NYT’s Nick Confessore and Derek Willis: A stealthy coterie of difficult-to-trace outside groups is slipping tens of millions of dollars of attacks ads and negative automated telephone calls into the final days of the midterm campaign, helping fuel an unprecedented… Continue reading

AP reports.

AP: “A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a request that would have allowed certain tax-exempt groups to release campaign-related ads in Montana before Tuesday’s election without disclosing their donors or spending. Without comment, a two-judge panel from the… Continue reading

Open Secrets finds another shady pattern.

AP reports.

Bauer blogs.