A company, Blue Marbles, who has a presence on Interwebs has become actively involved in political campaigns and uses their profile to make claims about federal and state political candidates $-$ both positive and negative $-$ as well as taking a stance on political issues and advocating for particular political parties. Blue Marbles has over $20$ million followers and their political messages, if paid for, would far exceed the limits allowed by campaign finance laws. Days before the most recent election, Blue Marbles continued to post political content to its page. However, Blue Marbles never gave money directly to any candidate or political party. Is this permissible corporate political speech?

Yes, but only if Blue Marbles is a for$-$profit corporation.

No$,$ because it contains speech advocating for the election or defeat of a particular candidate.

Yes, under the Citizens United case, Blue Marbles' speech is protected.

No$,$ because at least some of the speech occurred within $30$ days of an election.