Not enough attention has been paid to how powerful dark money interests mobilized to pressure Manchin and Sinema to maintain the filibuster—and, in turn, to maintain the power of those wealthy special interests at the expense of voters. 🧵
For example, last April, the dark money group Heritage Action described a $24M plan to “block federal legislation & tackle state based reform." A key part of that anti-voter effort was blocking filibuster reform: “It’s an all-hands-on-deck moment," said a top Heritage official.
@brendan_fischer You are referring to the MSM, right?
@brendan_fischer Rich white men are sensing their impending irrelevance. The panicked frenzy of voter suppression laws is the last gasp of the GOP. #VotingRightsAct #ONEV1
@brendan_fischer @threadreaderapp please unroll @SenateDems and @doj must respond to the outrage of dark money and power stealing our democracy.