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Citizens United Anniversary: What Can We Do to Address Money in Elections?

With Tom Moore from the Center for American Progress

Meeting resources

• Speaker View Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/mn1GKHRhflJfIPLuvOALXu37vHk2ynQeBS8Jn30GrihUL-7VZAJ0jYqWSUyJh_tw7B8b8pS_M5px2AGW.Kfz8SXHLeoLd4DJj
• Gallery View Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/aJRIX1kYgV6rWZYZR1HaHaPd-mtqn_oq1pWQ0XAe2qbKRase1q-nEt08tpOYDaD9CMp10BvkDy6hpaFo.W0VGOWI6t5HwFwgi
• Chat file (will download directly to your computer): https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/9LChyUD1i7nqz3WwXppOjk2S_iJd_G7_uTpXIppaiAGlwjBPNpPqoa9wAA0JCTEL7zOnH-WAYCdYlhH4.JdzuWu5k0NizX8Wg
• Closed Caption file (will download directly to your computer): https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/sdownload/zVGtlehmFPKrEKXuqkjaqG9B4pr3_yOyVd87u4ia_kR-VNq4y295EDw-F6m2azldJKkXMrWz3-0yGqAM.poV7kSCSYfax5k9m

Citizens United anniversary links

• Tom Moore, tmoore@americanprogress.org
• The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant - https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-corporate-power-reset-that-makes-citizens-united-irrelevant/
• Introducing CAP’s Plan to Beat Citizens United - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ZlQ-iOgXI
• If you are in Washington State, please SIGN and SHARE our Citizen Resolution for the Washington Plan to Undo Citizens United

We CAN Undo Citizens United Links:

• Citizens United v. FEC - https://www.fec.gov/legal-resources/court-cases/citizens-united-v-fec/
• Citizens United, Explained - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained
• National Disclosure and Research Resources - https://www.opensecrets.org/news/disclosure
• State Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements Toolkit - https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/state-campaign-finance-disclosure-requirements-toolkit
• Public Campaign Financing - https://www.brennancenter.org/topics/money-politics/public-campaign-financing
• Guide to Public Financing Programs Nationwide - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-public-financing-programs-nationwide
• RELEASE: CAP’s Legal Strategy To Undo the Harms of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United Ruling - https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release-caps-legal-strategy-to-undo-the-harms-of-the-supreme-courts-citizens-united-ruling/
• The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant - https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-corporate-power-reset-that-makes-citizens-united-irrelevant/
• Introducing CAP’s Plan to Beat Citizens United - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ZlQ-iOgXI
• Undoing Citizens United and Reining In Super PACs - https://www.americanprogress.org/article/undoing-citizens-united-and-reining-in-super-pacs/
• Undoing Citizens United with The Montana Plan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18QxU7m5NxE&t=2s
• The Montana Plan - https://transparentelection.org/
• The Center for American Progress - https://www.americanprogress.org/

FDF Links

• Fix Democracy First - https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/
• Donate to Fix Democracy First here: https://www.fixdemocracyfirst.org/donate

Join Fix Democracy First Boards

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Democracy Happy Hour Upcoming Topics/Schedule

• Jan 28 – Pinion Vote with Scott Pierce
• Feb 4 - Living on the Edge: How Human Nature Is Being Hacked — and How We Can Respect Each Other Again with Rev. Terry Kyllo, Paths to Understanding
• Feb 11 - The Choice - Proportional RCV in Portland & Beyond: Film & Discussion
• Feb 18 - The 7-Minute Citizen: Your Power, Your Rights, Your Democracy with author Wes Chaput
• Feb 25 - Leaving MAGA with Rich Logis
• Mar 4 - Polemic for Democracy: A Framework for Pragmatic Action with author Zane Gustafson

Actions and events

Actions

• Impeach Trump. Again. https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/.  Sign the Petition: https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/#action

Events

• Democracy Lobby Day 2026 – January 23rd in Olympia. Register to join @ https://bit.ly/DemocracyLobbyDay2026-FDF
• NO Kings Alliance: The Rapid Response Arm of the Movement - https://www.nokings.org/alliance

Democracy in the News

Resources

• The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability - https://www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-corruption-tracker/
• How You Can Protect Democracy - 29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect democracy - https://protectdemocracy.org/how-to-protect-democracy
• Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions - https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
• State of Emergency - Democracy, Civil Rights & Progress Under Attack  - https://stateofblackamerica.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/NUL-SOBA-Executive%20Summary-2025-web%20%281%29%20%281%29.pdf
• The People's Hub For Grassroots Democracy Organizing  - https://www.usgrassroots.org/
• Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Undermine Elections - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/timeline-trump-administrations-efforts-undermine-elections
• Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift - https://www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tracking-the-trump-justice-departments-anti-voting-shift/
• Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/trump-administration-lawsuits.html
• Trump’s Take, cash and gifts received by Trump - https://www.americanprogress.org/feature/trumps-take/

Good News Websites

• ABC Good News - https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/good-news
• Daily Good - https://www.dailygood.org/
• Democracy's Good News - https://www.democracygroup.org/topics/democracys-good-news
• Good News Network - https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
• Politics & Government Good News - https://www.goodgoodgood.co/impact/democracy
• Sunny Skyz - https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news
• The Happy News - https://thehappynewspaper.com/

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