CA Gov. Brown to Allow Citizens United Advisory Measure to Go on Ballot without His Signature
Here’s the announcement.
See my earlier LA Times oped on why I might vote for this misguided ballot measure if it is on the ballot.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Trump Says ‘No Reason’ to Raise $1 Billion for Campaign”
Bloomberg:
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump distanced himself from his own fundraising estimate of $1 billion, refusing to commit to collecting even half that amount, and saying his campaign didn’t need much money to win the White House.… Continue reading
US Senate Race Could Be First CA Statewide Race with No Republican on Election Ballot
And very big chance for U.S. Senate to have first African-American woman in U.S. Senate in generation. LAT:
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris was declared the winner of the primary for the state’s open seat U.S. Senate race on… Continue reading
“California: Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge facing recall threats”
Recall Elections Blog:
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky is facing a threatened recall over his sentencing of a Stanford University swimmer to a six month jail for rape. Already, a Stanford law professor is suggesting she will… Continue reading
“he New Tyranny: A Preface to the 2016 Elections in the United States”
Tim Kuhner in the World Financial Review:
Democracy in the United States has been replaced by a rival form of government premised upon the power of wealth. Not to be confused with mere corruption, plutocracy is an official system of… Continue reading
“Big Money Rearranges Its Election Bets” and a Bauer Retort
NYT editorial:
One constant is the vast amount of money sluicing through the political system in what is certain to be the most expensive election in the nation’s history. Experts estimate that campaign spending, which has risen inexorably in recent… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton to begin collecting general election cash”
“Reid reviews scenarios for filling Senate seat if Warren is VP pick”
Boston Globe:
Reid recently gave voice to those concerns and said he would not want Clinton to pick a vice presidential nominee from a state with a Republican governor — such as Massachusetts.
But subsequently Reid commissioned a review… Continue reading
“Surge Pricing for American Elections”
Free Speech for People:
On the night of June 1st, Uber disclosed an unprecedented $3.5 billion investment from the Saudi Arabian government. Aside from its stock ownership, the repressive kingdom also bought itself a seat on the company’s board… Continue reading
“The case of the mysterious congressional donations”
Must-read Javier Panzar, on what could well develop into a criminal investigation.
“Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say”
Important Adam Liptak analysis. (Sure beats covering the history of food at SCOTUS.)
In the article Adam performs the rare Double Ilya.
“Koch Groups Are Still Spending Millions, But Choosing Door Knocks Over More Ads”
Tarini Parti for BuzzFeed.
Trump Says Judge Has “Inherent Conflict of Interest” Because of Mexican Heritage
WSJ gets these reprehensible comments from Donald Trump:
In an interview, Mr. Trump said U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel had “an absolute conflict” in presiding over the litigation given that he was “of Mexican heritage” and a member of a… Continue reading
“Gary Johnson could give us President Paul Ryan: Column”
Ilya Shapiro oped for USA Today.