https://t.co/ryzXHHhiKr

Tweet from Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore)

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The wealthiest American families have built a private tax system for the rich. https://t.co/fQeoW47Kqj
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Article V | Making Amends

https://constitutionalconvention.wordpress.com/category/article-v/

Soros-Funded Groups Attack the Article V Movement : Our American Constitution

http://constitution.i2i.org/2015/12/05/soros-funded-groups-attack-the-article-v-movement/

https://t.co/09VDRtITsI

http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFItG4FLhs4JZMPWepjgRiAlyYl-A&cnm=a272426d351454f0e30df6b365c65d9f&sr=1&clid=a272426d351454f0e30df6b365c65d9f&cid=52779016007380&ei=UBx-VrDLNYnN3QHDl7fYAQ&sig2=dqGLX4CIZZ1kQhlbMKMDGQ&rid=e7c67c5e-55f4-475e-9f2a-a48e08f9ea86&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/26/opinion/political-dark-money-just-got-darker.html&ct4=CgoKA2N1cxIDY3VzGA0gCCgOMAI4Aw%3D%3D%0A

http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNE-5OjOKbiFJ05RD5NgeykzknImsw&cnm=a272426d351454f0e30df6b365c65d9f&sr=1&clid=a272426d351454f0e30df6b365c65d9f&cid=52779009591022&ei=UBx-VrDLNYnN3QHDl7fYAQ&sig2=1nQqXhmbQQ81s_nImlnM5Q&rid=e7c67c5e-55f4-475e-9f2a-a48e08f9ea86&url=http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/12/the-supreme-court-as-a-2016-campaign-issue/&ct4=CgoKA2N1cxIDY3VzGA0gCCgOOAM%3D%0A

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/264128-clinton-casting-wider-net-for-cash

http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEN0AKgVbLTWyVovjhTSL0Y0GcIXA&cnm=a272426d351454f0e30df6b365c65d9f&sr=1&clid=a272426d351454f0e30df6b365c65d9f&ei=ykl8VvOoAsnbpwfptq3YCg&sig2=EI6ZrJ2nnJCnwdxDqNfepQ&rid=40b43090-f2b9-4a7a-a5e8-c15cf1c7f761&url=http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/12/the_constitutions_article_v_not_the_10th_amendment_gives_state_legislatures_their_power_in_the_amendment_process.html&ct4=CgwKBHNyY2gSBHNyY2gYDSALKA44Aw%3D%3D%0A

https://t.co/WzFn6M7EhB

Clinton Super PAC Donor Is Former Goldman Exec and Foreclosure Crisis Profiteer

https://theintercept.com/2015/12/04/clinton-super-pac-donor-is-former-goldman-exec-and-foreclosure-crisis-profiteer/

Buckley v. Valeo at 40 | Demos

http://www.demos.org/publication/buckley-v-valeo-40#.VnLElBpXdbk.facebook

A Campaign Finance Reform Win in Hawaii | CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

http://www.citizensforethics.org/blog/entry/a-campaign-finance-reform-win-in-hawaii

Revealed: how Google enlisted members of US Congress it bankrolled to fight $6bn EU antitrust case | World news | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/17/google-lobbyists-congress-antitrust-brussels-eu

For the GOP, A Small Step Forward on Campaign-Finance Reform

http://prospect.org/blog/checks/gop-small-step-forward-campaign-finance-reform

Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Rescuing Our Democracy and Our Economy by Transforming the Supreme Court’s Flawed Approach to Money in Politics | Demos

http://www.demos.org/publication/breaking-vicious-cycle-rescuing-our-democracy-and-our-economy-transforming-supreme-court

President Obama Can Expose Corporate Election Spending

http://otherwords.org/president-obama-can-expose-corporate-election-spending/

Thanks to Republicans, Nearly a Quarter of Florida’s Black Citizens Can’t Vote

https://theintercept.com/2015/12/09/floridas-ex-felons-struggle-to-regain-their-voting-rights/

How Judicial Elections Impact Criminal Cases | Brennan Center for Justice

https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/how-judicial-elections-impact-criminal-cases

US Pensions Squander Retirees' Cash On Fees For Underperforming Hedge Funds | Zero Hedge

This is defyingly a money in politics issue as well as campaign contributions and money going to those funds are related.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-09/us-pensions-squander-retirees-cash-fees-underperforming-hedge-funds

Thanks to Republicans, Nearly a Quarter of Florida’s Black Citizens Can’t Vote

https://theintercept.com/2015/12/09/floridas-ex-felons-struggle-to-regain-their-voting-rights/

Bernie Is Right: The Military-Industrial Complex Is Alive and Well - In These Times

http://inthesetimes.com/article/18665/paris-attacks-show-the-military-industrial-complex-is-alive-and-well

Justices appear split in Texas redistricting challenge - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/justices-appear-split-in-texas-redistricting-challenge/2015/12/08/c803db58-9de9-11e5-8728-1af6af208198_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_daily202

The Families Funding the 2016 Presidential Election - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/11/us/politics/2016-presidential-election-super-pac-donors.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0

How the Founders inserted the amendments convention into the Constitution - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/12/08/how-the-founders-inserted-the-amendments-convention-into-the-constitution/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_volokh

Let Math Save Our Democracy - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/opinion/sunday/let-math-save-our-democracy.html?_r=0

Money power of the gun lobby

www.publicintegrity.org/2015/12/03/18910/nra-still-wields-real-if-misunderstood-political-power

 

“In the decade before Citizens United, from the 2000 election cycle to 2010, . . . pro-gun interests so thoroughly dominated electoral spending as to render gun control forces all but irrelevant, having directly donated fully 28 times the amount of their opponents in House and Senate races . . . . Since the Citizens United decision, gun control interests have gained . . . thanks largely to independent expenditures totaling at least $11.6 million by . . .  Michael Bloomberg and groups tied to Bloomberg . . . still just a fraction of that $46 million in post-2010 gun rights money.”

 

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“We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class | The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/article/open-letter-lets-get-arrested-to-save-democracy-from-the-billionaire-class/

Dark Money and the Future of Judicial Elections » The National Judicial College

http://www.judges.org/dark-money-and-the-future-of-judicial-elections/

Wealthy donors shielded until AFTER L. A. School Board election

http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-charter-donations-20151202-story.html

 

 

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A new proposal: tax the PACs

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-simple-fix-for-big-money-in-politics-tax-campaign-expenditures/2015/12/01/3ed2a60e-4dba-11e5-84df-923b3ef1a64b_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

 

 

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“We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

Supreme Court rejects campaign finance law appeal by Hawaii electrical contractor - Pacific Business News

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/morning_call/2015/11/supreme-court-rejects-campaign-finance-law-appeal.html

Next Chance To Gut Campaign Finance Law Heads For Supreme Court

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/565ca969e4b079b2818b3c57?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

Kentucky's outgoing governor just gave thousands of people the right to vote - Vox

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/25/9799148/kentucky-felons-voting-rights

A Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/us/politics/illinois-campaign-money-bruce-rauner.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Ballot initiative to force state lawmakers to wear campaign contributors' logos | Examiner.com

http://www.examiner.com/article/ballot-initiative-to-force-state-lawmakers-to-wear-campaign-contributers-logos

Donald Trump Is Saving Our Democracy -- NYMag

In the short time since Trump declared his candidacy, he has performed a public service by exposing, however crudely and at times inadvertently, the posturings of both the Republicans and the Democrats and the foolishness and obsolescence of much of the political culture they share. He is, as many say, making a mockery of the entire political process with his bull-in-a-china-shop antics. But the mockery in this case may be overdue, highly warranted, and ultimately a spur to reform rather than the crime against civic order that has scandalized those who see him, in the words of the former George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, as "dangerous to democracy."
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/frank-rich-in-praise-of-donald-trump.html

November 2015 Pew poll on money in politics

http://www.people-press.org/2015/11/23/6-perceptions-of-elected-officials-and-the-role-of-money-in-politics/

 

 

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“We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

ReFormers Caucus Statement Calls Money in Politics a Crisis with Solutions | Issue One

https://www.issueone.org/reformers-caucus-statement-calls-money-politics-crisis-solutions/

The Birth of the Super PAC By Renée Loth via The Boston Globe - Free Speech for People

http://freespeechforpeople.org/the-birth-of-the-super-pac-by-renee-loth-via-the-boston-globe/

Secret donors fuel Democratic political powerhouse | Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/18/18875/secret-donors-fuel-democratic-political-powerhouse?utm_source=hootsuite

Floyd Abrams on Campaign Finance, Inequality, Shelby County, and More | Election Law Blog

http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77590

The Koch intelligence agency - POLITICO

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/the-koch-brothers-intelligence-agency-215943#ixzz3rrg8nYJ6

Sugar-Coated Capitalism Is No Free Market - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/11/16/sugar-coated-capitalism-is-no-free-market/

How Citizen Funding Systems Empower Everyone | Issue One

https://www.issueone.org/citizen-funding-systems-empower-everyone/

Meet Mrs. Gil Fulbright - the honest political wife

 

http://honestgil.com/honest-political-ads-mrs-fulbright/

 

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“We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

Learning From History How to Curb Corruption | Richard L. McCormick

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-l-mccormick/learning-from-history-how_b_8479808.html

The Most Conservative And Most Liberal Elite Law Schools | FiveThirtyEight

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-conservative-and-most-liberal-elite-law-schools/?ex_cid=538twitter

Bipartisan ‘ReFormers Caucus’ Launches in Washington, Demands Action on Money-in-Politics Reform | Issue One

https://www.issueone.org/bipartisan-reformers-caucus-launches-washington-demands-action-money-politics-reform/

More than 100 former governors and members of Congress take a stand for solutions to money in politics | Issue One

https://www.issueone.org/100-former-governors-members-congress-take-stand-solutions-money-politics/

Congress cashes in on insider trading

https://represent.us/action/insider-trading-list/?akid=8520.551145.TL8Vel&rd=1&share=&t=1

 

 

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Pennsylvania Logs Costliest Supreme Court Race in U.S. History - JAS

http://www.justiceatstake.org/newsroom/press-releases-16824/?pennsylvania_logs_costliest_supreme_court_race_in_us_history&show=news&newsID=20965

Anthony Kennedy's Citizens United Disclosure Salve 'Not Working'

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5637c481e4b0631799134b92

Koch brothers' higher-ed investments advance political goals | Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/10/30/18684/koch-brothers-higher-ed-investments-advance-political-goals

It ISN’T crazy to print money: That’s what banking supremo Lord Turner will tell the IMF this week – despite Bank Governor’s warning | This is Money

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3298431/It-ISN-T-crazy-print-money-s-banking-supremo-Lord-Turner-tell-IMF-week-despite-Bank-Governor-s-warning.html

How Jeb Bush may have just outsourced a key part of his campaign - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/01/how-jeb-bush-may-have-just-outsourced-a-key-part-of-his-campaign/?postshare=8141446428383603

Foreign Affairs Focus: R. Glenn Hubbard on Campaign Finance Reform

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/videos/2013-07-03/foreign-affairs-focus-r-glenn-hubbard-campaign-finance-reform

New strategic bomber contract awarded after millions of dollars worth of lobbying | Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/10/28/18701/new-strategic-bomber-contract-awarded-after-millions-dollars-worth-lobbying

Your State And Local Elections Are Now A Super PAC Playground

Your State And Local Elections Are Now A Super PAC Playground

Don't underestimate the importance of super PAC money in local elections this year.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/2015-elections-super-pac_5633d165e4b0c66bae5c7bbb

Television News Network Lobbyists Are Fundraising for Hillary Clinton

https://theintercept.com/2015/10/29/media-fundraisers-presidential/

Tweet from Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders)

Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) tweeted at 9:01 AM on Sat, Oct 31, 2015:
FDR: "We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." https://t.co/331gL0dqfq
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Is There a Silver Lining to Citizens United? - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/opinion/is-there-a-silver-lining-to-citizens-united.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&referer=https://t.co/mEbRyUn4Dc

The New Politics of Judicial Elections, Bankrolling the Bench

http://newpoliticsreport.org/

Money in Judicial Elections.

Special interest money is targeting state judicial elections, study finds: http://alj.am/hw2v , via Al Jazeera America for Android

The Real Agenda Behind Voter Suppression | Cry Wolf Project

http://crywolfproject.org/commentary/real-agenda-behind-voter-suppression

Watch "Larry Lessig Says Bernie Sanders Is Caught Up In "Fantasy Politics.” Int. w/ Cenk Uygur (edited)" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/VB1lcJl2qtk

Can America Afford Bernie Sanders' Agenda? - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntharvey/2015/09/21/can-america-afford-sanders/

Obama Administration Waives Penalty Against Convicted Bank Credit Suisse, Allowing Bank To Manage Pension Money

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/obama-administration-waives-penalty-against-convicted-bank-credit-suisse-allowing

Let’s move beyond winner-take-all elections - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2015/10/23/lets-move-beyond-winner-take-all-elections/

Judicial Elections Erode Diversity on the Bench | Mother Jones

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2015/10/judicial-elections-diversity-spending-report

Lessig learned. Now let him debate. - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/10/21/lessig-learned-now-let-him-debate/

The People vs. Citizens United: 7 Steps to Reversing Runaway Political Spending | Bill Blum

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-blum/the-people-vs-citizens-united_b_8339034.html

Special interest groups in Pennsylvania funding ads targeting state Supreme Court candidates | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2015/10/17/Special-interest-groups-in-Pennsylvania-funding-ads-targeting-state-Supreme-Court-candidates/stories/201510170056

Contributions in Pennsylvania Supreme Court race tops $10M | PennLive.com

http://www.pennlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/10/contributions_in_pennsylvania.html

Campaign Finance South of the Border | Brennan Center for Justice

https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/campaign-finance-south-border

PAC money lines pockets of political operatives

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/24/us/politics/conservative-pacs-turn-attack-on-gop-leaders-into-fund-raising-tool.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

 

 

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Billionaire Drops $150 Million Into Super PAC to Intimidate Congress into Passing Law to Help His Companies Avoid Taxes | Issue One

https://www.issueone.org/billionaire-drops-150-million-super-pac-intimidate-congress-passing-law-help-companies-avoid-taxes/

Republican Former FEC Chair Calls Out Republicans | Issue One

https://www.issueone.org/republican-former-fec-chair-calls-republicans/

I’m All In — Equal Citizens — Medium

https://medium.com/equal-citizens/i-m-all-in-b7a5e033a7ff#.2ei030ex7

Report: Matching Funds Would Give Huge Boost to Sanders, Cruz and Carson

https://theintercept.com/2015/09/30/report-shows-matching-funds-huge-boost-sanders-cruz-carson/

The Families Funding the 2016 Presidential Election - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/11/us/politics/2016-presidential-election-super-pac-donors.html?_r=1

Editor, NY Times

Thank you for the investigative report (“The Families Funding the 2016 Presidential Election,”

October 10, 2015) on families making major contributions to impact the 2016 Presidential race. The article has many interesting and relevant facts, such as the major role played by hedge fund managers and other members of the financial industry.

However, I am afraid it underplays by omission another grave danger of the post-Citizens Unitedelection finance system – the role the multi-nationals may be playing in funding Super PACS or 501(c)(4) organizations directly from their corporate treasuries.

The article makes it seem that nouveau riche families are heavily involved and that multi-national corporations are not nearly as involved. However, considering all the mechanisms available to hide the identity of donors, I don’t understand how that could be substantiated. Therefore, I think the article should have contained a clearer caveat about the lack of disclosure and what we are prevented from knowing about who is influencing our elections.

Charlie Cooper, President

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Democratic Candidates Should Use the Debate to Talk Money in Politics | BillMoyers.com

http://billmoyers.com/2015/10/13/democrats-debate-money-in-politics/

Justice Kennedy's Political Casino - Bloomberg View

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-10-11/justice-kennedy-s-roadmap-for-overturning-citizens-united

A ‘yes’ vote on Question 1 returns elections to the hands of Maine voters | BDN Maine | Bangor Daily News

http://bangordailynews.com/2015/10/11/opinion/contributors/a-yes-vote-on-question-1-returns-elections-to-the-hands-of-maine-voters/

We Were Sued by a Billionaire Political Donor. We Won. Here's What Happened. | Mother Jones

http://m.motherjones.com/media/2015/10/mother-jones-vandersloot-melaleuca-lawsuit

In First TV Ad, Lawrence Lessig Asks Who 'Owns' Marco Rubio - First Draft. Political News, Now. - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/10/07/in-first-tv-ad-lawrence-lessig-asks-who-owns-marco-rubio/

Is pro-Bush super PAC obscuring spending? | Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/10/07/18258/pro-bush-super-pac-obscuring-spending

Money in politics

LobeLog (@LobeLog) tweeted at 10:34 AM on Thu, Oct 08, 2015:
Ayotte Relying On Out-Of-State Anti-#Iran Deal Donors In Reelection Bid http://t.co/5w5Jl01rRK http://t.co/aKHIcvadQV
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Beware the New Conventional Wisdom About Super PACs | Brennan Center for Justice

https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/beware-new-conventional-wisdom-about-super-pacs

Is a Pro-Bush Super PAC Obscuring Its Spending? | TIME

http://time.com/4063597/jeb-bush-right-rise-super-pac/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29

Anonymous donors send millions to pro-Rubio group

http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:5926406673b047a7a34f1177e01014da

Why Corporate Media Won't Cover Citizens United

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33153-why-media-won-t-cover-citizens-united

How Did the Democrats Become Favorites of the Rich? - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/opinion/how-did-the-democrats-become-favorites-of-the-rich.html?smid=tw-share&referer=http://t.co/yi1FpVPAX4

This election cycle, TV and polls play bigger roles: http://alj.am/9exg , via Al Jazeera America for Android

California's high court appears ready to allow voters to weigh in on Citizens United - LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-citizens-united-ballot-20151006-story.html

Brazil bans corporate contributions to politicians and parties

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33092-electoral-revolution-in-brazil-aimed-at-neutralising-corporate-influence

 

As Donald Trump showcases anger about campaign finance, California seeks solutions

http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20151002/as-donald-trump-showcases-anger-about-campaign-finance-california-seeks-solutions

https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/651328561404596225

Give Peace A Chance: Bloomberg Poll: Americans Want Supreme Court to Turn Off Political Spending Spigot

http://www.givespeaceachance.org/2015/10/bloomberg-poll-americans-want-supreme.html?m=1

Democratic machine won't let Larry Lessig into the debates; will Sanders stand up for him? / Boing Boing

https://boingboing.net/2015/10/03/democratic-machine-wont-let.html

Bernie Sanders Raises $26 Million, Powered by Online Donations Exceeding Obama's 2008 Pace - First Draft. Political News, Now. - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/30/bernie-sanders-raises-26-million-powered-by-online-donations-exceeding-obamas-2008-pace/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Who are the millionaires bankrolling the 2016 presidential race? - Los Angeles Times

http://graphics.latimes.com/2016-election-big-donors/

GOP ex-Senator Alan Simpson endorses the 28th Amendment

http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/29/why-gop-state-leaders-should-support-a-constitutional-amendment-to-overturn-citizens-united/

 

TRANS-PARTISAN: Supporters of major candidates want campaign finance reform

https://mayday.us/presidential-poll/

 

The outsized role of money in politics - how the money primary squelches opportunity

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-money-politics-20150927-story.html

 

Sep 28, 2015 Bloomberg poll: public hates Citizens United

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-09-28/bloomberg-poll-americans-want-supreme-court-to-turn-off-political-spending-spigot

 

 

Lobbyists Mourn House Speaker John Boehner's Departure

https://theintercept.com/2015/09/28/lobbyists-lament-speaker-john-boehners-departure/

When Did Companies Become People? Excavating The Legal Evolution : NPR

http://www.npr.org/2014/07/28/335288388/when-did-companies-become-people-excavating-the-legal-evolution

S.C. governor plays political football | Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/09/25/18051/sc-governor-plays-political-football

Chuck Todd: Hillary Clinton's Drop in Polls 'Astounding' | Mediaite

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/chuck-todd-astounded-by-hillarys-drop-in-polls-behind-bernie-sanders/

The Reformers Caucus is ready to get to work

https://www.issueone.org/reformers-caucus-ready-get-work/

Another way to mask super-rich donors

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-21/another-way-to-mask-super-rich-donors

 

Brazil’s Supreme Court Bans Corporate Contributions to Political Campaigns and Parties - Truthdig

http://m.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/brazils_supreme_court_bans_corporate_contributions_to_political_campaigns_a

Super PACs and the Supreme Court - The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/jeb-bush-citizens-united/406006/

GOP candidates should address money in politics in Reagan library debate: Guest commentary

http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20150915/gop-candidates-should-address-money-in-politics-in-reagan-library-debate-guest-commentary

What Presidential Candidates Said About Money’s Influence in Politics (September 2 to September 15) - Every Voice

http://everyvoice.org/posts/2048

Poll Shows Americans Favor an Overhaul of Campaign Financing - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/us/politics/poll-shows-americans-favor-overhaul-of-campaign-financing.html?_r=1

Transparency - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/embed/nkAiSTaSxKQ

America’s Voting Machines at Risk | Brennan Center for Justice

https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/americas-voting-machines-risk

Donald Trump Target of Conservative Ad Campaign - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/us/politics/club-for-growth-donald-trump-presidential-election.html?_r=0

Congress Can Rein In the Supreme Court's Ideologues If It Uses Its Authority | Pearl Korn

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pearl-korn/congress-can-rein-in-the_b_8118386.html

AIPAC Spent Millions of Dollars to Defeat the Iran Deal. Instead, It May Have Destroyed Itself. | The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/article/aipac-spent-millions-of-dollars-to-defeat-the-iran-deal-instead-it-may-have-destroyed-itself/

Masters of the Universe laughing about inequality

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/geithner-rubin-paulson-income-inequality_55e9eabde4b093be51bb73c3

 

Notice how they don't mention tax policy or corporate welfare - or the big money in politics that makes defines the boundaries of what establishment people want to talk about.

Presidential Campaign Finance

http://fec.gov/disclosurep/pnational.do

Hillary Clinton Proposes Plan To Restrict Money's Influence In Politics : NPR

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/08/438633660/hillary-clinton-proposes-plan-to-restrict-moneys-influence-in-politics

Why Manchin Opposed The Iran Deal After He Was For It « LobeLog

​Yes ! Money in Politics.​

http://www.lobelog.com/why-manchin-opposed-the-iran-deal-after-he-was-for-it/?utm_content=buffere2800&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Clinton's proposals on campaign finance - US News

http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2015/09/08/clintons-proposals-on-campaign-finance

Here's what Hillary Clinton's money in politics plan gets right, what it gets wrong, and what it misses - Vox

http://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2015/9/8/9277909/hillary-clinton-money-in-politics

The Movement to Fight Big Money Politics Now Has a Gold Standard

https://theintercept.com/2015/07/24/campaign-finance-reform-world-gets-page-fight-big-money-empower-people/

Top 5 Ways Citizens United Harms Democracy & Top 5 Ways We’re Fighting to Take Democracy Back | Demos

http://www.demos.org/publication/top-5-ways-citizens-united-harms-democracy-top-5-ways-we%E2%80%99re-fighting-take-democracy-back

Common Cause – Clinton Campaign Finance Plan Deserves "Strong and Continued Advocacy"

http://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/clinton-campaign-finance-plan.html

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d77d4a197583f647063d7317c/files/ClintonFactSheet.pdf

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d77d4a197583f647063d7317c/files/ClintonFactSheet.pdf

Maine public campaign financing push bucks national tide

http://bangordailynews.com/2015/09/03/the-point/maine-public-campaign-financing-push-bucks-national-tide/

 

9 things to know about Lawrence Lessig | Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/09/06/17956/9-things-know-about-lawrence-lessig?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=watchdog&utm_medium=publici-email&goal=0_ffd1d0160d-f0525c3f49-100349417&mc_cid=f0525c3f49&mc_eid=fa3bdb5b70

Harvard Law Professor Crowdfunds $1 Million, Launches Presidential Bid : The Two-Way : NPR

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/06/438113499/harvard-law-professor-crowdfunds-1-million-launches-presidential-bid

Californians May Yet Have a Chance to Vote Down Citizens United - Derek Cressman

http://www.derekcressman.com/californians_may_yet_have_a_chance_to_vote_down_citizens_united

New York Gov. Cuomo Silent On Effort To Force General Electric To Clean Up Its Pollution From Hudson

http://www.ibtimes.com/new-york-gov-cuomo-silent-effort-force-general-electric-clean-its-pollution-hudson-2082428

Massachusetts Court Refuses to Strike Down Longstanding Ban on Corporate Political Contributions - Free Speech for People

http://freespeechforpeople.org/massachusetts-court-refuses-to-strike-down-longstanding-ban-on-corporate-political-contributions/

RE: ACROSS THE AISLE | Lifting Voices Above Party Lines

Thanks, Angad. I guess this is Free speech for People. They had 100 Republicans over a year ago so I'm not encouraged. Didn't have time to look in depth. - C

 

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ACROSS THE AISLE | Lifting Voices Above Party Lines

http://acrosstheaisle.us/

Corporations playing politics with ballot measures | Center for Public Integrity

Robert J. Shapiro
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/09/02/17925/corporations-playing-politics-ballot-measures

TV Station Owners Report Unexpected Flood of Money From Iran Deal Opponents

https://theintercept.com/2015/09/02/tv-station-owners-report-unexpected-flood-money-iran-deal-opponents/

Super PACs Shouldering Early Ad Duty - Morning Consult

http://morningconsult.com/2015/09/super-pacs-shouldering-early-ad-duty/

Fred Wertheimer for Huffington Post: "Donald Trump and Campaign Finance Reform" | Democracy21Democracy21

http://www.democracy21.org/money-in-politics/press-releases-money-in-politics/fred-wertheimer-for-huffington-post-donald-trump-and-campaign-finance-reform/

http://www.merkley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/20150831_SECLetter.pdf

https://www.merkley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/20150831_SECLetter.pdf

Coal Miner Bankruptcy Uncovers Political Spending | Brennan Center for Justice

https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/coal-miner-bankruptcy-uncovers-political-spending

On Being 'Serious' About Reform

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/8064428

80% of Republicans agree with Bernie Sanders on Citizens United issues

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/06/02/poll-finds-80-republicans-agree-bernie-sanders-citizens-united.html

 

Democracy inaction: old equipment and partisan battles threaten election integrity, in Ohio and nationwide | Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/08/27/17899/democracy-inaction-old-equipment-and-partisan-battles-threaten-election-integrity

Now That We’re Talking About Citizenship, Let’s Revoke Corporate Personhood | Move to Amend

https://movetoamend.org/now-we%E2%80%99re-talking-about-citizenship-let%E2%80%99s-revoke-corporate-personhood

Super PACs emerge as unregulated shadow campaigns in 2016 election: http://alj.am/km3c , via Al Jazeera America for Android

Tweet from ReThink Democracy (@ReThinkDemocrcy)

ReThink Democracy (@ReThinkDemocrcy) tweeted at 9:32 AM on Fri, Aug 28, 2015:
A billionaire running for POTUS is now soliciting money from other annonymous billionaires. http://t.co/XBpPASHzi2 http://t.co/5UpeyB0qoc
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Democracy inaction: old equipment and partisan battles threaten election integrity, in Ohio and nationwide | Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/08/27/17899/democracy-inaction-old-equipment-and-partisan-battles-threaten-election-integrity

Political Operatives Abandon Koch Network For Donald Trump

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/27/koch-operatives-trump/

New Campaign-Finance-Reform PAC to Boost Four More Democratic Senate Candidates - NationalJournal.com

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/new-campaign-finance-reform-pac-to-boost-four-more-democratic-senate-candidates-20150825

Another Way to Mask Super Rich Donors - Bloomberg Politics

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-21/another-way-to-mask-super-rich-donors

Federal Election Commission refuses to release computer security study | Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/08/20/17880/federal-election-commission-refuses-release-computer-security-study

Founders of Democratic and Republican Super PACs Go Into Business Together, Assuring Future Leverage

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/21/founder-pro-clinton-super-pac-forms-political-consulting-firm-leader-gop-super-pac/

Federal Election Commission refuses to release computer security study | Center for Public Integrity

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/08/20/17880/federal-election-commission-refuses-release-computer-security-study

If Congress keeps cutting its staff, who is writing your laws? You won’t like the answer. - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/20/if-congress-keeps-cutting-its-staff-who-is-writing-your-laws-you-wont-like-the-answer/

How the U. S. Chamber of Commerce Works

https://portside.org/2015-08-20/how-us-chamber-commerce-keeps-working-people-poor-and-destroys-environment

 

The Myth of Community Rights: Self-Governance has a Corporate Ceiling - Rural America Move To Amend brought this to my attention.

http://inthesetimes.com/rural-america/entry/18329/the-myth-of-community-rights

Election 2016: Jeb Bush And John Kasich’s Work At Lehman Spotlights Different Revolving Door Between Business and Government

http://www.ibtimes.com/election-2016-jeb-bush-john-kasichs-work-lehman-spotlights-different-revolving-door-2061128?utm_content=bufferc8953&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Race, Gender, and Money In Politics

http://longform.demos.org/race-gender-and-money-in-politics

Rand Paul Buys His Way Around an Inconvenient Law

Rand Paul Buys His Way Around an Inconvenient Law

The 2016 hopeful is trying to run for president without abandoning his Senate seat.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/rand-paul-will-pay-for-kentuckys-gop-election-by-himself/401711/

Era of Upheaval Continues as New Legal Challenge Emerges to Federal Campaign Finance | New Jersey News, Politics, Opinion, and Analysis

http://politickernj.com/2015/08/era-of-upheaval-continues-as-new-legal-challenge-emerges-to-federal-campaign-finance/

Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/?utm_campaign=bt_twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

“You’ve Got to Cozy Up”: More Politicians Admitting That Money Controls Politics

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/18/yes-absolutely-definitely-corrupt-another-list-politicians-admitting-money-controls-politics/

Postlets: 34 Theo Ln > Review

Postlets: 34 Theo Ln > Review

Your free Postlets account helps you post rental and for sale listings online and automatically distribute them to 20+ real estate and classified websites, including the Zillow Rental Network.

https://postlets.com/posts/14430871/review

Lessons From the Donald in Campaign Finance | Brennan Center for Justice

https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/lessons-donald-campaign-finance

Facing Money Gap, Hillary Clinton Slowly Warms to ‘Super PAC’ Gifts - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/us/politics/facing-money-gap-hillary-clinton-slowly-warms-to-super-pac-gifts.html?_r=4

Court’s Free-Speech Expansion Has Far-Reaching Consequences - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/us/politics/courts-free-speech-expansion-has-far-reaching-consequences.html?_r=0

Labor Unions Fueled Major Liberal 'Dark Money' Group In 2012

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/labor-unions-dark-money_n_4311663.html

Labor Unions Fueled Major Liberal 'Dark Money' Group In 2012

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/labor-unions-dark-money_n_4311663.html

Op-Ed: The McCain-Feingold Act May Doom Itself | The National Law Journal

http://m.nationallawjournal.com/module/alm/app/nlj.do#!/article/1752035875

WSJ poll: Influence of money in politics a top concern for voters

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/06/21/influence-of-money-in-politics-a-top-concern-for-voters/

 

Jimmy Carter says U. S. is "oligarchy" because of Citizens United decision

http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/jimmy-carter-oligarchy/2015/08/03/id/665107/

 

NY Times/CBS poll on money in politics - May 28-31, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/01/us/politics/document-poll-may-28-31.html

 

Courts let corporations use free speech for profit

http://www.newsweek.com/corporations-are-perverting-notion-free-speech-359785

 

Analysis: Democracy, Millionaires and Billionaires | The Texas Tribune

https://www.texastribune.org/2015/08/14/analysis-millionaires-and-billionaires/

Dear Goldwater Institute, the Supreme Court thinks you're wrong on disclosure | Issue One

https://www.issueone.org/dear-goldwater-institute-supreme-court-thinks-youre-wrong-disclosure/

article

http://atr.rollcall.com/campaign-finance-reform-pac-wants-player-2016/

 

Citizens United Means Wealthy, White Donors Dominate 2016 Presidential Fundraising

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/13/donors-funding-bankrolling-2016-campaign-overwhelmingly-white/

Campaign Finance Reform PAC Wants to Be a Player in 2016

http://atr.rollcall.com/campaign-finance-reform-pac-wants-player-2016/

Donors Descend on Schumer and Others in Debate on Iran - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/us/politics/in-efforts-to-sway-iran-debate-big-money-donors-are-heard.html?_r=0

President Obama’s Letter to the Editor - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/magazine/president-obamas-letter-to-the-editor.html?referrer=

Lawrence Lessig wants to run for president — in a most unconventional way - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/11/lawrence-lessig-wants-to-run-for-president-in-a-most-unconventional-way/

article

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-lessig/why-i-want-to-run_b_7971368.html?&utm_source=mayday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20150811

 

article

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-campaign-finance-reformers_55ca0f55e4b0923c12be1a13?utm_hp_ref=politics&kvcommref=mostpopular

 

 

I will post this one prominently on our website.

Group backing Hillary Clinton gets $1M from anonymous donors

http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:59d09696f3b74b258430f278182f14a9

The Color of Money: Early Presidential Fundraising Shows White, Wealthy Donor Base | Every Voice Center

http://www.everyvoicecenter.org/color-of-money/

The campaign money mess | The Sacramento Bee

http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article30351687.html

“They Pray to the Money”; House Republicans Decry Speaker John Boehner’s Lobbyist-Friendly Congress

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/07/pray-money-house-republicans-decry-speaker-john-boehner-lobbyist-run-congress/

Donald Trump Says He Can Buy Politicians, None of His Rivals Disagree

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/07/donald-trump-buy/

The Voting Rights Act at 50: Why We Still Need It -- All of It

http://prospect.org/article/voting-rights-act-50-why-we-still-need-it-all-it

Donald Trump Just Made the Case for Campaign Finance Reform | Mother Jones

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2015/08/trump-just-made-case-for-campaign-finance-reform

The Washington Post calls our political system an oligarchy, but left out the solutions | Issue One

https://www.issueone.org/washington-post-calls-political-system-oligarchy-left-solutions/

The Fight for Voting Rights Is Our Fight Today

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7942850

Influence of Money in Politics a Top Concern for Voters - WSJ

http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-56063

Legislative News, Studies and Analysis | National Conference of State Legislatures

http://www.ncsl.org/

Dem governors seek to redraw districts

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/us/politics/democrats-unveil-a-plan-to-fight-gerrymandering.html?src=recg&_r=0

 

A legal -- for now -- end-run around Citizens United - LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-irs-regulations-social-welfare-organizations-501c4-20150805-story.html

Campaign finance in the US and the UK: a comparative assessment - Lexology

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=df795aaf-6ab3-4c0b-a3c4-cc13265d7453

Bernie Sanders to fight for campaign finance reform | TheHill

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/250187-sanders-campaign-finance-system-amounts-to-legalized

Solutions 101: Highlighting Disclosure in States and Cities | Issue One

https://www.issueone.org/solutions-101-highlighting-disclosure-states-cities/

Runaway Constitutional Convention Is Unlikely - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/02/opinion/l-runaway-constitutional-convention-is-unlikely-856387.html?emc=eta1&pagewanted=print

Jimmy Carter: 'Oligarchy' Resulted from Citizens United Decision

http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/665107

Donald Trump’s surge is all about less-educated Americans - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/07/27/donald-trumps-surge-is-heavily-reliant-on-less-educated-americans-heres-why/

This is how the clowns took over: The sad history leading to the spectacle of a Fox News debate starring front-runner Donald Trump - Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2015/08/02/this_is_how_the_clowns_took_over_the_sad_history_leading_to_the_spectacle_of_a_fox_news_debate_starring_front_runner_donald_trump/

Maryland Democratic Senate Primary Erupts Over Citizens United

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55b812eae4b0074ba5a6b83e?ir=India

Small Pool of Rich Donors Dominates Election Giving - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/us/small-pool-of-rich-donors-dominates-election-giving.html?_r=0&referrer=

article

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/outcome-of-trial-on-nc-election-law-changes-will-have-national-effect/2015/07/30/00645094-35f4-11e5-b673-1df005a0fb28_story.html?wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

 

Who Was Really Paid to Bury GMO Labeling via the DARK Act? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-was-really-paid-to-bury-gmo-labeling-via-the-dark-act/5465097

Anti-super PAC group gets new leader | TheHill

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/249275-anti-super-pac-group-gets-new-leader

The I.R.S. Gives Up on ‘Dark Money’ - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/opinion/sunday/the-irs-gives-up-on-dark-money.html?referrer=

Lessig's op ed in NYTimes: The Only Realistic Way to Fix Campaign Finance

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/opinion/the-only-realistic-way-to-fix-campaign-finance.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone
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PA Common Cause testimony

http://www.commoncause.org/states/pennsylvania/litigation-and-lobbying/testimony/testimony-opposing-constitutional-convention.html

The poll itself

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/01/us/politics/document-poll-may-28-31.html

The Only Realistic Way to Fix Campaign Finance - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/opinion/the-only-realistic-way-to-fix-campaign-finance.html?referrer=

Democracy 21 Joins with Reform Groups in Releasing Reform Agenda for 2016 Candidates | Democracy21Democracy21

http://www.democracy21.org/money-in-politics/press-releases-money-in-politics/democracy-21-joins-with-reform-groups-in-releasing-reform-agenda-for-2016-candidates/

Reform Groups Urge Senators to Co-sponsor and Support Leahy Bill, the Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act | Democracy21Democracy21

http://www.democracy21.org/legislative-action/press-releases-legislative-action/reform-groups-urge-senators-to-co-sponsor-and-support-leahy-bill-the-stop-super-pac-candidate-coordination-act/

Bernie is Right. We Need to Overturn Citizens United.

http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2015/07/bernie-is-right-we-need-to-overturn-citizens-united/

Revenge of Citizens United - Kenneth P. Vogel and Tarini Parti - POLITICO

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/revenge-of-citizens-united-120115.html

Place sensible limits on big-money campaign donations - Baltimore Sun

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-senator-letter-20150716-story.html

Clintons And Foundation Raked In Cash From Banks That Admitted Wrongdoing

http://www.ibtimes.com/clintons-foundation-raked-cash-banks-admitted-wrongdoing-2010404

Groups backed by secret donors take the lead in shaping 2016 elections - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/groups-backed-by-secret-donors-take-the-lead-in-shaping-2016-elections/2015/07/14/e56a2572-2a3e-11e5-a5ea-cf74396e59ec_story.html?postshare=1811436968288257

Voting for Bernie Sanders Will Defeat Citizens United and Restore America's Faith in Elections

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7782842

I.R.S. Expected to Stand Aside as Nonprofits Increase Role in 2016 Race - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/us/politics/irs-expected-to-stand-aside-as-nonprofits-increase-role-in-2016-race.html?_r=0&referrer=

Court upholds political contribution ban for federal contractors | TheHill

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/247079-court-upholds-political-giving-ban-for-contractors#.VZyFcp4BEMg.twitter

I.R.S. Expected to Stand Aside as Nonprofits Increase Role in 2016 Race - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/us/politics/irs-expected-to-stand-aside-as-nonprofits-increase-role-in-2016-race.html?referrer=

Montana moves to reveal corporate campaign spending

http://m.tribtown.com/view/story/932217445b4249d7a93ba009e128f480/US--Campaign-Finance-Montana

Bob Dole: We need to 'stop all this money in politics' | TheHill

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/fundraising/246710-bob-dole-we-need-to-stop-all-this-money-in-politics

Hillary Clinton Faces a More Liberal Democratic Fund-Raising Landscape - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/06/30/us/politics/hillary-clinton-faces-a-more-liberal-democratic-fund-raising-landscape.html?referrer=

Q&A: What The Post’s money-in-politics reporter will be watching for in Q2 fundraising numbers - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/06/30/qa-what-the-posts-money-in-politics-reporter-will-be-watching-for-in-q2-fundraising-numbers/?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

Gary Hart: America’s Founding Principles Are in Danger of Corruption | TIME

http://time.com/3937860/gary-hart-america-corruption/

Two Years After Shelby County: Congress Must Restore Voting Rights Act | Brennan Center for Justice

http://www.brennancenter.org/press-release/two-years-after-shelby-county-congress-must-restore-voting-rights-act

Alabama’s campaign finance laws get stronger

The transparency that campaign finance laws are meant to create is critical to the political process. Alabama voters deserve to know who is funding campaigns and how candidates are spending money. This measure, passed well ahead of the 2016 elections, is a commendable step in enhancing these laws for the benefit of the electorate and clarifying them for the benefit of candidates. When interpretation is needed, it now can be provided by a trusted body free of partisan political ties.
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/06/16/alabamas-campaign-finance-laws-get-stronger/28829213/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=