Investigating Power
The current version of Michael Bloomberg–not the 20th century Democrat, not the Bush-era Republican, not the independent third-term New York City mayor–is a generous, liberal billionaire at the forefront of…
Independent political spending groups are readying their arsenals to flood the airwaves with 2020 election ads praising their preferred candidates or attacking those they don’t like. Right-wing millionaires and billionaires…
Independent Women’s Voice (IWV) and its sister organization Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) may have played a “pivotal role” in electing Donald Trump through a sophisticated electioneering effort in Wisconsin, a…
…Shirley, who had strong fundraising and the endorsement Emily’s List, a liberal political group that helps elect women. But a few months later, Emily’s List invited Bloomberg, one of its…
…Society board member and Scalia Law School donor C. Boyden Gray. Congress made the CFPB independent to protect it from the corrupting influences of big business, and now these very…
…Numerous Koch-backed groups have filed amicus briefs in the case including the Cato Institute and Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), arguing that the CFPB’s independent structure violates the separation of powers…
…campaign finance disclosures. 1820 PAC also got $150,000 from the Society of Young Women Scientist and Engineers LLC, a Hawaii-based entity that appears to be a shell company created to…
…Action spent $2.9 million in last the quarter and $3 million for the year on federal campaign activity, including independent expenditure campaigns on behalf of GOP incumbent senators, digital media…
…campaign to seed “500 new schools, programs and education tools across the country.” Pence will appear at another school choice event in Pennsylvania next week before speaking at a Women…
…sniff her out. American Media Institute—$6.1 million The American Media Institute bills itself as an independent investigative news service, but from 2015-16, Donors Trust, Donors Capital Fund, the John William…
