John,

The Supreme Court struck down guardrails meant to stop wealthy donors from pushing massive sums toward candidates, through party committees.¹

The ruling came from the same conservative majority that has repeatedly weakened the laws meant to protect our democracy from corruption and billionaire domination.

This is how the powerful tighten their grip. First, they pour money into elections. Then they demand policies that protect their wealth, their corporations, and their influence. Then, working people are told there is no money for health care, food assistance, housing, child care, education, disability services, or the basic supports that keep families stable.

We are fighting back. We are working with advocates across the country to defend human needs programs, expose harmful budget choices, and demand that Congress protect people instead of bowing to the wealthy few.

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The danger we face is a political system where billionaire donors get a direct line to candidates while families trying to afford groceries, rent, prescriptions, and utilities are pushed even further to the margins.

This ruling will make it easier for the donor class to reward politicians who protect them. That means more pressure for tax breaks for the wealthy, more attacks on public programs, more red-tape requirements designed to take help away from people, and more excuses for why Congress cannot invest in basic human needs.

Our relentless advocacy is empowering people to fight back. We track the threats. We mobilize advocates. We help communities speak with one voice. We push Congress to protect Medicaid, SNAP, housing, child care, and income supports. We refuse to let billionaire-funded politics decide who gets care, who gets food, and who gets left behind.

SCOTUS just handed the rich and powerful another weapon. We need the resources to answer with organizing, advocacy, and relentless pressure.

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¹ Supreme Court strikes down limits on party spending in federal elections, backing Republican appeal

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John,

The Supreme Court just tore another hole through what remains of America’s campaign finance laws. In a 6–3 decision, the Court struck down limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates, wiping out a federal safeguard that had stood for more than 50 years and had previously been upheld by the Court in 2001.¹

This ruling gives wealthy donors and powerful special interests another pathway to flood elections with Big Money. The whole point of these limits was to stop wealthy donors from routing huge sums through party committees to benefit specific candidates while skirting contribution limits.² Now the Court has made that kind of influence easier, cleaner, and more dangerous.

We know exactly what happens when the rich and powerful gain even more control over our politics. They use that power to demand tax breaks for the wealthy, block corporations from paying their fair share, weaken protections for workers and consumers, and push cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing, child care, and other human needs programs that millions of people depend on.

We cannot outspend billionaires. But we can organize people that outnumber them. We can expose who is trying to buy influence. We can fight in Congress, in coalitions, in the press, and in communities to make sure the needs of ordinary people are not buried under an avalanche of billionaire money.

Fight back against the growing power of billionaire donors and defend the programs people need to live with dignity by donating to the Coalition on Human Needs today.

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The Roberts Court has spent years weakening anti-corruption rules and opening the gates to more money in politics. Citizens United unleashed unlimited independent spending. Now this ruling gives political parties more freedom to coordinate spending directly with candidates. Every decision like this moves us closer to a government where wealthy donors get louder, more direct, and more dominant.

For families already struggling with high costs, that danger is not abstract. When billionaire donors gain more power, Congress hears more from the people demanding tax cuts, deregulation, and austerity. Working families hear more excuses about why there is never enough money for food assistance, affordable housing, health care, heating and cooling aid, disability services, or support for children and seniors.

This is the fight we are built for. We bring advocates together across the country to defend human needs, push back against harmful budget cuts, and demand that our government answer to the people, not the donor class.

Donate today to power our advocacy and fight back against billionaire influence in our democracy.