Via Bloomberg Politics: “Americans may be sharply divided on other issues, but they are united in their view of the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that unleashed a torrent of political spending: They hate it. In a new Bloomberg Politics national poll,…
Read MoreVia Mayday.us: “Voters of Every Political Stripe Agree on the Need for Fundamental Reform to the Campaign Finance System We just released a new presidential poll showing which candidates’ supporters care most about reforming how elections are funded. We found…
Read MoreVia Politico: “One of the three super PACs supporting Rand Paul’s presidential campaign has stopped raising money, dealing a damaging blow to an already cash-starved campaign. In a Tuesday telephone interview, Ed Crane, who oversees the group, PurplePAC, accused Paul…
Read MoreVia Huffington Post: “A district court judge on Monday dismissed four corruption charges against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and his donor Salomon Melgen, but denied motions to toss out other charges including, notably, the senator’s solicitation of contributions for a…
Read MoreVia The Detroit Free Press: “In 2013, Gov. Rick Snyder vowed to shut down a nonprofit that was collecting funds from donors whose names were never made public. Instead, the governor said, he’d launch a new nonprofit with a transparent donor…
Read MoreVia The New York Times: “Before the first Republican presidential debate in August, Julian H. Gingold coached Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin on Chinese currency manipulation and the nuances of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Mr. Gingold, who worked…
Read MoreVia CNN: “Ben Carson’s presidential campaign says it’s close to having raised $20 million in the traditionally slow summer fundraising quarter, a figure that would be the largest announced haul of any Republican so far this cycle and give the…
Read MoreVia Law Street Media: “How can Twitter become more profitable? Politics. Two weeks ago, Twitter announced that all Tweeters will be able to press a button within a tweet to make political contributions. This service will undoubtedly make it easier for…
Read MoreVia New York Times: “In the age of “super PACs,” a presidential campaign can die of thirst on the shores of the Great Lakes. Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin was among the most successful fund-raisers in his party, with a…
Read MoreVia Mother Jones: “Even as the Federal Election Commission remains paralyzed when it comes to addressing the rising tide of dark money flowing into elections, California regulators took another step last week to crack down on secretive money in state…
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