Maybe they just don't have that power, and would need a new law. Now of course that doesn't stop them from overreaching when they really want to. That's how the game is played.
Anything that limits corruption or grows individual freedom: "Sorry but that's out of our agency's purview. It's unconstitutional. That's a states right issue."
Anything that grows government or helps special interests: "Federal law trumps state law. Commerce clause. Good and plenty clause. Regulate that bitch!"
Spend over 4 years screeching about Russia influencing an election, then flat out greenlight foreign influence in your politics to an unprecedented degree.
Enjoy watching the Chinese back a 500 million dollar push reduce military spending.
It will be even worse. Most money will be pro-left, there is no global anti-left of any significance.
So what will happen is that the GOP will have to bend to foreign influences to get a share of the money that is going to mean GOP will get corrupted even further to the left.
I give it 2 years before the GOP will find "middle ground" on guns, free speech and puberty blockers in order to get their hands on some of that globalist cash.
On what basis?!
So China can now, LEGALLY, give monetary kick backs to facebook and google and Disney for astro-turfing campaigns?!
This is BS.
Maybe they just don't have that power, and would need a new law. Now of course that doesn't stop them from overreaching when they really want to. That's how the game is played.
Anything that limits corruption or grows individual freedom: "Sorry but that's out of our agency's purview. It's unconstitutional. That's a states right issue."
Anything that grows government or helps special interests: "Federal law trumps state law. Commerce clause. Good and plenty clause. Regulate that bitch!"
Spend over 4 years screeching about Russia influencing an election, then flat out greenlight foreign influence in your politics to an unprecedented degree.
Enjoy watching the Chinese back a 500 million dollar push reduce military spending.
Great, Hungary and Poland will be bankrolling us vs Soros and globohomo. A real victory.
Those Forint donations will come in handy if there’s another TP shortage.
It will be even worse. Most money will be pro-left, there is no global anti-left of any significance. So what will happen is that the GOP will have to bend to foreign influences to get a share of the money that is going to mean GOP will get corrupted even further to the left. I give it 2 years before the GOP will find "middle ground" on guns, free speech and puberty blockers in order to get their hands on some of that globalist cash.