…of $4,000 from KochPAC to Blum for Congress. Rep. Steve King (IA-04) received $2,500 from KochPAC to King for Congress. The Koch-funded Concerned Women for America has also endorsed King….
Koch Cash Working to Flip the Senate in Iowa
“Independent” Women’s Group Backing Trump Skirts Law to Influence Elections
…office “sell” women voters on corporate-backed alternatives to publicly popular paid sick leave, equal pay, quality childcare and workplace flexibility policies. Read more articles about the Independent Women’s Forum here….
Kochs Battle Dark Money Disclosure in South Dakota
…on dark money and phony industry front groups by barring candidate coordination with outside groups and regulating independent expenditures. It cracks down on sham “issue ads,” which are really the…
Trump and Clinton Camps Engaging in Super PAC Coordination Says Watchdog Group
…The super PAC also states that since “it is not involved with independent expenditures” and “will not be engaged in paid media,” coordination is permitted. But the attorneys at the…
Scott Walker Backers Defend Lead and Wisconsin’s Poisoned Politics
…spin doesn’t stop there. The Guardian reporting indicates that Walker and top aides used the “independent” electioneering group, Wisconsin Club for Growth as a pot of secret money for the…
Speaker Paul Ryan Tries to Change the Topic
…grope women. When you’re a star, “they let you do anything,” said Trump. The following day, Ryan rescinded Trump’s invitation to his annual “Fall Fest” in his congressional district. But…
Voter ID in Wisconsin, a Slow-Motion Train Wreck
…commission created after the Wisconsin GOP dismantled the fully independent Government Accountability Board which helped launch an investigation of Governor Walker and dark money groups known as the John Doe….
The Koch Connection in the Scott Walker John Doe Documents
…that the group had pumped some $10 million in Wisconsin, but the independent watchdog group, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, could only account for a few million, which AFP spent on…
Leaked Documents Show Court’s Dismissal of the John Doe Was Based on a False Premise
…states is that coordination between candidates and outside political spenders converts otherwise “independent” expenditures into campaign contributions subject to limits and disclosure. In legalizing independent expenditures by corporations in Citizens…
Supreme Cover-Up: How the Wisconsin Justice System Failed in the Walker John Doe
…Walker and dark money groups that were supposed to operate independently of his campaign. John Doe Judge Fails on Expenditure Coordination The Wisconsin John Doe investigation was started by a…
