Stacey Abrams: The Supreme Court Just Empowered Billionaires

Stacey Abrams—a two-time former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, voting rights advocate, and founder of Fair Fight Action—joins Tara Palmeri to break down one of the Supreme Court's most consequential rulings of the year: its decision striking down decades-old limits on coordinated campaign spending between political parties and candidates. Abrams argues the ruling marks a major shift in American democracy, empowering billionaires and outside money while weakening the influence of small-dollar donors. Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless reporters covering power and politics. She has 15 years of experience covering national politics and foreign affairs. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She started her career as a columnist for the Washington Examiner and then went on to report for the New York Post. She was a foreign correspondent for POLITICO Europe, where she covered international affairs, including Brexit. She hosted the Ringer's political podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win" and wrote a column for Puck. Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein, "Broken: Jeffrey Epstein" and "Power: The Maxwells." Tara currently hosts the Tara Palmeri Show. For more of her reporting, subscribe to her weekly newsletter, "The Red Letter." https://tarapalmeri.substack.com/ https://www.tarapalmeri.com/subscribe The latest from the 'Red Letter': https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/is-it-time-to-take-the-oligarchy https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/gen-z-guru-rachel-janfaza-on-whether https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/is-big-gretch-cooked To support her mission of independent journalism, consider donating to her GoFundMe account: https://gofund.me/0c46f9a5 Listen to the 'Tara Palmeri Show': Apple https://apple.co/4lWeFuo iHeartRadio https://iheart.com/podcast/273622585/ Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/cdfe747e-54a2-47ae-9ec5-15957642e533/the-tara-palmeri-show Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3kgamV3lbZIGIHW2H0XUTR?si=1ffdbb566a964bc1 New videos from Tara are released 5PM EST on weekdays and Sunday https://www.youtube.com/@TaraPalmeri Follow Tara: https://www.instagram.com/tarapalmeri/ https://x.com/tarapalmeri https://www.tiktok.com/@tarapalmeri For inquiries, email: [email protected] YouTube Chapters 0:00 Intro: Did the Supreme Court Just Make Big Money More Powerful? 0:43 Supreme Court Strikes Down Campaign Finance Limits 1:14 Haven't Super PACs Already Broken the Rules? 1:40 Why Democrats See This Ruling as a Major Loss 2:03 Stacey Abrams on Watergate, Nixon & Campaign Finance Reform 2:50 The Hidden Advantage Candidates Used to Have 3:11 Why Candidate Ads Cost Less Than Super PAC Ads 3:41 "Oligarchy Gets the Same Impact as Citizenship" 4:05 How Citizens United Changed American Politics 4:54 Elon Musk, Billionaires & the Future of Elections 5:24 Why Abrams Says 2028 Is the Real Target 6:24 Outro: Support Independent Journalism & The Red Letter