NYT: Conservative Donor Groups Lay a Base for 2012 Elections
October 31, 2010- The midterm election campaign will end Tuesday, but one of its most marked developments — the emergence of outside groups, often backed by anonymous donations, that can…
NYT Editorial: Drowning in Campaign Cash
October 30, 2010: Shrill political attacks have saturated the airwaves for months, but behind them is the real problem of this demoralizing election: the dark flow of dollars, often secretly…
Washington Post: Roberts Court rulings on campaign finance reveal shifting makeup, forceful role
October 31, 2010- Sometimes, it takes years to see the impact of a Supreme Court decision on American life, and sometimes a ruling lands with an explosion. The Roberts Court's…
Think Progress: USW President: U.S. Chamber Has Become ‘A Consulting Firm To Teach Companies’ About Outsourcing
October 30, 2010- As ThinkProgress has previously reported, over a million jobs have been lost due to outsourcing since 1994. One of the main organizations promoting outsourcing has been the…
The Guardian: The Tea Party movement: deluded and inspired by billionaires
By funding numerous rightwing organisations, the mega-rich Koch brothers have duped millions into supporting big business October 25, 2010: The Tea Party movement is remarkable in two respects. It is…
Shadow groups have spent nearly a quarter billion dollars on 2010 election: analysis
RAW Story, October 27, 2010- Karl Rove's American Crossroads has drawn a lot of attention for its high-profile fundraising and lavish spending on congressional races. But Rove's group, it turns…
Corporate campaign ads haven’t followed Supreme Court’s prediction
Companies and unions have been able to avoid the transparency called for in the court's landmark ruling. Spending on next week's midterm election has been exorbitant. Chicago Tribune, October 27,…
RAW Story: Petition calls for Gold’s Gym to stop supporting Rove group
The CEO of the company that owns Gold's Gym has long given money to conservative causes and now that support may be backfiring. Nearly 2000 people have signed an online…
Watchdog Groups Call For Appointment Of A Special Prosecutor To Investigate The Use Of Secret Money To Influence Elections
Comparisons To Watergate Scandal Grow Washington, DC -- October 25, 2010: Today, several watchdog groups dedicated to clean and transparent elections sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting…
Watchdog Groups Call For Appointment of A Special Prosecutor to Investigate the Use of Secret Money to Influence Elections
Comparisons To Watergate Scandal Grows WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, several watchdog groups, led by Protect Our Elections, dedicated to clean and transparent elections sent a letter to Attorney…
The Guardian: Tea Party climate change deniers funded by BP and other major polluters
October 24, 2010: BP and several other big European companies are funding the midterm election campaigns of Tea Party favourites who deny the existence of global warming or oppose Barack…
Washington Post Article Mentions POE’s FEC Filing Against American Crossroads
..."On Wednesday, for example, the watchdog groups Public Citizen and Protect Our Elections filed a complaint with the FEC alleging that the pro-Republican organization Crossroads GPS is violating federal campaign…