Tag: dark money
A win against dark money eight years in the making
This shuts down a big avenue for dark money just in time for the 2020 federal elections.
How big money corrupts our politics (and how to fix it)
Corporate money is dominating our democracy. So how do we get rid of it?
Election spending boosted by secret money tops $100M as IRS ends...
By choosing to keep their donors secret, these groups leave voters in the dark as to exactly who is funding their political activities. And the IRS won't know either.
We believe this “dark money” group illegally spent nearly $5 million...
And because voters have a right to know the truth, the Campaign Legal Center where I work has filed an official FEC complaint against the secretive Big Tent Project.
Do media really care about money in politics?
But a deeper look at media coverage suggests that media’s concern with money in politics rarely extends beyond the catchy headline.
Wealthy donors and fossil fuel interests pump millions into Super PACs...
Koch Industries leads corporate contributions.
Exposé shows rise of Heartland Institute’s climate denial efforts overseas, using...
A German sting shines more light on Heartland Institute's tactics.
As Citizens United turns 10, we need candidates who will fight...
Thanks to a class of reformers elected in 2018, we’ve already begun that process.
Citing dark money fears, coalition raises alarm over ‘zombie’ FEC during...
“It is beyond belief that in this presidential year of enormous consequence, the nation’s campaign finance enforcement agency is defunct.”
Trump judicial adviser’s ‘dark money’ network hides Supreme Court spending
Judicial Crisis Network, a “dark money” group, operates as the preeminent vehicle for deep-pocketed donors to funnel millions of dollars to support or oppose judicial nominees in Supreme Court confirmation fights.
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Is there a crack in Western support for genocide?
The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.
Oceans in peril as governments stall on promises ahead of UN summit in Nice
With coral bleaching, illegal fishing, and fossil fuel expansion threatening marine ecosystems, global leaders gather in France amid mounting criticism over broken pledges and underfunded protections.
DOGE developed error-prone AI tool to ‘munch’ veterans affairs contracts
“AI is absolutely the wrong tool for this.”
The far right’s tipping point
Over the last decade, the world has suffered bouts of political whiplash as right-wing populists and their opponents have battled it out at the ballot box.
Where is the AI safety movement?
There’s the prospect of super intelligent AI outpacing human control altogether. So where are the humans in all this?