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On the recordJune 27, 2026
Money buys influence, and influence rewrites the rules. Those rewritten rules funnel even more wealth to the few. Under this weight, democracy itself starts to buckle.
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Gavin Newsom
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing the influence of money in politics.

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