More on the Von Spakovsky vote
The Hillreports that the deal currently floating is that Von Spakovsky gets his own vote, but if he's not confirmed, there's no vote on the other three nominees at all. That amounts to another...
View ArticleVoter Registration Surges, But Fuels Voter Suppression Attempts In State...
Cross-posted at Project Vote's blog, Voting MattersWeekly Voting Rights News UpdateBy Erin FernsVoter registration applications continue to pour into elections offices across the country at record...
View ArticleDIARY REQUEST: Sorting through FEC data.
Introducing a new diary type: the Diary Request. The Diary Request is a special type of diary used to request that somebody write a diary on a specific subject. This diary is itself an example of this...
View ArticleStealing Elections? RNC Rehires Vote Suppresor Tim Griffin
Tim Griffin, a protege of Karl Rove, has been hired by the RNC for opposition research. According to TPM, his role will be to dig into Barack Obama's past for damaging information to use against him...
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Rove Figures It Out: It Was the Small Donors, Stupid!
(Crossposted from The Field.)Today the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) will receive the final campaign fundraising reports for the 2008 presidential election. The reports will likely show that Obama...
View ArticleThe Empire Strikes Back - Judicial Coup d'Etat Imminent
As if we needed more shit piled on the heap of impossible problems confronting us - getting meaningful healthcare reform passed, addressing climate change, rebuilding American manufacturing, restoring...
View ArticleMojo Friday - Money Money Money - Edition
As we are all acutely aware, in order to promote any cause or candidate it takes money. There are many Kossacks who donate to multiple candidates an causes and they are greatly appreciated for their...
View ArticleRNC, James Bopp, Challenge to Campaign Spending Limits Slapped Down by Fifth
Fifth Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Federal Limits on Party Spending Coordinated with CandidatesFriday, September 10, 2010 In an 11-5 decision issued today, the Fifth Circuit Court of...
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The Tea Party Express -- a PAC without bounds?
This .org website gives a whole new meaning to Industry 'Front Group'.TeaPartyExpress.orglargerIt's a page designed to solicit Donations -- and little else.The Home link -- goes nowhere; (ie. back to...
View ArticleLet's talk about a vast right wing conspiracy
I'm not one for conspiracy theories. Frankly, I don't think the government could conspire its way out of the Capitol South Metro stop at rush hour.The thing is conspiracy theories come in three sizes....
View ArticleObama campaign demands that Crossroads GPS release its donors
A few hours ago, the Obama campaign filed a complaint with the FEC demanding that Crossroads GPS give up its donor list. In the complaint, obtained by The New York Times, Robert F. Bauer, the...
View ArticleDean Baker: "The CEO Plan to Steal Your Social Security and Medicare"
(Diarist’s Note: Economist Dean Baker has provided written authorization to the diarist to reproduce this post in its entirety for the benefit of the Daily Kos community.)The CEO Plan to Steal Your...
View ArticleFormer Clinton and Bush Cabinet Members, Now Oil and Gas Lobbyists, Expect...
The Tar Sands Blockade of TransCanada Corporation’s “Keystone XL South” continues in Texas, but former members of the Clinton and George W. Bush cabinets believe the northern half will soon be...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters letter to FEC
Yesterday an email from the League of Women Voters asked me to tell the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) to "Restore Transparency and Enforce Disclosure" of election spending that Citizens United has...
View ArticleBritish Parliament to Debate Banning Donald Trump from UK Entry
The official on-line petition asking that Donald Trump be barred from entry to the UK because of his hate speech has reached nearly 600,000, the highest number of any such petition. Despite being up...
View ArticleDonald Trump can't keep his numbers straight—lying to public, hiding from FEC
Donald Trump supposedly has a lot of money. But you’d think even someone with a chipmunk for an accountant would be able to keep track of it better than this.In early July, the Trump campaign said in a...
View ArticleWatch Dog Group Says Trump's Payment To Porn Star Violates Campaign Finance Laws
A nonprofit watchdog group has filed federal complaints alleging that the confidentiality settlement paid to porn star Stormy Daniels in the final days before the 2016 election is a campaign expense...
View ArticleTo whom does Rand Paul answer... or for whom is he apologizing
Banana Republican Rand Paul thinks trying to break the law at the national level should merit a fine. Perhaps it’s OK then to simply fine people for jumping their neighbors, regardless of the...
View ArticleMoscow Mitch has effectively killed one more line of defense of our...
The Federal Election Commission became toothless this week, incapable of enforcing election law, with the resignation of its vice chairman, Matthew Petersen. The FEC no longer has enough commissioners...
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