Cases show foreign money in US politics

https://apnews.com/389f03e40e874bbe9d1687925e517d05

 

Foreign money funneled into Obama inaugural. The same man gave to Trump, Hilary Clinton, Lindsay Graham, Eliot Engel, and more.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

Amazon Is on the Attack Against Kshama Sawant

https://jacobinmag.com/2019/10/amazon-kshama-sawant-seattle-city-council 

Court to hear arguments on Maryland political ads law

https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-maryland-political-ads-20191028-kbmkl52pyzdthcqs4ivhirt3d4-story.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+baltimoresun%2Ffeatures%2Fbooksmags%2Frss2+%28Books+%26+Magazines%29

 

The law requires online platforms to publish data about who is buying political ads.

 

 

Charlie Cooper

NYC considering ranked choice voting

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/nyregion/ranked-choice-voting-ny.html#click=https://t.co/3HiCVs3HNv

 

“Eighteen cities — including Minneapolis; Santa Fe, N.M.; and San Francisco — already use the system….”

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

Hogan raises dark money to oppose Dems' plans for public school aid increases

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hogan-raising-dark-money-to-boost-his-agenda-stop-costly-education-plan/2019/09/19/d0bba432-d324-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html

 

 

Charlie Cooper and Susan Ogden

 

 

political spending at Trump properties tops $20 million

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/10/trump-properties-poli-spending-passes-20m/?utm_source=OpenSecrets+Donor+List&utm_campaign=ca4cbb884a-DONOR+EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_24_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8ce7c3ba3d-ca4cbb884a-212208581

 

99% of this money has been spent since Trump announced his 2016 candidacy for the Presidency.

 

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

 

 

Former Dem. Senator Heitkamp now shilling for fossil fuel industry

https://readsludge.com/2019/10/14/group-claiming-to-speak-for-rural-democrats-is-tied-to-fossil-fuel-lobbyists/

 

Using a 501(c)(4) “social welfare” organization to spread the message of the fossil fuel industry.

 

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

 

 

Congress mulls election security bills and aid to states

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2019/10/15/the-cybersecurity-202-lawmakers-head-to-ground-zero-for-election-security/5da50fe688e0fa3155a71140/?nid=menu_nav_accessibilityforscreenreader&outputType=accessibility

 

“But it will be extremely tough to replace those machines without a significant infusion of cash from Congress — and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been wary of spending more money on election security after Congress committed $380 million in 2018. McConnell recently relented and endorsed sending another $250 million to states but that's far short of the $600 million in a House-passed bill. And it's way less than the $2.2 billion over five years the Brennan Center says is needed to address the problem nationwide. “

 

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

 

 

Pacific Gas and Electric spent on politics & dividends rather than infrastructure

https://theintercept.com/2019/10/11/pge-power-shutdown-california/

Lines that cause fires go unrepaired.

Charlie Cooper

Get Money Out - Maryland

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Dem-leaning dark money group in Maine Senate race may be investigated

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/10/11/watchdog_complaint_cites_dark-money_group_targeting_collins_141475.html?utm_campaign=distroscale&utm_medium=video-player&utm_source=polls

 

A 501(c)(4) group raising money to defeat Sen. Susan Collins is being called out by Republicans in Maine for violating IRS laws and regulations.

 

Charlie Cooper

Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 

 

From financial crisis to inequality — how economists got it wrong

https://www.ft.com/content/9c0ff498-dee3-11e9-9743-db5a370481bc 

50 top legal minds press for 28th Amendment

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/group-of-50-legal-scholars-call-for-28th-amendment-to-overturn-citizens-united-a-root-cause-of-dysfunction-in-our-political-system/

 

“As attorneys, law professors and former judges with a wide variety of political beliefs and affiliations, we are convinced that our nation’s current election spending framework is a root cause of dysfunction in our political system and requires fundamental reform.”

 

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

 

 

Voter suppression efforts launched mom in jail

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-was-arrested-for-voting-but-i-wont-let-the-government-intimidate-me/2019/09/30/7b6261b8-dfbf-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html?wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1