San Diego Union-Tribune: Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, has been pushing the U.S. Coast Guard to buy or lease a polar ice-breaking ship owned by one of his top campaign contributors, although the Coast Guard has repeatedly said the vessel doesn’t… Continue reading

WSJ: WikiLeaks’ latest release of what the website says are emails taken from the Clinton campaign reveals the close ties between campaign and its allied super PAC, illustrating a growing trend this election cycle. The emails—whose authenticity the Clinton campaign… Continue reading

Paul Blumenthal for HuffPo: Overall, super PACs have raised approximately $955 million this year, according to FEC reports, far more than they did at this point in the 2012 campaign. What’s more, the biggest contributors are responsible for a… Continue reading

Great find by Ken Vogel showing how those on the left are taking full advantage of the deregulating campaign finance system created by Republicans.

Jonathan Swan for The Hill.  

The Fix: Seated next to Donald Trump at a pre-debate campaign event Sunday night, Juanita Broaddrick repeatedher charge that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978 — an accusation she has contradicted under oath and which the former president denies.… Continue reading

Wikileaks released some private speeches of Clinton’s that she’d been refusing to release.  And this, not really different from her public position, was in the tidbits:

Adam Smith: For the Bernie voters still deciding who to vote for in November, an outside candidate like Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson may seem appealing. But crucially, Johnson doesn’t agree on this key tenet of Bernie political revolution. In… Continue reading

CPI: In March, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was vehement: Super PACs are a “disaster” and “very corrupt.” With his opponent, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, gazing expressionlessly at him from the next podium during a Republican primary… Continue reading

NYT: The vast and cash-rich Koch political network is intensifying efforts behind preferred Republican candidates in the few crucial races that could decide Senate control. For the first time, some political groups under the umbrella of the billionaire conservative donors… Continue reading