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Define mechanisms of monitoring internal and public reporting and accountability
Trump has put billionaire tech bro supporters front and center at his inauguration
America was not a democracy at all but a functional oligarchy
Nora Delaney and Robert O’Neill of the OCPA Editorial Team provide editorial support
The influence of ordinary citizens was at a non-significant near-zero level
PolicyCast explores research-based policy solutions
Political outcomes overwhelmingly favored very wealthy people corporations and business groups
Build support for a test court case to overturn the legality of super PACs
Experiment with alternative campaign funding mechanisms
They used 1800 policy proposals over 30 years as case studies
Political scientists Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page took a data set and researchers to determine if America could still be called a democracy ten years ago
Archon Fung and Lawrence Lessig say Trump's embrace of billionaire partners could be an inflection point in America's slide toward rule by the wealthiest
The new president put tech billionaire supporters including Musk Bezos and Zuckerberg front and center at his inauguration
The influence of ordinary citizens was at a non-significant near-zero level
Political outcomes favored wealthy people corporations and business groups
Clarify and regularize Elon Musk's public role and that of the DOGE team
Procedural reform needs to create remedies when illegally obtained evidence is presented so constitutional violations have consequences for prosecutors
These reforms would not hamper legitimate prosecutions