The RepresentUs Blog

Nearly $13 billion more is being spent on elections today than in 1998. This surge in election spending has ultimately led to politicians and government listening more to special interests and the wealthy few, at the expense of everyday Americans.

The crypto industry has acted like any other industry that spends millions to buy political influence to rewrite the rules in their favor.

Our judicial system plays an important but often overlooked role in the successful balance of power.

The president isn’t a king, and executive orders aren’t absolute. Our Constitution has a set of checks and balances to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful.

Many of the agencies Musk is scrutinizing through DOGE have taken regulatory or investigative action against some of his companies.

This question has become particularly pressing since the United States was recently classified as a backsliding democracy for the first time in its history.

Rent prices in the U.S. are at record highs, straining millions of families. But this isn’t just about supply and demand—it’s about corporate greed and legal bribery that rigs the system to benefit the wealthy few at the expense of renters.

In 2024, we set an ambitious goal: to reach more Americans than ever before, open their eyes to the corruption in our government, and inspire them to rise up, join the movement, and enact powerful anti-corruption laws nationwide. It worked.

When corporations can cut corners, buy silence, and artificially raise prices, both public health and your pocketbook are directly jeopardized.