https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/06/30/soros-and-koch-brothers-team-end-forever-war-policy/WhyENwjhG0vfo9Um6Zl0JO/story.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/449477-mcconnell-aligned-group-launches-4m-round-of-ads-against-medicare-for-all?amp&__twitter_impression=true

David T. on Twitter: "Such campaign contributions are really bribes. @MovetoAmend Company that runs immigration detention centers is top donor for three Texas congressmen https://t.co/mHKuaqAkVC"

https://twitter.com/DavidTBangalore/status/1143680400532918272?s=03

Baltimore Sun encourages City Council to enact small-donor campaign financing

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0624-public-financing-20190620-story.html

 

 

Charlie Cooper

City Councilperson Burnett reveals Fair Election Fundingbill

https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/burnett-offers-his-framework-for-publicly-financed-elections-in-baltimore-city/

 

Small donor matching bill has 11 co-sponsors after voters approved creation of fund via charter amendment. (GMOM Pres. Charlie Cooper is quoted in this article.)

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

MD and NC officials demand voting system vendors reveal owners after Russian hacks and investments

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/voting-system-vendors-reveal-owners-after-russian-hacks-investments-n1020956

 

 

Charlie Cooper

A summary of where presidential candidates stand on election finance

https://readsludge.com/2019/04/01/where-the-2020-candidates-stand-on-campaign-finance/

 

 

Charlie Cooper

Sen. leader McConnell get campaign cash from lobbyists for voting

https://readsludge.com/2019/06/10/as-he-blocks-election-security-bills-mcconnell-takes-checks-from-voting-machine-lobbyists/

 

As He Blocks Election Security Bills, McConnell Takes Checks from Voting Machine Lobbyists. These are the same voting machines that lack adequate protection against hacking.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

Biden fundraiser is lobbying to reduce restrictions on foreign influence in elections

https://readsludge.com/2019/06/19/a-lobbyist-raising-money-for-biden-is-fighting-measures-to-crack-down-on-foreign-election-influence/?link_id=5&can_id=e96967e6939a941dbdebb8356ad281a2&source=email-ceos-party-bosses-exploiting-federal-and-state-tax-breaks&email_referrer=email_567669&email_subject=ceos-party-bosses-exploiting-federal-and-state-tax-breaks

 

Ken Jarin co-hosted Biden’s first big fundraiser. He is a paid lobbyist leading efforts to oppose regulation of foreign influence in U. S. elections.

 

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

 

 

Want to address climate change? Fix campaign finance first!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/06/20/the-energy-202-want-to-address-climate-change-fix-campaign-finance-first-2020-democrats-say/5d0a5bc3a7a0a47d87c56d5a/?tid=ss_mail&utm_term=.733989d53189

It is not just about the Earth's rising temperatures. Many Democrats running for president see climate change as symptomatic of another problem: too much money in politics.

 

UMMS Board members donated to Gov. Hogan

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0621-hogan-umms-20190620-story.html

 

In a Baltimore Sun op-ed, Clarence Lam critcizes the Governor for illegally appointing members who donated to his campaign. Some, says Lam, were appointed beyond legal term limits and some gave more to the Governor’s campaign than the legal limits.

 

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

 

 

Montana lobbying reports now more difficult for the public to access

https://www.mtpr.org/post/montana-lobbyist-spending-reports-now-harder-access

 

Director says staff don’t have time to enter data in a way that the public easily interpret the information.

 

Charlie Cooper

Dark Money in a local race in Denver

https://ourfuture.org/20190614/throwing-down-to-fight-gentrification-in-denver

 

"Colorado People's Action's (CPA) endorsed candidate Candi CdeBaca ran an insurgent campaign for a City Council seat in Denver and won.…
The election became a referendum on the rapid gentrification that is gripping the city. CdeBaca, CPA, and their allies fought and won against pro-gentrification interest groups who flooded the race with more than a quarter million dollars in dark money, making it one of the most expensive races in the city's history!"

 

Sheila Ruth

 

Koch network opens its doors to Democrats as it expands political engagement

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/06/06/koch-network-open-to-democrats-as-expands-political-engagement.html?__twitter_impression=true

The movement to skip the electoral college is picking up steam

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-movement-to-skip-the-electoral-college-is-picking-up-steam/

 

After a hiatus, several more states have passed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. (Maryland was the first state to do so.)

 

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