Category Archives: campaigns
“Isn’t It Ironic?: Koch-Backed Group Rails Against Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics”
Brendan Fischer blogs for the CLC.
“Koch network seeks to defuse donor frustration over Trump rebuff”
Matea Gold for WaPo:
Thirteen years after billionaire industrialist Charles Koch gathered a small group of his fellow libertarian donors in a Chicago hotel to discuss how to promote their economic theories, the network he launched is one of the… Continue reading
“Ballot measures explode across country — and so do their costs”
Reid Wilson reports for The Hill.
Political Morality and the Trump Candidacy
SuperPac Aims to Fill Trump Void in FL, OH, and PA
What a quote from Ed Rollins to the NYT:
“There is no structure I can find anywhere in those states from the Trump campaign,” Mr. Rollins said.
“Judge: First Amendment Protects Political Robocalls”
WSJ Law Blog:
Political robocalls may be an irritating feature of modern campaigning, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve protection under the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled.
A decision handed down Wednesday in Arkansas federal court struck… Continue reading
“Is D.N.C. Email Hacker a Person or a Russian Front? Experts Aren’t Sure”
NYT:
Who is Guccifer 2.0, the self-proclaimed Romanian “lone hacker” responsible for copying thousands of emails and other files from the Democratic National Committee — a real person, or a front created by Russian intelligence officials?
Technology specialists have… Continue reading
“After Lying Low, Deep-Pocketed Clinton Donors Return to the Fore”
“George Soros Rises Again”
Politico:
George Soros is back.
The billionaire investor, who scaled back his political giving after a then-unprecedented $27 million spending spree to try to defeat George Bush in 2004, has quietly reemerged as a leading funder of Democratic politics… Continue reading
“Lobbyists Celebrate Democratic Party’s New Embrace at Convention”
“Gianforte Wants ‘Misleading’ Campaign Ads Pulled”
Montana Public Radio:
Republican candidate for governor Greg Gianforte is pressuring local TV stations to stop running an ad that he says falsely calls him “a millionaire from New Jersey.”
Earlier this month, Gianforte’s attorneys sent a cease-and-desist letter… Continue reading
Read the St. Petersburg Ordinance Set Up as Challenge to Legality of Super PACs
Release:
Last night, on Thursday 21, 2016, the St. Petersburg City Council voted 6-1 to move forward for consideration our proposed ordinance to abolish super PACs and ban foreign corporate money in local elections. The vote followed passionate statements… Continue reading
“In Hacked D.N.C. Emails, a Glimpse of How Big Money Works”
NYT:
But the leaked cache also included thousands of emails exchanged by Democratic officials and party fund-raisers, revealing in rarely seen detail the elaborate, ingratiating and often bluntly transactional exchanges necessary to harvest hundreds of millions of dollars from… Continue reading