S8E1: Introduction

🔗FOLLOW NICO AND DANIELPolitical Integrity Project: https://politicalintegrity.us/Nico’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stocking_the_capitolPolitical Integrity Project IG: https://www.instagram.com/politicalintegrity.us/Support their work: https://donate.politicalintegrity.us/ ⚖️EQUAL CITIZENSWebsite: https://equalcitizens.us/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/equalcitizens.us/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EqualCitizens/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/equalcitizens/Please consider supporting our work: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/sp_case  📌 TOPICS COVERED🔹 The Integrity Index: Letter grades (A-F) for legislators and candidates, based on fundraising, stock holdings, and corporate and trade PAC money🔹 The Political Integrity Pledge: A four-part commitment to reject corporate PAC money, support a congressional stock trading ban, close the lobbying revolving door, and overturn Citizens United. 264 candidates have signed so far.🔹 The Trump Tracker: A dashboard of the trades and holdings of top Trump administration officials, built from public financial disclosures.🔹 Why anger isn't enough: How they channel online frustration toward real accountability.🔹 DTA v. Schneider: The lawsuit that could get rid of super PACs without overturning Citizens United🔹 Lawrence Lessig’s 20-year effort to end the corruption of our representative government.🔹 The unknown 2010 court case that created super PACs: SpeechNow v. FEC. 🎙️ ABOUT ANOTHER WAYAnother Way is the podcast of Lawrence Lessig, founder of Equal Citizens, featuring conversations with people working to fix American democracy. New episodes on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Patreon.CREDITSMusic: Roundpine by Blue Dot Sessions; Noe Noe by Blue Dot Sessions; Vengeful by Blue Dot Sessions Post-production: Josh Elstro of Elstro Production  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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To read Robertson's research, visit: https://equalcitizens.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025_02_26__53_3__Exhibit_4___Christopher_Robertson_Declaration-1.pdf For more information about the case, Dinner Table Action v. Schneider, visit: https://equalcitizens.us/against_superpacs/ Become a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens Music: Roundpine by Blue Dot Sessions; Noe Noe by Blue Dot Sessions; Vengeful by Blue Dot Sessions Post-production: Josh Elstro of Elstro Production Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

For more information about the case, Dinner Table Action v. Schneider, visit: https://equalcitizens.us/against_superpacs/ Become a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens Music: Roundpine by Blue Dot Sessions; Noe Noe by Blue Dot Sessions; Vengeful by Blue Dot Sessions Post-production: Josh Elstro of Elstro Production Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

More information about the case, Dinner Table Action v. Schneider: https://equalcitizens.us/against_superpacs/ Become a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens Music: Roundpine by Blue Dot Sessions; Noe Noe by Blue Dot Sessions; Vengeful by Blue Dot Sessions Post-production: Josh Elstro of Elstro Production Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

More information about the case, Dinner Table Action v. Schneider: https://equalcitizens.us/against_superpacs/ Become a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens Music: Roundpine by Blue Dot Sessions; Noe Noe by Blue Dot Sessions; Vengeful by Blue Dot Sessions Post-production: Josh Elstro of Elstro Production Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

More information about the case, Dinner Table Action v. Schneider: https://equalcitizens.us/against_superpacs/ Become a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens Music: Roundpine by Blue Dot Sessions; Noe Noe by Blue Dot Sessions; Vengeful by Blue Dot Sessions Post-production: Josh Elstro of Elstro Production Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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In this episode, Lessig and Hepburn continue the conversation, discussing the hot-button issues shaping the start of 2026. Become a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens Music: Roundpine by Blue Dot Sessions; Noe Noe by Blue Dot Sessions; Vengeful by Blue Dot Sessions Post-production: Josh Elstro of Elstro Production Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.