Campaign Money Being Used for Lavish Personal Expenditures by MS Elected Officials with Inadequate Disclosure
Blockbuster Clarion-Ledger story.
This is one time when the term “legalized bribery” does appear apt.
Category Archives: chicanery
“End Citizens United: Reform Group or Cash Cow?”
TAP:
In March of last year, a new organization with the arguably misleading name of End Citizens United began bombarding progressive donors with high-pressure fundraising emails tailor made to exploit grassroots passions over the toxic influence of corporate and… Continue reading
“Scalia’s death could doom McDonnell and hurt Menendez”
Josh Gerstein for Politico:
Scalia was considered among the most receptive justices to McDonnell’s argument that his conviction on corruption charges improperly relied on the kind of favors that are commonplace on the American political scene.
“Scalia was one of… Continue reading
“GOP voters could participate in Democratic caucus”
Jon Ralston:
Nevada has a closed caucus system — that is, only Democrats can participate on Feb. 20 and only Republicans on Feb. 23.
But because of a quirk in the system — cue the national ridicule again — Republicans… Continue reading
“WI Supreme Court Again Tries Thwarting SCOTUS Review of Its Conflicts of Interest”
“YIKES: Lee County Hacking Controversy”
Doug Chapin has this exactly right. Very troubling on all fronts.
New James O’Keefe Video Showing His Staff Trying to Commit Voter Fraud
Exclusive video at the Daily Caller.
Next, I hope O’Keefe will show us how easy it would be for his staff to rob a 7-11.
Albany Again Shows It is Clueless on Corruption”
Indefensible: WI Supreme Court Won’t Allow Prosecutors to Get Outside PRO BONO Help in Case Against WI Supreme Court
So there’s a potential claim that WI Supreme Court justices should have recused themselves from deciding the John Doe case, given that they themselves benefitted from campaign financing by the same groups in the case. The district attorneys asked for… Continue reading
“Did Ted Cruz gin up Iowa voter histories?”
Sure seems like it. (Politifact)
And voicemails too! (TPM)
“Sheldon Adelson tightens grip on Review-Journal”
Oy.
“Donald Trump Becomes the GOP’s Newest Voter-Fraud Fraudster”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“Litigating (former) Senator Hillary Clinton’s Legal Woes: A Response to Professor Rick Hasen (Election Law Blog) and Michael Stern (Point of Order blog)”
“Inside the conspiracy theory that Microsoft has rigged the Iowa caucuses for Marco Rubio”
Last night in response to a Farhad Manjoo tweet asking how Donald Trump would respond to losing Iowa, I tweeted “Claim voter fraud?” In fact Donald Trump was gracious in his concession speech. As a good businessperson, he knew best… Continue reading