Rapid Response to McCutcheon v FEC

McCutcheon v FEC will allow 27x greater contributions to campaigns

McCutcheon v FEC will allow 27x greater contributions to campaigns

80% of Americans believe the terrible decision on Citizens United on June 21, 2010 has worsened corruption in our elections and our politicians. Even 67% and more Republicans and Tea Party members say Citizens United has caused more corruption in our Republic. The amount of money in politics by the Koch Brothers dark money, the Super PACS, the corporations, and the ultra-rich have taken our elections away from the people and corrupted our politicians worse than ever before. Look at the meme above by Oil Change International, look at how outside money effected the Scott Walker (R-WI) recall election, and many more. We must get money out of politics! Even the Republicans and Tea Party members recognize that it is a problem. To join over 120 organizations in getting state resolutions to get Congress to pass a Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizens United go to www.United4thePeople.org 

Below I’m reprinting an e-mail from Victor Tiffany from Move To Amend, an organization doing great work in this effort. Please look at all the ways you can join in this, and other, very important efforts to get money out of politics. Please join the “Rapid Response” to McCutcheon v FEC through “Thunderclap,” find an event near you to participate in.

“If there’s a world here in a hundred years, it’s going to be saved by tens of millions of little things.  The powers-that-be can break up any big thing they want. They can corrupt it or co-opt it from the inside, or they can attack it from the outside.  But what are they going to do about 10 million little things?  They break up two of them, and three more like them spring up!”

~~Pete Seeger


Hi folks,

The response to the final environmental report on Keystone XL was an unbelievably powerful message to the president on Monday night, when over 10,000 people gathered at an astounding 283 vigils in 49 states, plus DC and Canada, to protest Keystone XL. Organized in just 72 hours, it was the biggest, rapid-response, on-the-ground demonstration of Obama’s presidency.

We can duplicate that response to the McCutcheon decision, but we need to deploy our social media resources right away.

The following are suggested messages for those with Twitter and Facebooks accounts to use.

First, this is the ThunderClap tweet, scheduled for Feb. 20, and it’s something you can sign up to participate in,  if you have not already, here:
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/8691-money-out-voters-in

The ThunderClap will read:

“IT’S COMING! Did YOU sign up for a #McCutcheon response event? Do it today: http://www.moneyout-votersin.org #getmoneyout http://thndr.it/1aZmav2”

Second, I suggest for Twitter users between now and Feb 20th when the ThunderClap will go out:

IT’S COMING! Did YOU sign up for a #McCutcheon response event? Do it today: http://www.moneyout-votersin.org #getmoneyout http://tinyurl.com/mj4luxc


Third, For Facebook users, I suggest:

The U.S. Supreme Court could issue its ruling in the case some are calling the next Citizens United any day starting Feb. 24th. On October 8, 2013 the Court heard arguments for McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. Never before has our political campaign system been as corrupted as now with unlimited corporate spending and dark money. Our democracy is eroding before us. But all over the country people are also fighting back and demanding change.

Now is the time to take our fight to the next level and mobilize across the country on the day of the McCutcheon ruling. Have you signed up for a #McCutcheon response event? Do it today:  #getmoneyout

I will be posting that on about two dozen Move to Amend Facebook pages and on Obstruct Plutocracy – Liberate Democracy, Chica’s Rants, Citizens Against Plutocracy and the Progressives United Against DINO Democrats Facebook pages. The tiny url link goes to the Money Out – Voters In map of planned events, just like the successful Keystone pipe line vigil announcements.

Are you with MoveOn? They can blast this out regionally. People for the American Way just sent a blast out to promote this to their members today. We can double the number of events currently planned, but it will require effort from everyone with access to social media. We still have at least two full weeks and three weekends to build this Rapid Response.  A copy and paste effort on Twitter and Facebook won’t take but a few minutes.

Ready? Set. Post.


Victor Tiffany

Acting State-wide Coordinator, Move to Amend
Senior Columnist, The Amendment Gazette
Ithaca, NY 14850

Please get involved now! Also, to keep control of the U.S. Senate, and take back control of the U.S. House of Representatives we will need to GET OUT THE VOTE IN 2014 to have any chance against the gerrymandering and Voter ID (suppression) laws that the Republicans and TeaPublicans have put in place.

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