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Michael Beckel

  • Research Director, Issue One
Colombia, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Medium, Business Insider, HuffPost, TIME, NBC News, Newsweek, POLITICO, Slate, Substack, The Contrarian and
Director of Money in Politics Reform @IssueOneReform. Previously research director. Investigating #darkmoney. Protecting democracy. 🦋 @mjbeckel 🦋
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Montanans blaze trail in fight against corporate and dark money election spending | Michael Beckel

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By Michael Beckel
| Helena Independent Record Verified
A proposed ballot initiative this year known as The Montana Plan (Initiative 194) represents an innovative and impactful way to take back our democracy following the U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision in 2010. The Montana Plan is a breakthrough, constitutionally sound legal strategy to combat the deep-pocketed corporate and special interests that are spending massive amounts of money to secretly influence elections. kAmxUCDBF@jG6 366?
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Montanans blaze new trail in fight against corporate and dark money election spending | Michael Beckel

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By Michael Beckel
| Billings Gazette Verified
A proposed ballot initiative this year known as The Montana Plan (Initiative 194) represents an innovative and impactful way to take back our democracy following the U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision in 2010. The Montana Plan is a breakthrough, constitutionally sound legal strategy to combat the deep-pocketed corporate and special interests that are spending massive amounts of money to secretly influence elections. kAmxUCDBF@jG6 366?
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Political corruption erodes democracy: Michael Beckel on dark money & graft in politics

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By Michael Beckel
| The Contrarian
Fifteen years ago, the Supreme Court ruled on the landmark case Citizens United which opened the floodgates for obscene amounts of wealth to enter into political campaigns. Since then, the role of dark money groups, super PACs, and other forms of corruption have only intensified, most evidently in the 2024 election. Now, Jen is joined by Michael Beckel to discuss how Trump has taken advantage of this system as well as his many other forms of corruption he and his family have been involved in.
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