Brad Blog: GOP Candidate Sentenced for Felony Fraud After Changing Party Affiliation of 300 Democratic Voters
-By Brad Friedman August 10, 2013- With these 300 fraudulent votes created by one Republican candidate alone, that's 300 more fraudulent votes than have ever been created by ACORN or…
The Examiner: Jailed: GOP candidate hit with jail time for voter fraud
-By Robert Sobel August 9, 2013- A Republican candidate who ran for a Massachusetts state House seat in 2012 has been sentenced to a year in jail after he plead…
Young Progressive Voices: Audio Emerges Proving Secret Conservative Organization Behind Benghazi “Scandal”
-by Justin Acuff August 3, 2013- Groundswell, the conservative behind-the-scenes organization that forms a coalition between prominent Republicans, right wing media, and conservative activists to wage a “30-front war against…
Mother Jones: Democrats To Introduce Supreme Court Ethics Bill
—By Stephanie Mencimer July 31, 2013- Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has been in the news recently after Mother Jones revealed her involvement in…
Crooks & Liars: Groundswell Group Stoked Scandals with Help From GOP Leaders
-By Karoli July 30, 2013- When David Corn broke the Groundswell story last week, the general reaction among the politerati was a shrug and a giggle. Even influential NYU journalism…
Mother Jones: Is Ginni Thomas’ Expanding Activism a Problem for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas?
—By Stephanie Mencimer July 26, 2013- Virginia "Ginni" Thomas is no ordinary Supreme Court spouse. Unlike Maureen Scalia, mother of nine, or the late Martin Ginsburg, mild-mannered tax law professor…
Mother Jones: Inside Groundswell: Read the Memos of the New Right-Wing Strategy Group Planning a “30 Front War”
-By David Corn July 25, 2013- Believing they are losing the messaging war with progressives, a group of prominent conservatives in Washington—including the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas…
Detroit Free Press: Michigan government spent $556K to lobby itself
-By Kathleen Galligan January 16, 2013- Lobbying is normal in the course of public business, but when the government lobbies itself, the practice can involve taxpayer resources used to pursue…
Politico: Huckabee ’08 backer indicted over straw donations
-By Josh Gerstein January 23, 2013- A Florida developer, Jay Odom, has been indicted on federal charges that he used straw donors to donate at least $23,000 to former Arkansas…
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Ex-Bachmann aide alleges campaign finance violations
Filing says her PAC wrongly paid a longtime consultant. -By Kevin Diaz January 15, 2013- WASHINGTON - A top adviser in Michele Bachmann's 2012 White House bid has filed a…