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Democracy Loses When Big Money Wins! Nonpartisan effort to get BIG money out of VA politics & end Citizens United. Corps ≠ People | $$$ ≠ Free Speech bigmoneyoutva.org

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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Thanks to Del @marcussimon.com, a strong supporter of good governance bills! He met with some of the 130 Virginians who attended VA's 4th Democracy Day on Tuesday, the 20th. Unfortunately, a day before the 16th anniversary of Citizens United, his bill on public financing died in sub-committee.
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Are you joining us at Virginia's 4th Democracy Day on January 20th in Richmond. Should be a blast! Check out why young people are coming. 👉 Learn more and register for Democracy Day: vademocracyday.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0dJ...
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Another interesting court case to follow! Opinion | Maine could end the super PAC free-for-all www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/o... via @BostonGlobe
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The courts broke campaign finance. Maine is giving them a chance to repair it. - The Boston Globe
There is a path to restore limits on big money in politics.
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
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The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Check out this testimony by 17-year-old Jackson Kidwell in support of campaign finance reform at the most recent Winchester City Council. Good job, Jackson. He says: "All of this falls onto my generation, our voices silenced by big money" youtu.be/2BaojFVSK10
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Very disappointing. I contacted some of the PACs expressing my anger that they would support someone with such violent rhetoric. Corporate PACs Fund ‘Anti-Muslim Extremist’ Rep. Randy Fine readsludge.com/2025/10/23/c...
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Corporate PACs Fund ‘Anti-Muslim Extremist’ Rep. Randy Fine
Comcast, CVS, Boeing, and other major corporations have made PAC donations to the Florida Republican despite his repeated calls for violence against Muslims and Palestinians.
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Thanks to good governance champion, Forrest Miller, @forrestmiller4va.bsky.social, for supporting the need for campaign finance reform. Getting big money out of our elections and politics is, indeed, the way to "restore the People's trust in Government". Forrest is running in VA district 63.
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Most recent BigMoneyOutVA newsletter. Check out the great news from Blacksburg. Let's get other jurisdictions from around Virginia to commit to support campaign finance reform. open.substack.com/pub/nancymor...
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Let's have a 💸moneyout💰 shoutout📢 for the Blacksburg Town Council
They voted unanimously on August 12th to pass a resolution in support of campaign finance reform.
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Join a historic rally on July 27! Organized by @moneyoutofpolitics.bsky.social, this non-partisan, people-powered event is our way tofight back against the corrupting influence of bigmoney in politics & demand real accountability from our elected officials. Sign up here: moneyoutofpolitics.org/join/
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Great meeting candidate Elaine Walters at the Women's Summit. Running in VA district 68, she supports good governance & a government which works for all Virginians. She believes that Virginians want open/ honest government, including getting big money out of politics. bsky.app/profile/elai...
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Great👍 panel discussion at Women's Summit with colleagues from Sierra Club, Freedom Virginia, and Climate Change and Clean Energy Group. The workshop on money in politics was animated by having @pwcdanica.bsky.social and Kannan Srinivasan share their views on the issues & entry points for action.
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Great reporting by David Poole. Here's a shout out📢 for Delegate David Bulova, good governance champion👍 , who finally got this oversight bill passed three years ago!!! Virginia campaign finance laws take first step beyond honor system cardinalnews.org/2025/06/12/v... via @cardinalnewsva
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Virginia campaign finance laws take first step beyond honor system
The state Department of Elections will soon release a report on the first-ever outside audits of campaign finance disclosures. In this first round, seven candidates who ran for local office last fa…
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Thank Dist 68 VA candidate Elaine Walters, @elainescampaign.bsky.social, for supporting campaign finance reform. She doesn't want a "system serving the wealthy, rather than the general populace". Check out her responses to the Good Governance Scorecard www.vagoodgovscorecard.org/candidate-re...
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Yes! 👍 Another good governance champion supports reforms to build confidence that our institutions actually do work for average Virginians. Thanks, Victor Salgado, ‪@victorforvirginia.bsky.social‬, running for LT Governor, for filling in the VA Good Governance Scorecard www.vagoodgovscorecard.org
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Let's have a shout out 📢 for Virginia good governance champions, like @shelly_simonds who is running in VA House district 70. We totally agree with her that "it is time to return political power to the people and rebuild trust in our democracy".
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Interesting article but I think that this bill is unconstitutional. Spending can't be restricting because of Buckley vs Valeo ruling that money is speech. Bill to limit out-of-state donations to Texas candidates gets House approval www.texastribune.org/2025/05/14/t... via @TexasTribune
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Bill to limit out-of-state donations to Texas candidates gets House approval
The bill would cap out-of-state political donations to a candidate or lawmaker to $5,000 for a statewide election, $2,500 for a district office and $1,000 for a county office.
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Many thanks 👍to Justin Woodford for highlighting the corrupting influence of corporate money in our elections. Justin is running ins VA House District 73. Thanks for signing the American Promise pledge, Justin! @justinwoodford.bsky.social
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Check out this estimate of dark money moving to influence our elections in 2024. Nice reportings by the Brennan Center. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Dark Money Hit a Record High of $1.9 Billion in 2024 Federal Races
Spending by groups that do not disclose their donors has increased and become harder to trace.
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Thanks 😍Jessica Anderson, @jess4va.com, candidate running in House Dist. 71, for filling in the Good Governance Scorecard, as well as supporting campaign finance reform, the @usapromise "For Our Freedom" language for a constitutional amendment as well as campaign finance reform in VA. #peoplepower
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Thanks👍 @marcussimon.com , candidate for House District 13, for filling out the Virginia Good Governance Scorecard. Have the candidates in your district filled it out? Check on the website: vagoodgovscorecard.org Virginians need a government that works for the people! #PeoplePower
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Do you know who your candidates are in your District? What are their views on good governance issues? Check out the newly launched Virginia Good Governance Scorecard (www.vagoodgovscorecard.org. nancymorgan.substack.com/p/will-virgi...
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Thanks to @issueonereform.bsky.social for highlighting the increasing corruption which is transforming our democracy into an oligarchy. The "people" deserve to have a government which listens to their voices, not those of wealthy donors. #peoplepower
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Thanks to our VA Democracy Warriors who came out to our VA #moneyout Happy Hour where we celebrated the passage of the campaign finance bill restricting personal use of campaign donations! Thanks to legislators @davidbulova, @marcussimon.com , & Karen from @jenniferboysko.com office. #peoplepower
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
@jessanderson4va.bsky.social
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Let's ask all VA candidates (Ds, Rs, & Inds) to support campaign finance reform. Thanks👍to Jessica Anderson, running in VA-District71, who agrees that to restore integrity to our VA elections, we need to have our VA GA pass comprehensive campaign finance reform. @usapromise sanderson4va.bsky.social
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Great that the Arizona "voters right to know" disclosure bill continues to be ruled constitutional by the courts! Without transparency into election spending, voters don’t know who is trying to influence elections. Let's pass dark money disclosure bills in VA! statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
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Arizona Supreme Court Grapples with Challenge to “Dark Money” Disclosure Law
Voters overwhelmingly approved the law in 2022 to shed light on anonymous campaign spending from large donors.
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Check out this Democracy Day 2025 video. Virginia citizens met with legislators in support of specific campaign finance & RCVing bills. Listen to their stories & learn why they think that good governance legislation builds confidence in our institutions & officials. www.youtube.com/watch?v=00oF...
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Virginia Democracy Day 2025
YouTube video by MoneyOutVA
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Check out our 💸MoneyOut💰 Press Release which reviews the status of campaign finance bills this year. Virginia’s General Assembly takes a small step towards reining in dependency on big money donors open.substack.com/pub/nancymor...
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Virginia’s General Assembly takes a small step towards reining in dependency on big money donors
But More Work Needs to be Done
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Congratuations👍to Sen. Jennifer Boysko and Del Josh Cole for getting a bill restricting personal use of campaign funds finally over the goal line. After a decade (❤️@marcussimon.com), it was finally signed into law by the Governor yesterday. One step closer to broad based campaign finance reform.
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Thanks to @marcussimon.com for signing our MoneyOut pledge. Delegate Simon, running in VA-13th district, has been a continual supporter of campaign finance bills for a decade. His bill restricting personal use of campaign funds, which he introduced in 2014, was finally passed into law this year.👍
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BigMoneyOutVA @bigmoneyoutva.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Thanks Senator @pwcdanica.bsky.social for introducing a bill which Virginians support and allowing Pooh to express our frustration with our General Assembly. Elected officials should at least vote on a bill...not use smoke and mirrors techniques to protect themselves and their donors.
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