John,

Democracy isn’t supposed to be an auction. But since the disastrous Citizens United ruling, it’s become a playground for billionaires, a graveyard for accountability.

Elon Musk spent nearly $290 million trying to reshape the 2024 elections. He didn’t just max out a few campaign donations, he founded America PAC, dumped in $270 million, ran lottery-style voter “giveaways,” and pumped millions into right-wing anti-abortion messaging through RBG PAC. He even helped elect a conservative judge in Wisconsin by dropping over $4 million into one race. If that’s not election-rigging for oligarchs, what is?

This isn’t just about Musk. It's about the super-rich buying power while working families fight to be heard. Dark money now controls campaign narratives, writes legislation in the shadows, and drowns out grassroots voices. And both parties are guilty of chasing billionaire donors instead of listening to us.

The Supreme Court handed America over to the ultra-wealthy in Citizens United. It’s time we take it back.

If we don’t dismantle this system now, it only gets worse. Citizens United didn’t just unleash dark money, it institutionalized inequality. It makes it nearly impossible for working-class, Black, Brown, Indigenous, and young people to be heard in the halls of power.

The more you have, the more speech the Court says you deserve. That’s not free speech, that’s a price tag on democracy.

Democracy for America isn’t waiting on permission from DC elites. We’re building movements that reject corporate PAC money. We’re demanding full transparency and real public financing of elections. And we’re fighting to overturn Citizens United once and for all.

The fight won’t be won in a courtroom alone. It will take organizing, pressure, and unapologetic grassroots power.

Tell Congress to end Citizens United and get big money out of our democracy now.

Together, we can reclaim democracy from the billionaire class and restore power to the people.

- DFA AF Team