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Super PAC Shell Games Highlight Need for New Disclosure Rules

Over a month has passed since the polls closed on Election Day 2012. Since then, the final totals have been tallied, the results certified and new members of Congress have even made their first trip to Washington D.C. to begin... read full article »

The FEC: A Declawed and Toothless Watchdog of Campaign Finance

Transparency in campaign finance is only as achievable as agency that enforces it. The entity that keeps a watchful eye on money in politics is the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Unfortunately, the Washington Times reports a sad truth about the... read full article »

Who’s Asking About Money in Politics at the Convention? We Are!

Turns out money in politics is all over the place at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Just about everything wrong with money and politics is on garish display at the Republican and Democratic conventions this week and next: pay-for-access... read full article »

Obama’s Tricky Relationship with Billionaire Donors

President Obama has always had a complicated relationship with campaign finance. He’s cultivated small donors while refusing public financing. He won’t let lobbyists in his White House…with some exceptions. And this year, he won’t outwardly support super PACs and doesn’t... read full article »

Political Advertisements Advance the Media’s Profits

Industry analysts are predicting that upwards of $3 billion will be spent on political advertisements in the 2012 election. This is an increase of more than $500 million from 2008. But who will benefit the most from this cash infusion? Not... read full article »

Bill Moyers: ‘The Knife Plunged into the Heart of Democracy”

Bill Moyers is well respected, when most of his contemporaries in the media are not. Stephen Colbert sums him up perfectly as, “everything I never aspire to be: calm, thoughtful, and informative.” This week, Moyers speaks of hypocrisy demonstrated by... read full article »

Soros Starts the Anti-Super PAC Super PAC

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. So goes the logic of Jonathan Soros, the son of billionaire liberal donor George Soros, who has launched his own super PAC aimed at diminishing the influence that groups like his have on politics:... read full article »

Literally Highway Robbery: What Are You Going to Do About It?

There’s a world full of ways to generate wealth, and many of them do so by providing value. This can be a product or service. You offer something of value – your time, your skills, your knowledge, your money, or... read full article »

All Obama Does Is Ask For Money…”What About My Needs?”

Stephen Colbert has long been a champion of campaign finance issues, but now his compatriot at The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, is joining in the fun with two recent segments highlighting the serious corruption our current system causes. Samantha Bee tries to... read full article »

Wisconsin Recall a Big Money Preview

The 2012 presidential election is still months away, but this week’s recall election of Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker previews the big money that is likely to dominate that race. In Wisconsin alone more than $63.5 million has been spent... read full article »

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