WaPo:

At some point soon, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) will likely be charged with corruption by the federal government. The charges almost certainly stem from his interactions with a wealthy donor, Salomon Melgen. At some point, Menendez’s exercise of his power and Melgen’s donations overlapped in a way that allegedly broke the law.

When the news broke, we looked at the blurry line between a donation that’s allowed and one that isn’t. The public perception (which is flawed) is that campaign donations act a a sort of authorized bribery. If politicians weren’t reliant on fundraising, if they didn’t have to spend so much time begging for contributions, what would the process look like? What would a reform of the donation system look like?

Which brings us to if.then.fund.