Category Archives: campaigns
“‘No evidence of it happening’: Experts scrutinize Trump’s claims of election rigging”
Montana Candidate Asks #SCOTUS Intervention in False Speech in Judicial Election Case
Back in June, Dan T. reported:”A federal district court has denied an injunction against Montana rules restricting false statements by and about judicial candidates (Myers v. Thompson).”
The Ninth Circuit denied relief and now the candidate has … Continue reading
“For Trump, a new ‘rigged’ system: the election itself.”
“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