“How One Family’s Deep Pockets Helped Reshape Donald Trump’s Campaign”
Must-read Nick Confessore on how one plutocratic family has great influence over even a purported billionaire.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign”
AP:
A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor of the country’s pro-Russian government, emails obtained by The… Continue reading
Google Partners with Perkins Coie to Offer Voting Information
This looks to be super useful to voters, and a fantastic project, but I suspect we will hear some Republican complaints on the partnership with one of the top Democratic law firms:
We’re less than three months away from… Continue reading
“How to Beat Extremism”
William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove in The Hill:
When the federal appeals court in the capital of the former Confederacy struck down America’s most discriminatory voter suppression law, the judges noted that the bill passed by North Carolina’s 2013… Continue reading
Trump’s Hail Mary? Win with Help of Third Party Vote
NBC First Read:
The reaction to the news of the latest Trump campaign shake-up has ranged from shock and disbelief to laughter. “Hiring [Breitbart’s Steve] Bannon to run the campaign in the midst of its crisis is insane,” Republican consultant… Continue reading
“How Bernie Sanders beat the clock — and avoided disclosure”
CPI:
As a Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont vociferously argued for political transparency, especially when money was concerned.
Sanders insisted, for example, “on complete transparency regarding the funding of campaigns.” He decried“huge piles of undisclosed… Continue reading
“Trump, Taxes, and the Choice of Law or Politics”
“Identity thieves target Dems’ big donors after DNC hack”
“Make No Mistake: The Koch Brothers Are Helping Donald Trump”
TAP:
It’s no secret that the Koch brothers really don’t like Donald Trump. In political media, much has been made of the fact that Charles and David Koch, the neolibertarian principals of Koch Industries and overseers of a secretive network… Continue reading
“Pro-Trump Super PAC Hire Tests Federal Election Rules”
MapLight:
The Trump campaign announced in April it had hired Ken McKay as a senior adviser, saying he would “support our delegate operations team and bolster our ground game efforts.” McKay left the Trump campaign in early June to join… Continue reading
“If you’re worried about rigged elections, look at Trump’s tactics first”
I have written this oped for the LA Times. It begins:
Donald Trump has begun claiming that the only way he can lose the 2016 presidential election is if the voting is rigged. But if there’s a threat to… Continue reading
“Records contradict Bayh’s assertion over staying in Indiana”
CNN:
Evan Bayh pushed back at an interviewer last month when he was asked if he would move back to Indiana now that he is running to win back his old Senate seat.
“I’ve never left,” he told WISH-TV.… Continue reading
“Libertarians can swap in Gary Johnson’s name on Ohio ballot, Jon Husted rules”
The latest from Ohio:
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted on Monday gave the green light for Libertarians to swap in presidential nominee Gary Johnson’s name as an independent on the November ballot.
Husted’s ruling ends questions about whether Ohio… Continue reading
“In Several States, Trump’s Poll Monitors May Be ‘Second Amendment People’”
Think Progress:
Many people vote in places like schools or government buildings, locations where most states ban concealed carry. But many elections are also held in private locations like churches or stores, where gun possession is up to the… Continue reading