…groups and regulating independent expenditures. This model will be one to emulate, see CMD’s previous report on this. And in Missouri citizens voted 70-30 to establish limits and regulations to…
Progressive Policies Win at the Ballot Box
Dispatches from COP 22, UN Climate Negotiations in the Hottest Year on Record
…Clearly Trump has problems with racism, women, and paying taxes, and for climate we need the US to lead with cutting emissions.” When I referred to the fact that Trump…
WI Senate Race Tightens with Flood of Last Minute Ads against Russ Feingold
…face of poll numbers giving Clinton the edge. They have spent more than $75 million on independent expenditures, according to Open Secrets. Its largest donor is casino magnate Sheldon Adelson,…
Koch Cash Working to Flip the Senate in Iowa
…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….
“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 The following day, Ryan rescinded Trump’s invitation to his annual “Fall Fest” in his congressional district.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….
