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)

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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=