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

 

 

Charlie Cooper

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www.getmoneyoutmd.org 

 

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

 

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

Get Money Out - Maryland

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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/