the image contains only text, as follows: Just 10 billionaires have already poured over $730 MILLION into the 2026 midterms. In 2008, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $6 million. Wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is? It's Big Money."

@rbreich@masto.ai It's legalized #bribery. $16 million was already $16m too much.

@rbreich@masto.ai I think this $ figure is kind of meaningless. It says something, but consider this: If you're Elon Musk and you own twitter/X then your cost of pulling levers not going to show up anywhere since it's zero. The same applies to Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. It also occurs to me that there's a new avenue for election influence: what happens if you ask those "AI" chat bots "Who should I vote for in the midterms?". I suspect that the answer won't be random though the "AI" companies will probably claim it is.

@rbreich@masto.ai We've got $730 MILLION dollars we don't need, but let's make sure we squander it pointlessly instead of helping anyone. 🙄 #EatTheRich #FuckTheOligarchy

@rbreich@masto.ai Hmmm 😉