“‘Legitimacy’: the FEC and the Press Exemption”
Bob Bauer blogs.
I address the press exemption at some length in “The (New) Media” chapter of Plutocrats United.
Category Archives: campaigns
“How Bernie Sanders Raises All That Money”
“Trump campaign brings in lobbyists for key posts”
“RNC Delegates Should Think Twice Before Accepting Bags of Cash”
“$1 billion spent in 2016 presidential race — and other numbers to know”
“Campaign Finance’s Creeping Deregulation”
I have written this guest post as part of a celebration of the 5th anniversary of RegBlog. It begins:
Over the last five years, the rules regulating money in federal elections have become increasingly loosened, not as the result of… Continue reading
“Why Hillary Clinton’s lavish Hollywood fundraiser was smart politics”
Jack Collens at The Monkey Cage.
“Republican warns of creeping threat of media regulation at FEC”
The Hill:
Publishers and filmmakers should be wary of Democrats at the Federal Election Commission trying to squeeze them out of an exemption created for the press, according to FEC Republican Commissioner Lee Goodman.
Goodman used a five-page statement, released… Continue reading
“GOP outstripping Democrats in hunt for convention cash”
“Outside Campaign Money Falls in Presidential Race”
Bloomberg BNA:
Campaign spending by super political action committees and other outside groups fell sharply this month in the presidential primary race, with money shifting to congressional races instead, according to reports on independent campaign expenditures filed with the… Continue reading
“Sanders campaign law firm demands that critic stop selling ‘Bernie is my comrade’ T-shirts”
“Donald Trump hires top GOP lawyer for delegate fight”
Politico:
Donald Trump has made another new significant hire as he prepares for the possibility of a contested convention, bringing William McGinley, a prominent Republican political attorney and a veteran of past delegate battles, into his campaign.
McGinley is expected… Continue reading
Bernie Sanders Campaign Oddly Accuses Clinton and DNC of Troubling, Perhaps Illegal, Fundraising Practices
This letter from Sanders’ lawyer Brad Deutsch (and see this accompanying press release) say there are some “serious apparent violations” of campaign finance law. I’m not so sure that’s right, and suspect this letter is less about legality and… Continue reading
George Clooney on the Difference Between Him and the Koch Brothers
Very interesting Meet the Press interview with Chuck Todd:
Meet the Press – April 17, 2016
CHUCK TODD:
Let me start with dinner you co-hosted on Friday night, a big fundraiser. I know that you have plans for… Continue reading