SOUTH DAKOTA, FASCINATING THING GOING ON THERE.
THE VOTERS OF SOUTH DAKOTA DECIDED TO BACK THIS BALLOT
INITIATIVE CALLED ANTICORRUPTION ACT WHICH IS ACTUALLY WONDERFUL.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
INITIATED MEASURE 22
AND IT CALLS FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DONORS WHO
FIND ADVOCACY EFFORTS, THE CREATION OF A STATE ETHICS
COMMISSION AND PUBLIC FINANCING A POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.
IT
ALSO LIMITS LOBBYISTS GIFTS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND LOWERS THE
AMOUNT OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES, PARTIES,
AND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES.
THIS IS GREAT FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS DIANE SOUTH
DAKOTA, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A PROUD HISTORY OF BEING AGAINST
CORRUPTION FOR A LONG TIME ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY IN THEIR
GOVERNMENT AND SOME OF THOSE LAWS THEY BACKED IN 1908, BUT
RECENTLY, IT HAS GONE THE OTHER DIRECTION AND LOBBYISTS CAN GET
GIFTS TO PUT POLITICIANS AS A DAKOTA ALMOST AN UNLIMITED
FASHIONS WE DESPERATELY NEEDED THIS.
THE KOCH BROTHERS HALEY TODAY BECAUSE THEY ARE GIANT
REPUBLICAN DONORS AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THEIR DONORS
SECRET.
THE KOCH BROTHERS COLLECT MONEY FOR THE REST OF THE RICH
AND ALSO PUT IN A GIANT AMOUNT OF THEIR OWN, THEIR
INDUSTRIALIST, AND THEN EXHIBITS REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
DON'T WANT ALL OF THE PEOPLE GIVING THEM $100,000 AT A
MINIMUM AT A TIME TO BE FOUND OUT.
THEY DON'T WANT
THE PEOPLE FUNNELING MONEY, LEGALIZED BRIBES TO OUR
POLITICIANS TO GET ANY SPOTLIGHT AT ALL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
BE ABLE TO DO AT THE DARK MONEY.
I BRIBED SOMEBODY, I DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M BRIBING
THEM BECAUSE THAT LOOKS REALLY BAD.
THE SUPREME COURT ALREADY MADE THAT BRIBERY LEGAL WHICH IS
INSANE, BUT EVEN IN THAT SUPREME COURT DECISION, CITIZENS
UNITED, THEY ACTUALLY SAID, I'M SORRY CITIZENS UNITED.
THEY ACTUALLY SAID THAT THERE SHOULD BE TRANSPARENCY.
WE SHOULD FIND OUT WHO'S GIVING THE MONEY.
BUT THE KOCH BROTHERS DON'T WANT THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE
ONES GIVING THE MONEY ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE HIDING
THAT ARE AMONG THEIR DONORS.
THEY FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL AGAINST THIS.
THEY SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN A SMALL STATE
LIKE SOUTH DAKOTA AND THEY LOST ANYWAY.
IT LOST 52 TO 48
WITH ALL THAT SPENDING AGAINST THEM.
THE REGULAR CITIZENS OF SOUTH DAKOTA 1.
THE LEGISLATURE AND SOUTH DAKOTA STARTED DECIDED TO DO
SOMETHING AMAZING.
THEY DECIDED YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR STINKING DEMOCRACY.
THAT WOULD THAT'S WHAT GOES BACK TO 1908 THOUGHT SOUTH DAKOTA
WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO CELEBRATE DIRECT DEMOCRACY AND SAY YOU,
THE CITIZENS CAN HAVE AN ACTUAL DIRECT THOUGH IN WHAT WE DO.
SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE SUPER PROUD OF THAT.
AND NOW WHAT DID THE LEGISLATURE DO?
NO, I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN YOU GUYS DO DEMOCRACY.
BALLOT MEASURES, NOTE THAT YOUR LIMITING MY CORRUPTION.
NO, I AM GOING TO REPEAL YOUR ANTICORRUPTION ACT IN
ESSENCE DOING A PRO-CORRUPTION ACT.
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
THE HOUSE VOTED TO REPEAL THE BALLOT MEASURE AND IT
WASN'T EVEN CLOSE.
54 TO 13.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
THAT IS TELLING ALL THE VOTERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA THERE IS NO
DEMOCRACY LEFT IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, WE ARE GOING TO OVERRIDE YOUR
VOTE BECAUSE WE LIKE BEING CORRUPT.
IT IS MIND BLOWING, AND OF ALL THE OTHER CORRUPTION STORIES I
HAVE COVERED FOR YOU, THIS IS AMONG THE MOST AMAZING
BECAUSE IT IS SO BRAZEN AND THEY DID IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
BALLOT MEASURE PASSED.
IT TURNS ON ONE OF THE REASONS I'M UPDATING THE STORY TODAY AS
IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAD ALL THESE ICE CREAM SOCIALS TO GET TO.
THEY HAD ALL THESE GOODIES FROM THE LOBBYIST TO GET TO
SURVEY NEEDED TO ACT RIGHT AWAY SO THEY COULD STILL GET
THEIR STAKE IN THEIR OYSTERS AND THEIR CHILE AND THEIR ICE CREAM.
I AM NOT KIDDING, I HAVE THE DETAILS OF THAT IN A SECOND
THOUGHT THAT WAS A HOUSE, THEY VOTED TO REPEAL IT 5413.
INDIVIDUAL?
THEY ACTUALLY CALLED, I AM NOT KIDDING, THEY CALLED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
OH MY GOD, EMERGENCY.
ICE CREAM SOCIAL IS IN DANGER.
EMERGENCY, THEY WON'T LET US BE CORRUPT ANYMORE.
PART OF THE REASON THEY DO THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO ACT
RIGHT AWAY TO STILL CONTINUE TO GET THOSE LOBBYISTS GIFTS.
THE SECOND REASON IS SO THAT IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY COME
UP FOR ANOTHER VOTE NEXT TIME THERE IS AN ELECTION AS A
BALLOT MEASURE.
IF YOU DO AS IN AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, YOU HAVE TO START
FROM SQUARE ONE, COLLECT SIGNATURES AGAIN AND GO
THROUGH ALL THAT EXPENSIVE.
THEY DO NOT WANT THEIR CORRUPTION ENDED UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN LEGISLATORS THIS CORRUPT.
I HAVE BEEN COVERING POLITICS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
LOOK, I SEE LEGISLATORS TAKING FOR COATS FROM LOBBYISTS
BUT AT LEAST THEY HAD THE DECENCY TO DO IN THE DARK
OF NIGHT YOU NOT TO JUST RUB YOUR FACE IN IT.
SOUTH DAKOTA ISNíT AMERICA ANYMORE AND YOU
DON'T HAVE A DEMOCRACY.
EMERGENCY.
THAT IS THE HOUSE.
THE SENATE IS GOING TO GO VOTE ON WEDNESDAY.
ON FEBRUARY 1, 2 PM CENTRAL AT THE SENATE CHAMBERS AT THE
STATE CAPITOL BUILDING.
THERE IS AN ADDRESS FOR YOU.
GO.
SHOW UP.
IT IS RIDDLED WITH CORRUPT POLITICIANS.
MOST OF THOSE STATE SENATORS HAVE ALREADY COSPONSORED
THE PRO-CORRUPTION ACT WHICH IS THE REPEAL OF THE
ANTICORRUPTION ACT OUT THERE NOW CALLING ABOUT THAT IS
OBVIOUSLY WHAT IT IS AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK MY
VIEWS ON AR, THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN.
THEY WANTED THIS BILL, THAT IS WHEN HE PASSED IT.
THEY DIDN'T STUTTER.
BUT THOSE CORRUPT SENATORS ARE GOING TO REPEAL IT ANYWAY.
GO THERE, AT A BARE MINIMUM SHOW THEM THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING
ON AND THAT YOU CA AND THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SNEAK IT
BY YOU.
THEY THINK THEY ARE SO DAMN CLEVER.
WHAT DO PRO-CORRUPTION AND CALL IT AN EMERGENCY AND YOU
WILL NEVER FIND OUT THAT NO, WE FOUND OUT.
LOOK, NUMBER ONE IF YOU ARE A SOUTH DAKOTA VOTER, YOU HAVE TO
BE LIVID OVER THIS.
THE GUY WHO ACTUALLY PROPOSE THE BALLOT MEASURE IN THE FIRST
PLACE IS A FORMER REPUBLICAN STATE LEGISLATOR BECAUSE
THIS ISN'T ABOUT REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS THAT YOU TELLING ME
IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN IN SOUTH DAKOTA YOU LOVE CORRUPTION?
MY GUESS IS IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN VOTERS SOUTH
DAKOTA YOU HATE CORRUPTION AND CRONY CAPITALISM AND SECRET
DARK DONORS.
YOU DON'T LIKE IT WHEN IT IS BLOOMBERG OR SOROS AND YOU
ARE NOT A BIG FAN OF IT WHEN IT IS THE KOCH BROTHERSÖ THEM
DO THIS TO YOU IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
ONE OF THE GROUPS FIGHTING BACK AND WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED
WITH THIS IS REPRESENT ON US.
THEIR NON- ARTISAN AND AGAINST CORRUPTION THAT YOU GO THERE AND
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON WEDNESDAY AND
HOW YOU CAN HELP DON FACEBOOK, IF YOU JUST GO IN THERE AND
SEARCH RALLY AGAINST CORRUPTION YOU WILL SEE ON
FACEBOOK.COM YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION.
USE A HASHTAG RESPECT ARVO TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THIS.
THAT IS HATING INVOLVED.
GO AHEAD AND GET INVOLVED, DEFINITELY IF YOU LIVE IN
SOUTH DAKOTA AND IF YOU WANT TO PROTEST AND YOU ACTUALLY
BELIEVE AND LOVE DEMOCRACY AND YOU ARE IN A NEIGHBORING STATE,
GO TO SOUTH DAKOTA AND HELP YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN AMERICA.
LET ME SEE THE BAD GUYS.
ONE OF THEM IS MATT MCCULLOUGH.
HE IS A LOBBYIST IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND HE IS VERY MUCH AGAINST THE
ANTICORRUPTION ACT BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THE CORRUPTERS THAT ONE
OF THE GROUPS THAT HE WORKS FOR IS OF COURSE THE KOCH BROTHERS
GROUP.
IT IS IRONICALLY, THEY ARE SO ORWELLIAN, THE NAME OF
THE PRO-CORRUPTION GROUP IS CALLED FOUNDATION FOR
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.
IF THAT IS NOT ORWELLIAN, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS.
THEY LITERALLY ARE THE GUYS WHO ARE ARGUING FOR DARK MONEY.
THEY DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE, THEY DON'T WANT THE
POLITICIANS THAT THEY LEGALLY BRIBED IT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND
THEY NAMED THE GROUP FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.
RUBBING YOUR FACE IN IT.
THEY ARE PROBABLY LAUGHING AT YOU RIGHT NOW.
PROBABLY HAVING A GOOD COGNAC AND THE CODE BROTHERS ARE
THINKING IDIOTS IN SOUTH DAKOTA THOUGHT THEY COULD HAVE
DEMOCRACY.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO RETURN AWAY FROM THEM.
HEY SOUTH DAKOTA, ARE YOU REAL AMERICANS?
ARE YOU GOING TO FIRE YOU JUST GOING TO SIT THERE AND LET
THEM BOBBY ABOVE YOUR BILL RIGHT AFTER YOU MADE THAT
VOCALIST OH NOW THE OTHER LOBBYIST GROUP THAT
MCCAULEY REPRESENTS IS SOUTH DAKOTA LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION.
HE ALSO LOBBIES FOR THEM I DO DECLARE AND I AM SURE THOSE
FOLKS ALSO NEED A LOT OF BRIBES, I MEAN, KEARNEY CAPITALISM,
I MADE, LEGITIMATE GOODIES FROM LEGISLATORS.
THESE ARE THE GUYS WHO BY THE WAY COMPLAIN ALL MY GOD, A
POOR FAMILY ACTUALLY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY SO THEY
COULD EAT THAT I AM AGAINST WELFARE AND FOOD STAMPS.
NOW THE LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AND GOODIES FROM THE GUYS ARE JUST CORRUPTED.
THE CODE BROTHERS WOULD LIKE EVEN MORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO?
THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD AND THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD AS SOON AS
THIS PASS AND THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNOR SIGNS INTO LAW, YOU GO
TO HIS OFFICE AFTER THE SENATE VOTE AS WELL, THEY WERE GOING TO
DO A LEGISLATIVE APPRECIATION NIGHT.
IS THERE A LOT OF REGULAR CITIZENS GOING AROUND
PUTTING THE OTHER LEGISLATION APPRECIATION NIGHTS?
KNOW THAT IS WHAT LOBBYISTS DO TO SHOW HOW MUCH THEY
APPRECIATE WHAT THE LEGISLATORS HAVE DONE FOR THEM.
BUT MCCAULEY'S GROUP WASN'T THE ONLY ONE SO LET ME GIVE YOU
ALL OF THE POLITICAL EVENT THAT THEY WERE PLANNING
IMMEDIATELY AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE SO HURT BY THIS HOW
COULD YOU STOP THE CORRUPTION?
WE'RE GOING TO DO AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL, THAT IS ANOTHER SET OF
LOBBYISTS PLANNING ON SOUTH DAKOTA AND THEN ANOTHER GROUP IS
DOING A LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION AND A THIRD GROUP WITH THE
BUFFET FROM SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURES.
THEY GOT BUFFETS.
ONE OF THESE INVOLVES STATE DINNERS.
ANOTHER ONE HAS OYSTERS, THE OTHER ONE HAS CHILE.
THEY ARE GIVING AND GIVING AND GIVING.
THE LEGISLATORS ALIKE COME ON YOU ARE GOING TO COST ME A
STEAK DINNER AND ICE CREAM AFTERWARD.
I LOVE THE CORRUPTION THAT I WAS BATHING IN.
DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT SOUTH DAKOTA.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.
NOW, LET ME GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS.
AFTER VOTERS PASSED INITIATED MEASURE 22
IN NOVEMBER TO MCDADE THEY CORRUPTION ACT LAW, SEVERAL
LOBBYISTS HOSTED EVENTS WERE IMMEDIATELY CANCELED,
INCLUDING A WELCOME DINNER, A MIXER AND A SOCIAL.
WOW, DINNER MIXER AND A SOCIAL.
POLITICIANS COMPLAIN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR
OWN MEALS AND TRAVEL.
POLITICIANS COMPLAIN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR
OWN MEALS AND TRAVEL.
THOSE ARE TOUGH TIME FOR CORRUPT POLITICIANS IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATORS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TREATED TO
MORE THAN 50 LOBBYISTS HOSTED EVENTS AND P ARE SINCE JANUARY
9 ACCORDING TO THE 2017
LEGISLATIVE SOCIAL CALENDAR AND AT LEAST 60 MORE ARE
PLANNED BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDS ON MARCH 10.
I WONDER WHY ALL OF THOSE LOBBYISTS ARE SO INTERESTED
IN MEETING WITH THE LEGISLATORS?
THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT GOODIES FROM THEM, DO THEY?
KNOW, THEY ARE JUST I HAVE A LOT OF PRINCIPLES I WANT TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
GIVE YOU TWO QUICK EXAMPLES DON JANUARY 17, GAMING
LOBBYISTS HOSTED LEGISLATORS AND THEIR SPOUSES FOR A GROSSED.
LITERALLY PIGS AT THE TROUGH.
AND FINALLY WE GO BACK TO THE BIG BUSINESS GROUPS WHO HAVE
THE BIGGEST FINANCIAL INTEREST IN CORRUPTING THE POLITICIANS.
ONE OF THESE IS ALEC.
ON THE SAME NIGHT, THE AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE
COUNCIL PROVIDED A WINE AND SHE'S WELCOME WITH SWISS
STEAK DINNER FOR LEGISLATORS THAT ALSO INCLUDED THEIR
INTERNS AND STAFF BECAUSE WHILE WERE BRIBING PEOPLE, LET'S
ALL ABOUT THE INTERNS AND STAFF.
AMERICA, IN THIS CASE SPECIFICALLY SOUTH DAKOTA,
YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE.
YOU EITHER BOW YOUR HEAD AND GO I GUESS WE LOST A MOCKER SEE
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO LET HER LEGISLATORS SPIN INTERFACE, SLAP
US ACROSS THE FACE AND GO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT?
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING.
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE CORRUPT, I'M GOING TO TAKE
ALL OF THESE DINNERS AND I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER MY
PRIVATE FINANCIERS TOLD ME TO DO.
THEY WRITE MY CHECKS, YOU THINK I WORK FOR?
DUE?
KNOW, I JUST SPEND YOUR FACE.
COURSE IN A WORK FOR YOU DIE WORK FOR MY DONORS.
THEY JUST TOLD YOU THAT.
YOUR CHOICE IS ARE YOU GOING TO LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT?
OR ARE YOU GOING TO THROW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE BOMBS
THAT VOTES THIS WAY OUT OF OFFICE IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SAY WE DID NOT STUTTER.
WE PASSED THAT BALLOT MEASURE.
WE PASSED THE ANTICORRUPTION ACTS AND YOU DO AS YOU ARE
TOLD BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT OUR BOSS, WE ARE YOUR BOSS.
SOUTH DAKOTA, BALL IS IN YOUR COURT.
VERY CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT YOU DO.
DO YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN AMERICA AND DEMOCRACY OR
DON'T YOU?