Developer’s Trail of Campaign Donations Lead Through "Towson Gateway” - The Baltimore Post

http://thebaltimorepost.com/developers-trail-campaign-donations-lead-towson-gateway

Tweet from DemocracyIsForPeople (@democracy4ppl)

DemocracyIsForPeople (@democracy4ppl) tweeted at 3:00 PM on Fri, Aug 25, 2017:
We need to fight HARD to save the #JohnsonAmendment. Pick up the phone and tell your MOC not to subject our elections to more secret money. https://t.co/O7gjMa2qVb
(https://twitter.com/democracy4ppl/status/901157339050409986?s=03)

Betsy DeVos and Her Family Are Funding the Republican Candidate for Governor in Virginia | Diane Ravitch's blog

https://dianeravitch.net/2017/08/23/betsy-devos-and-her-family-are-funding-the-republican-candidate-for-governor-in-virginia/

Trump has hired more than 100 former lobbyists, group's tally shows.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/21/president-donald-trump-lobbyists-hired/416749001/

The Real News Documentary on Mercer family connections with Pres. Trump

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=19811

This 30 minute piece draws connections between hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and his daughter, Breitbart News (Steve Bannon), and Citizens United (the right-wing propaganda 501(c)(4) headed by David Bossie). The Mercers also run Cambridge Analytica, a cutting-edge polling firm linked to Kellyanne Conway.

Out of the swamp... or into the shadows? • OpenSecrets

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/reports/shadow-lobbying

Companies Linked To Mike Pence Seek An Upper Hand In Infrastructure Policy

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/companies-linked-mike-pence-seek-upper-hand-infrastructure-policy-2578480?amp=1

Trump administration weakening regulation of Wall Street

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-easing-of-postcrisis-wall-street-rules-gains-momentum-1502622005

 

At behest of Wall Street, agencies begin broad pullback of regulations under Dodd-Frank reforms.

NOTE: Requires subscription to WSJ to read entire article.

 

Charlie Cooper

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

 

 

Is an Incumbent Delegate Getting Pushed Out? | Seventh State

http://www.theseventhstate.com/?p=8367

Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html?_r=0

Income growth inequality then and now

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html

 

After decades of increasing influence of money in our politics, this chart shows the result of policies on the ability of people at various points in the income spectrum to grow their income.

 

Charlie Cooper

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Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

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

 

 

Dark money trail reveals significant influence in Colorado elections

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/07/dark-money-trail-reveals-significant-influence-in-colorado-elections/

Corporate Cash Could Help Republicans Keep Control Of State Governments, Influence Redistricting

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/corporate-cash-could-help-republicans-keep-control-state-governments-influence

Security experts find "unfixable" problems with electronic voting

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/defcon-hackers-find-holes-in-every-voting-machine

 

Hackers easily broke into voting machines at security conference and find fatal flaws in their design and lack of auditability. Other parts of election system are also vulnerable.

 

Charlie Cooper

M: 410-624-6095

Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

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

 

 

Democratic Governors’ Fundraising Trails Republicans, Except When It Comes To Big Pharma

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/democratic-governors-fundraising-trails-republicans-except-when-it-comes-big

Bernie Sanders’ Drug Price Bill Would Save Billions, Congressional Analysts Say

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/bernie-sanders-drug-price-bill-would-save-billions-congressional-analysts-say