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Chakrabarti's Bold Bid: Museum for Corruption & Election Reform

11/13/2025

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Saikat Chakrabarti, a former Silicon Valley engineer, campaigns for Congress to fight government corruption and succeed Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco.
He proposes turning the White House ballroom of U.S. President Donald Trump into a Smithsonian Museum on Corruption and Authoritarianism.
Chakrabarti backs a stock trading ban and publicly financed elections, and urges non-corporate backed Democrats to challenge the establishment ahead of 2028.

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Story summary

Saikat Chakrabarti, a former Silicon Valley engineer, campaigns for Congress to fight government corruption and succeed Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco.
He proposes turning the White House ballroom of U.S. President Donald Trump into a Smithsonian Museum on Corruption and Authoritarianism.
Chakrabarti backs a stock trading ban and publicly financed elections, and urges non-corporate backed Democrats to challenge the establishment ahead of 2028.