I’ll put a different spin on it that others responding here have: I agree that having this much money in our politics as a matter of course is a very bad thing. But at the same time, until we can change the system to prohibit that, the tactical, pragmatic, and correct choice (if you want to win elections) is to maliciously comply with the letter of the (flawed) law, with the ultimate goal of using it to attack and eliminate itself in the long run.
Also, let’s also keep things in perspective: in the specific context of “not letting the fascists win”: this article is reporting something good.
Reverse citizens united. Disallow direct campaign contributions. Disallow personal spending on political campaigning. Aggregate all federal political donations to a central fund, allocate exactly 1% of that fund to any candidate that has the support of at least 1% of donors for use in their campaigning. Spend the remainder on public service announcements about the date of the election, how to register, the roles and responsibilities of each office up for election, etc.
Why is it necessary? The country is so polarized, it's not like they're trying to court new voters, people vote by party not the party politics. It's not like they're actually actively campaigning that's costing billions of dollars.