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One way to cut this knot is to enact legislation that *seems* to address the problem, but stuff it with so many loopholes that it does nothing. This lets you declare yourself the people's champion without doing anything to protect them from the donors who prey on your voters. That's the approach they took in Maryland:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/30/something-must-be-done/#there-ive-done-something
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