government agency, and law passed. It is way too late for an armed insurrection too, because they are prepared for it both with the propaganda, and war support if it were to happen.

[@theboldandthebeautiful3729]

Yes! What's the answer? Pass the disclose act!

[@dougbillman2333]

Us citizens are us chattel...they refer to us as sheople...😂😂😂😂😂

[@dacrab1]

Money in politics as free speech = politics as business and pay to play Ducked Up 🤬

[@jtnawroc4]

Demand full disclosure.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Abolish Corporations.

[@ConnieDaulton]

Abolish their putting too much money in politics.

[@glytchd]

The hosts comments about guns SHOWS JUST HOW DANGEROUSLY IGNORANT WE ARE ABOUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON.

[@byronmims4788]

Thanks for this video. Having lived through Nixon, this gives another view, which I appreciate!

[@theplanetruth1]

How Long Have We been Asleep America? Were going to pay for that now!

[@dangerman5617]

All of these corporate takeovers depress me. I also miss Russ Feingold.

[@Leslie-es5ij]

No more corporations being considered as a individual in status in the United States of America. Government should be of, by, and for the people , not big business !

[@jeanhendersonharley3228]

We must demand disclosure act

[@vsvnrg3263]

the man's name is david sirota. there is an informative wikipedia page about him. his name should have been included in the notes.

[@newnewhutchison991]

Thanks. So information that I simply forgotten and now I remember why hated Bolton and federalist society

[@shopgirlonthehill6714]

"People are not bound to obedience to Usurpations of Power." Patrick Henry

[@modemlooper]

Great information but the average person is clueless. They don’t care as long as their Starbucks taste great

[@waltergrace565]

Literally this channel.

[@normandolinic2044]

Starbucks taste great ,really? There are better.

[@mystbunnygaming1449]

I'm glad you're finally getting back to talking about campaign finance because you seemed to have not been talking about specific corruption and general corruption in our system nearly as much as it deserves. In a world that made sense, Project 2025 would be seen as extreme and dismissed, but because it comes from top Republican doners, it's fucking scary that it's potentially one election away from being implemented.

[@waltergrace565]

But it's not. Not even close. It's literally a dem grift.

[@steyrauga1]

@@waltergrace565 keep lying, 2025 is real and a threat

[@mystbunnygaming1449]

@@waltergrace565 What is? Project 2025? The heritage foundation put it all online, it's not even a secret, they are PROUD of this.

[@myrtillesm3532]

No more republicans , no more democrats. Vote for a third party please, vote for a mature, responsible adult leader for a new era

[@mystbunnygaming1449]

@@myrtillesm3532 I've voted for Jill Stein before. But until we get representation in the media or rank choice voting, it's not going anywhere.

[@cevljan]

This is one of the best posts, you guys.

[@shereerockdaschel9301]

It’s time for Americans to stand up and tell them no more of this. And take our country back.

[@Corrigan65_]

Yeah, David hit me between the eyes too with that detail about Bolton. Made the top 3 of most horrible republicans next to Kissinger

[@electricAB]

People are the crop that corporations farm.

[@rosshoyt2030]

Great segment 🎉

[@Trunkalunx]

As if I didn’t have enough reasons to hate John Bolton. I knew about the Powell Memo, but I didn’t know that John Bolton played a massive role in turning this whole country into the oligarchy that it is today.

[@lucristianx]

Kneel before Zod

[@albwilso9]

So true, but what do we do??

[@tricksonafixed]

Hear me out: the inherent contradictions of capitalism in absence of a secondary ideology to meaningfully challenge it (i.e. Socialism) will inevitably revert back to its former self despite attempts at reforming capitalism. We saw this before the end of World War II during the ‘New Deal Era’ and the ‘centralized wartime mobilization’ by the Government; in attempt to “save capitalism” but also as an experiment at actual social-democracy, etc. We are back into the robber-baron phase of Capitalism just in a technocratic, and hyper-individualistic way. The reality is we cannot save this system even if we make attempts at getting money out of politics- which isn’t even an idea I disagree with or wouldn’t want to see happen. I believe the system itself is the problem and it’s been coined as a form of “inverted totalitarianism.”

[@bazs2855]

Interesting take. I think fighting money in our politics is a step in the right direction.

[@mickyfinn8223]

Semantic gymnastics have ruined us.

[@glennryan9770]

Promoting adherence to the second amendment isn’t corruption.

[@MarthaJones-v5p]

Fascinating!