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Payments helped AT&T obtain key legislative wins in Illinois, prosecutors say.

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 45 points 5 months ago (2 children)

ATT bribed legislators to cancel their COLR obligations as a monopolist, then had the gall to complain that California would not cancel COLR like in the states where they bribed regulators.

If I did this, I’d be in prison. Why do we allow organized crime to operate in plain sight like this?

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Because of Citizens United.