Talking Points Memo: Dem PACs To FEC: If ‘Republican Super PAC’ Can Coordinate With Candidates, We Will Too
-By Ryan J. Reilly May 20, 2011- Two Democratic political action committees are asking the Federal Election Commission if the Republican Super PAC's plan for politicians to solicit donations on…
Press Release: Advocacy Organization ProtectOurElections.org Urges FBI To Investigate Justice Clarence Thomas
Group Charges Thomas And His Wife Engaged In Criminal Conduct WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The advocacy group ProtectOurElections.org sent a letter to the FBI in Washington, DC on…
Christian Science Monitor: What lessons will GOP take from losing New York-26 House seat?
Medicare is indeed a perilous issue for Republicans, Tuesday's House race in New York's 26th District showed. But so are third-party candidates and tepid campaigns. -By Gail Russell Chaddock May…
Huffington Post: IRS To Take On Karl Rove? Tax Laws Could Take A Bite Out Of Secret Political Spending
-By Dan Froomkin May 25, 2011- Top Republican political strategist Karl Rove's method of secretly funneling unlimited contributions from big donors was so hugely successful in the 2010 campaign that…
Bloomberg: Secret Donors Multiply in U.S. Election Spending
-By J. Crewdson, A. Fitzgerald, J. Salant and C. Babcock May 19, 2011- In the weeks before last November’s election, television viewers in South Carolina were treated to an animated…
Wisconsin State Journal: GOP legislative aide under investigation for voter fraud
May 20, 2011- A Republican legislative aide is under investigation for possible vote fraud after she cast her ballot in the November election in Onalaska although she lives in Madison.…
Press Release: POE Applauds Rep. Weiner’s Demand for Justice Clarence Thomas to Immediately Disclose His Financial Statements
Protect Our Elections Applauds Rep. Anthony Weiner's Demand for Justice Clarence Thomas to Immediately Disclose His Financial Statements Group Urges Department Of Justice To Apply "Equal Justice" To Thomas WASHINGTON,…
NYT: G.O.P. Senators Question I.R.S. Scrutiny of Donors
May 18, 2011- A group of Republican senators wrote to the head of the Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday seeking internal correspondence and other information about the agency’s heightened scrutiny…
Republican Strategy: Suppress the Vote!
-Democratic Governors Association: Stop Vote Suppression! Now that they control a majority of statehouses across the nation, Republicans are attempting a bold power grab to disenfranchise voters and repeat the…
A Note From Anthony Weiner
Clarence Thomas wants a fight about his lying to the American people. So let's give it to him. Here are the facts. Thomas' wife earned $700,000 from half the radical…
AP: Justice Thomas takes aim at court’s critics
May 17, 2011- AUGUSTA, Ga. – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas opened up to an audience of attorneys in his home state of Georgia on Tuesday, comparing critics of the…
Business Insider: If The FEC Denies Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC Request Sarah Palin And Karl Rove Could Be In Trouble
May 17, 2011- If you are a Stephen Colbert fan you likely know that he is attempting to start the Colbert Super PAC in an effort to showcase the inanity…
Huffington Post: Democracy 21, Campaign Legal Center: James Bopp’s Republican Super PAC Is Illegal
May 17, 2011- Republican officials beware! Two good-government groups are warning that GOP politicians will be violating federal law if they solicit unlimited contributions for the newly-minted "Republican Super PAC."…
Politico: GOP ‘Super PAC’ seeks surplus cash
May 16, 2011- Attorney James Bopp Jr. spent much of the last two years trying to get rid of the ban preventing federal officials from raising unlimited contributions, or so-called…
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Appeals court sides with federal judge, allows Minnesota campaign law to stand
A group argued that a state law hampers their free speech by chilling corporate giving. The appellate court disagreed. May 16, 2011- By a 2-1 vote, the 8th Circuit U.S.…
Kansas City Star: To protect voters’ rights, Nixon should veto photo ID bill
May 11, 2011- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has been busy with the veto pen this session, and the legislature has given him cause to use it again. A bill requiring…