How billionaires buy American elections

American elections are for sale. It wasn’t always this way.
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American elections have more money flowing through them than any other country’s elections, yes adjusted for population, and it isn't even close. How did we get here? What does something called "Citizens United" have to do with it? And who's pumping all this money into our elections?

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- Richard Hasen, UCLA School of Law
- Brad Smith, Institute for Free Speech
- Ann Southworth, UC Irvine School of Law
- Michael Beckel, Issue One
- Heather Ferguson, Common Cause
- Ray La Raja, University of Massachusetts
- Patrick Llewellyn, Campaign Legal Center
- Andrew Mayersohn, OpenSecrets

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-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --
00:00 RBG PAC
7:03 Johnald
10:44 The 70s
14:36 Pipes
17:43 Buckley
24:01 Magic words
26:26 Citizens United
29:43 Super PACs
34:10 Buying influence
40:08 Corruption

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Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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