Category Archives: campaigns
“Donald Trump attacks ‘biased’ Lester Holt and accuses Google of conspiracy”
Ben Jacobs for The Guardian:
Trump also introduced a new conspiracy theory to the campaign on Wednesday night when he accused Google of somehow colluding with Hillary Clinton’s campaign. “Google search engine was suppressing the bad news about Hillary Clinton,”… Continue reading
“Trump Fundraising Not All It Appears”
Vogel:
Donald Trump’s campaign was desperate to change the subject after his shaky debate performance on Monday, and it found just the story to do it — a record fundraising surge that Trump says was powered by small donors, proving… Continue reading
“Ralph Who?”: “Hillary Clinton Struggles to Win Back Young Voters From Third Parties”
NYT:
The vast majority of millennials were not old enough to vote in 2000, when Ralph Nader ran as the Green Party nominee and, with the strong backing of young voters, helped cost Vice President Al Gore the presidency.
“Ralph… Continue reading
“Think you’d never vote for Trump? Think again”
Debra Saunders:
The political press corps has known Bob Stern as the straight-arrow president of Los Angeles’ Center for Governmental Studies who helped Jerry Brown create the Fair Political Practices Commission in 1974. Since the center closed its L.A. offices… Continue reading
“Brown should sign campaign bills, strengthen democracy”
Kathay Feng and Trent Lange SacBee oped:
California has led the way in a parade of democratic reforms in the wake of U.S. Supreme Court decisions that set back voting rights and clean elections.
But two campaign finance reform… Continue reading
Unanimous First Circuit Affirms Ruling that New Hampshire Ballot Selfie Ban Unconstitutional
The opinion is here.
As I’ve written, I strongly disagree with this ruling because I think the ban is narrowly tailored to prevent vote buying and coercion. And there are lots of ways to express oneself besides a photo… Continue reading
“Super Pacs fuel election negativity”
“D.C. Circuit Decision Limiting Political Ad Disclosure Will Stand”
Bloomberg BNA:
A federal appellate panel ruling that limits disclosure requirements for groups sponsoring political ads will stand, as the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said it will not review the panel’s ruling (… Continue reading
#TrumpWon Hashtag May Have Originated in Russia
Will love to see if this pans out.
Well it looks like this has NOT panned out.
This Week’s Goldfeder Presidential Quiz
“Pillar of Law Seeks Preliminary Injunction in Michigan ‘Ballot Selfie’ Lawsuit”
“Trump directed $2.3 million owed to him to his tax-exempt foundation instead”
Wow, from future Pulitzer winner David Fahrenthold:
Donald Trump’s charitable foundation has received approximately $2.3 million from companies that owed money to Trump or one of his businesses but were instructed to pay Trump’s tax-exempt foundation instead, according to people… Continue reading
“Russian-born oil magnate gives big to Trump Victory”
Open Secrets:
Donald Trump has an interesting relationship with Russia, to say the least. He’s praised Vladimir Putin. Hisformer campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, had business dealings with pro-Russia leaders in Ukraine. U.S. intelligence officials are investigating whether one… Continue reading