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• in Politics
  Unraveling Herman Cain’s Money Laundering Scheme
  Herman Cain’s strategy to buy books from himself sure looks like money laundering. It is time for an investigation.
  by jimmyzuma / on Oct 20, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “fec”

 

• Political law links for Thurs., Jan. 26, 2012

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 107
  SUPER PAC PRIMER. Covington’s super PAC primer is online here . SUPER PAC FINANCING.  CBS .  “Sheldon and Miriam Adelson are among the richest couples in the world with a fortune Forbes estimated at $23 billion, and they’re bankrolling the super PAC that supports Gingrich.” SUPER PAC SPENDING.  ...
  4 days ago

• Citizens United, Two Years Later

  
  Justice Watch — Authority: 109
  Two years ago Saturday, the Supreme Court issued what may be its most pro-corporate decision yet, in the now-infamous case of Citizens United v. FEC (.pdf download) .  The case has become emblematic of the Corporate Court. There is no doubt that Citizens United is an important decision because of its effects on ...
  6 days ago

• Tuesday’s political law links for Jan. 24, 2012

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 107
  LOBBYING FRONT AND CENTER.  Last night’s debate featured some exchanges on lobbying.  More here .  “Gingrich’s consulting firm shortly before the debate released a copy of its 2006 contract with Freddie Mac, which covers just one year of his multiple years of service. It outlines $300,000 of the $1.6 ...
  6 days ago

• Obama GA ballot challenge, Natural born citizen status, Judge Michael Malihi, Why did Obama refuse matching funds in 2008?, Part 2, Robert Bauer et al help Obama hide records

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 486
  Obama GA ballot challenge, Natural born citizen status, Judge Michael Malihi, Why did Obama refuse matching funds in 2008?, Part 2, Robert Bauer et al help Obama hide records “Why did Obama, prior to occupying the White House, employ Robert Bauer of Perkins Coie, to assist him in avoiding the presentation of a ...
  1 week ago

• Good morning, here are Thursday’s political law links

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 107
  KELNER ON SUPER PACS. PBS NewsHour featured a story on super PACs with Covington & Burling’s Robert Kelner, whose segment begins at the 5:28 mark. SPOTLIGHT ON SUPER PACS.  Politico .  “But when it comes to super PACs, it seems we are all insiders now. The arcana of campaign finance regulation — the ...
  1 week ago

• Activists and Investors Team Up to Tackle Citizens United

  
  Public Citizen — Authority: 405
  Lisa Gilbert If you’re not a campaign finance wonk, you may not have noted that a significant anniversary will arrive this weekend on January 21: on Saturday, the ruling in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission turns two. This week two years ago, I and many other reformers spent days constantly ...
  1 week ago

• Good morning, here are Wednesday’s political law links

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 107
  RISKS OF TWITTER.  Roll Call .  “The explosion of social media has enabled government officials to share more information than ever before with the stroke of a thumb on a phone, but the boost in communication has raised more questions and security concerns than can fit in 140 characters.” MEMBER TRAVEL IN ...
  1 week ago

• Obama GA ballot challenge, Natural born citizen status, Judge Michael Malihi, Why did Obama refuse matching funds in 2008?, Part 1

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 486
  Obama GA ballot challenge, Natural born citizen status, Judge Michael Malihi, Why did Obama refuse matching funds in 2008?, Part 1 “In February 2007, I proposed a novel way to preserve the strength of the public financing system in the 2008 election. My plan requires both major party candidates to agree on a ...
  1 week ago

• People Powered Democracy!

  
  Story of Stuff — Authority: 89
  I use my radio as an alarm clock and since I don’t exactly bound out of bed in the morning it often results in a bizarre half-dreams about Apple’s supply chains , the state of the Dow Jones and assorted sounds bites from the circus that is the GOP primary. This morning I awoke to an FM rallying cry to Occupy ...
  1 week ago

• A Court Strangely Conflicted About Indecency

  
  Media and Communications Policy — Authority: 391
  By guest blogger LAURENCE H. WINER , professor of law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.    “ You taught me language, and my profit on’t is I know how to curse.”  – Caliban in The Tempest Here’s a question the late language maven, William Safire, might ...
  1 week ago

• Good morning, here are today’s political law links

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 107
  YESTERDAY’S NEWS.   If you missed yesterday’s set of links, they’re online here . TANGLED.  Roll Call .  “Super PACs are pouring tens of millions of dollars into the 2012 election season — and a healthy percentage of it into the pockets of friends, family members and business associates who serve ...
  1 week ago

• Jon Stewart Is Adrift in a Sea of Colbert Super PAC Money

  
  Indecision Forever — Authority: 570
  How do you spend a newly-found fortune in political contributions? Its a question that every red-blooded American will have to answer at some point in his or her life. Except for most. The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11/10c. Share Share on Facebook Share on ...
  1 week ago

• Colbert 2012 Hits the Ground Running (VIDEO)

  
  Veracity Stew — Authority: 119
  Colbert did the unthinkable: he signed over control of Americans For a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow a/k/a Colbert Super PAC, to Jon Stewart and announced that he is forming an exploratory committee to run for President of the United States of South Carolina.
  2 weeks ago

• MLK Day political law links

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 107
  SOLYNDRA ADS COMING. Story here . “Americans for Prosperity is going up with a $5 million ad buy against President Barack Obama on Solyndra.” HELP CHRISTIAN ADAMS GET HIS COAT BACK. If you were in Richmond to hear the argument in the ballot access case recently argued, you may have accidentally picked up the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Money and Democracy Update: Activists gear up to overturn Citizens United, Colbert pledges not to coordinate

  
  Public Citizen — Authority: 405
  Stunning Statistics of the Week: $5.7 million : The amount that Elizabeth Warren has raised in the last three months of 2011 for her race to unseat U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) $3.2 million : Amount that Brown raised in the same period Activists gearing up as second anniversary of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Freedom to Fascism Redux: An American timeline Timeline

  
  BIG BEND BIKERS FOR FREEDOM — Authority: 118
  Let me give you a timeline for the last few years of American history: FREEDOM > PNAC > 9/11 > AUMF > PATRIOT ACT > CITIZENS UNITED > NDAA > SOPA PIPA > EEA > FASCISM Here is what all that means... FREEDOM: What the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights once guaranteed to all ...
  2 weeks ago

• Former staffer accuses congressional candidate of hypocrisy, improper campaign expenditures

  
  RickScottsucks.us — Authority: 134
  In an exclusive interview with The Florida Independent, a former campaign staffer for congressional candidate Mike Yost say that the Jacksonville-based Republican squandered campaign funds on personal expenses, refused to listen to his campaign managers and still owes ex-staffers large sums of money.
  2 weeks ago

• Mostly super PAC news and links in today’s political law links

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 107
  SUPER PAC QUIZ.  Test your super PAC skills with this Washington Post quiz. OBAMA Q4 FUNDRAISING VIDEO.  Roll Call .  “President Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee together brought in $68 million in the last three months of 2011.” PETITION ON FEC.    The Hill .  There’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Watchdogs to Obama: Fix the FEC

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 142
  As a multimillion dollar barrage of negative attack ads hits South Carolina Republican primary voters — bloodying GOP candidates in the process — a coalition of watchdog groups has launched a petition to try to re-energize the agency charge...
  2 weeks ago

• Alarming Lack of Transparency in GOP Presidential Fight

  
  OpenSecrets Blog — Authority: 623
  Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics , has a column in todays New York Times "Campaign Stops" blog about the shocking lack of transparency in this crucial stretch of the GOP presidential campaign. "Over the past few weeks, voters in early primary and caucus states have been ...
  2 weeks ago

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