Quote of the Day
“I’m the only candidate up here who is not a billionaire. I don’t have a Super PAC. I don’t even have a back pack. I carry my stuff around loose in my arms like a professor, you know, between classes.… Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2015
“The inside story of Donald Trump’s connections to a big-money super PAC”
WaPo:
In one of several interviews with The Post, Lewandowski first denied knowing Ciletti or anyone connected to the super PAC. “I don’t know him,” Lewandowski said.
Two days later, when confronted with the campaign’s payments to Ciletti’s firm,… Continue reading
Attn Chief Justice Roberts: Things Have Not Changed in the South as Much as You Think
Sam Hall in the Clarion Ledger describes how a Republican state legislator in Mississippi opposed a ballot measure because a “black judge” would decide its fate:
In a speech to the Tishomingo County Midway Republican Rally, Carpenter outlined his opposition… Continue reading
“Automatic voter registration is aim of Illinois proposal”
“Editorial: Voting volley; It’s surprising that the Kansas secretary of state didn’t choose more high-profile examples of voter fraud for his first prosecutions”
“Clinton goes on the attack over voting rights in Alabama”
In Which I Call Kansas SOS Kris Kobach a Huckster
Bryan Lowry, Kobach’s voter prosecutions draw scrutiny to proof-of-citzenship requirement:
Kansas’ proof-of-citizenship law would have done nothing to prevent the type of voter fraud Secretary of State Kris Kobach alleges three people committed in recent elections.
Kobach’s office announced three … Continue reading
“Late Night With Seth Meyers A Closer Look: Wealthy Families Dominate Campaign Contributions”
Video.
(with a Trevor cameo!)
Quoting Charles Koch: “It’s hard to save the world when the world doesn’t want to be saved.”
“Hillary Clinton Bets on Future With Spending Spree to Build Campaign Infrastructure”
Lessig Stays in Race But Abandons Plan to Be Temporary President
Lessig says his pledge to resign after passing campaign finance reform if elected president proved deeply unpopular.
In a 1,008-person survey about the idea of a referendum presidency, Drew Westen, perhaps the Democrats’ most influential messaging guru, tested both the… Continue reading
“Amid voting rights criticism, Alabama partially backs off controversial plan to close driver license offices”
WaPo:
The governor of Alabama has partially reversed a decision to close more than 30 government offices that issue driver licenses and photo IDs, following weeks of criticism by civil rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers who say the action… Continue reading
“US turning into plutocracy as small number of donors buy into power”
Irish Times:
The PAC figures are mind-boggling. Right to Rise USA, the Super PAC supporting Bush, raised $103 million in the first half of the year at a time when he wasn’t a candidate – a move campaign finance observers… Continue reading
“Murray Energy to pay $5,000 penalty for anti-Obama sign disclosure violations”
Cleveland.com:
Ohio-based Murray Energy has agreed to pay the Federal Election Commission a $5,000 penalty for failing to put disclosures on anti-Obama signs it distributed to employees before the 2012 election to show the signs were paid for by… Continue reading
“Are Ohio Voters About to Fix Politics?”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
If voters approve the ballot initiative this November, Ohio could become a nationwide leader on how to draw lines for state lawmakers’ districts, said Michael Li, an elections expert at New York University School of Law’s Brennan Center… Continue reading