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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What else but seething, punitive MAGA grievance explains its undying loyalty – absent real-world...
Whatever MAGA lives lack, brutalizing the even less powerful won’t resolve their miseries.
Seven children killed in Israeli strike on Gaza water site amid growing evidence of...
As Israel admits to a “technical error” in a drone strike that killed children waiting for water, new reports detail a systemic campaign of targeting Gaza’s basic survival infrastructure under U.S. and Western-backed military operations.
Nuclear reactors stoke the climate they claim to cool
Heatwaves force European reactors offline while solar keeps the lights on.
‘Unforgivable’: FEMA failure during Texas floods tied to Noem’s contract purge and Trump-era sabotage
More than 80% of survivor calls went unanswered after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem abruptly cut FEMA’s contractor workforce—days after deadly flooding devastated Texas.
Common weedkiller ingredient diquat linked to organ damage and gut harm as EPA resists...
New research shows diquat, used in place of glyphosate, is more toxic and banned abroad but widely sprayed in US agriculture.