Tag: dark money
Ad wars escalate ahead of 2018 midterm elections
Almost all of the spending by outside groups backing Democrats in Senate races since Labor Day has come from “dark money” sources.
America First Policies, the nonprofit run by Trump strategists, spends millions...
The social welfare group has spent millions of dollars to promote President Trump’s SCOTUS nominees and his proposals to roll back immigration, taxes, and healthcare.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 6, 2018
The NRA faces a financial crisis, all the Trump Tower meeting drama, federal judge issues game-changing decision on dark money, and more.
IRS changes rules to critical disclosure requirements
"We need more transparency in our campaigns, not less."
Who’s buying our elections? Inside the shadowy world of ‘Dark Money’
Salon talks to director Kimberly Reed about her new documentary.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Sanders rips Trump on Helsinki remarks, Mueller seeks immunity for 5 mystery witnesses, net neutrality defenders declare a win, and more.
Democrats reintroduce DISCLOSE Act to combat dark money ‘poison’
It will restore public faith in our government. It will mark a major step towards fixing what's broken in Washington."
Study: Most Americans want to kill ‘Citizens United’ with constitutional amendment
Both Republican and Democratic voters want to amend the Constitution to limit big money’s role in politics.
A quiet conspiracy of billionaires
For decades, the Koch brothers have led a secret coup for the billionaire class.
Examining the Kochtopus
The Koch brothers have used their enormous assets to mount a far-ranging, ultrasophisticated assault on American democracy.
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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.
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.
DOGE developed error-prone AI tool to ‘munch’ veterans affairs contracts
“AI is absolutely the wrong tool for this.”
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?