Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Tag: dark money

Leaked Documents Expose Worst Corruption Scandal in a Decade

Scott Walker may have done political favors for the lead industry in exchange for millions.

The Real Threat to American Sovereignty

Donald Trump is right to worry about American sovereignty. But the real threat to our sovereignty isn’t imports or immigrants. It’s global money influencing our politics.

Koch-Backed ‘Dark Money’ Groups Fined for Failing to Disclose Donors

Three conservative organizations agree to pay FEC combined $233,000.

How ‘Citizens United’ is helping Hillary Clinton win the White House

Reforms wait as Democrat's allies target GOP with super PACs, ‘dark money’

The Not-So-Hidden Fracking Money Fueling the 2016 Elections

We need to separate oil and state if we’re going to have a chance of establishing a robust climate test that keeps fossil fuels in the ground and gets our government to stop funding fossils.

Bernie Sanders Raises More Donations than Every GOP Presidential Candidate

According to the FEC and other reports, Bernie Sanders has raised more grassroots support by refusing to "pander to billionaire donors" than any of his GOP running mates. Goes to show you political contributions don't have to come from a handful of deranged billionaires.

Bernie Seeks Supreme Court Nominees Willing to Overturn Citizens United

Americans no longer live in a democracy, but Bernie Sanders is determined to return political power back into the hands of the people. And he is starting by seeking out Supreme Court nominees who will overturn the Citizens United decision.

What Happened to the Moral Center of American Capitalism?

“We can have huge wealth in the hands of a relatively few people or we can have a democracy. But we can’t have both.” We need to get big money out of politics.

Super-Rich Donors Turn Our Democracy into Their Plutocracy

There are a few "treacherous" donors who are using wads of cash to pervert American democracy into plutocracy. So who are they trying to buy favors for?

Join the Spreading Rebellion Against Big Money’s Political Game

It's time we, the people, get Big Money out of politics. One group called the New Hampshire Rebellion is bird-dogging presidential candidates in that state to demand action. Join in or start your own rebellion to end this corruption.

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No king but madness reigns

Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.

Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns

Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.

Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...

Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.

Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses

Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.

ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis

Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.