Category Archives: campaigns
Forces That Put Justice Benjamin on W Va Supreme Court (Think Caperton) Turn Around and Oust Him
Read Pema Levy. Then see these results.
“How Congress members opened door to bigger checks for their parties”
McClatchy:
But hold on. If you’re a donor, don’t put away your checkbook just yet.
The Democratic and Republican national committees each have separate Senate and House campaign committees to help elect members of Congress. Each has a general… Continue reading
“Donald Trump, in Switch, Turns to Republican Party for Fund-Raising Help”
NYT:
Donald J. Trump took steps to appropriate much of the Republican National Committee’s financial and political infrastructure for his presidential campaign on Monday, amid signs that he and the party would lag dangerously behind the Democrats in… Continue reading
“FEC Seeks to Derail Soft-Money Challenge”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission is seeking to derail a challenge to limits on “soft-money” contributions to political parties before the case is put on a fast track to the Supreme Court (Republican Party of La. v. Federal … Continue reading
“Trump aides huddle with RNC to plot big-money strategy”
Politico:
Donald Trump’s campaign is hashing out the details of an agreement with Republican Party leaders that could allow the presumptive GOP presidential nominee to raise six-figure checks for his presidential campaign, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the… Continue reading
“Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News”
Gizmodo:
Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network’s influential “trending” news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project. This individual says that workers prevented stories about the… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court’s Next Big Fight Over Money in Politics: Will the justices gut the rest of McCain-Feingold — and make it easier for wealthy donors to influence elections?”
I have written this piece for The Atlantic. It begins:
At some point next year, the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to face a major First Amendment question: whether to overturn what remains of the 2002 McCain-Feingold Act. This measure… Continue reading
“Women’s Rising Influence in Politics, Tinted Green”
Nick Confessore:
Women are bankrolling political campaigns this year more than ever, driven by their rising rank in the workplace, boosts in women’s wealth, and networks set up to gather their donations and bolster their influence.
In an election… Continue reading
“Few stand in Trump’s way as he piles up the Four-Pinocchio whoppers”
Glenn Kessler for WaPo:
At the Fact Checker, we have often said we do not write fact checks to change the behavior of politicians. Fact checks are intended to inform voters and explain complicated issues.
Still, most politicians will drop… Continue reading
“Atlanta Mayor’s Column Ripping Bernie Sanders Drafted by Lobbyist, Emails Show”
The Intercept:
A few days before the Georgia primary, influential Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed published a column on CNN.com praising Hillary Clinton and ripping her opponent, Bernie Sanders. Reed attacked Sanders as being out of step with Democrats on… Continue reading
“No, a Conservative Third-Party Candidate Can’t Steal the Electoral College”
Trump Channels Sergeant Schultz’s “I Know Nothing”
This:
But Trump expressed little concern this week that a super PAC called Great America PAC was emerging as the vehicle of choice for wealthy Trump supporters and praised one of the group’s advisers, longtime Republican consultant Ed Rollins.… Continue reading
“New questions emerge about Bentley’s Vegas trip, Republican Governors Association’s influence”
Al.com:
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) has given Gov. Robert Bentley far more money than any other governor since Bentley and his former adviser and alleged mistress Rebekah Mason attended RGA’s annual conference in Las Vegas in November.
The… Continue reading