New study claims common political campaign contacts are worthless

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/campaign-tactics-study_us_59ca64dce4b01cc57ff5a46c?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

 

 

Charlie Cooper

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Wealth gap widens even as middle class gains

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/sns-bc-us--fed-financial-health-survey-20170927-story.html

Median black family has 10% of wealth of median white family. Wealth of top 10% grew 17 times faster than wealth of typical family.

Charlie Cooper

A New Study Shows Just How Many Americans Were Blocked From Voting in Wisconsin Last Year – Mother Jones

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/09/a-new-study-shows-just-how-many-americans-were-blocked-from-voting-in-wisconsin-last-year/

Gov. Hogan's Redistricting Commission meets after long hiatus

https://marylandmatters.org/2017/09/26/will-redistricting-panel-issue-new-recommendations/

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

How the financial manipulators (and others) buy votes in Congress

http://inthesetimes.com/article/20543/corporate-money-citizens-united-corruption?link_id=3&can_id=fe1e1d50f292aa277e9a06a609e90126&source=email-us-trained-warlords-committing-atrocities-in-afghanistan-proof-that-corporate-money-influences-politicians&email_referrer=email_238509&email_subject=us-trained-warlords-committing-atrocities-in-afghanistan-proof-that-corporate-money-influences-politicians

 

“for every $100,000 that Democratic representatives received from finance, the odds they would break with their party’s majority support for the Dodd-Frank legislation increased by 13.9 percent. Democratic representatives who voted in favor of finance often received $200,000–$300,000 from that sector, which raised the odds of switching by 25–40 percent.”

 

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

 

 

Dems plan internet ad bill; Facebook announces disclosure measures

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/21/media/warner-klobuchar-bill-facebook-ads/index.html

Whites and blacks underestimate income and wealth gaps

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/18/white-people-are-really-confident-things-are-getting-better-for-black-people/?utm_term=.bb6cf55be50e&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

 

Yale study shows gaps not improving over decades. Faulty public perceptions may lead to misguided legislation.

 

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

 

 

Trump’s FEC nominee has questioned the value of disclosing political donors - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09/15/trumps-fec-nominee-has-questioned-the-value-of-disclosing-political-donors/?utm_term=.ae57deb22f28

Top Trump donor ponies up to take out Flake - POLITICO

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/09/trump-jeff-flake-robert-mercer-kelli-ward-241454

America's $1 Trillion National Security Budget

​Posting this here in case we need to refer back to DEFENCE SPENDING​

http://www.pogo.org/straus/issues/defense-budget/2016/americas-1-trillion-national-security-budget.html

Lawsuits, Falsehoods, and a Lot of White Men: Trump’s Election Commission Meets Amid Growing Controversy – Mother Jones

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/09/lawsuits-falsehoods-and-a-lot-of-white-men-trumps-election-commission-meets-amid-growing-controversy/

How to account for Facebook expenditures in disclosure laws?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/09/mark-zuckerberg-president-facebook-algorithm?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=242992&subid=1408221&CMP=GT_US_collection

 

It’s not clear that Facebook spending can be accounted for as things stand. But if Zuckerberg himself runs for President, he will have access to Facebook’s ability to reach people and connect people in a way no candidate ever has had.

 

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

 

 

De Blasio’s $21 billion revolution - NY Daily News

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/de-blasio-21-billion-revolution-article-1.3461772?cid=bitly

Compilation of how big money supresses news and research

https://www.nationofchange.org/2017/09/03/big-money-buys-off-criticism-big-money/

Big money funders of universities, foundations, and think tanks require filters to suppress investigation and dissemination of information about the role of big money in politics.