News | Politics & Elections Companies Pause Their PAC Donations Even as They Fight Democracy Reforms PAC contributions are just a slice of the total amount businesses spend to support their preferred candidates. By David Moore , Sludge January 19, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Republican AGs Cannot Shake Ties to Violent Trump Coup Attempt The Republican Attorneys General Association was a member of the coalition that organized the January 6 protest. By David Armiak & Alex Kotch , PRWatch January 15, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Republican Senate Groups Have Five Times More Cash for Georgia Runoffs Among outside groups and party committees, Republicans have the upper hand. By Eliana Miller , CenterforResponsivePolitics December 11, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Biden’s Victory Was Hardly a Win for “Democracy.” It Was Another Win for the 1%. Biden’s campaign became the first ever to raise over $1 billion in donations, much of it from super PACs and dark money. By Rajko Kolundzic , Truthout December 10, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Super PACS Run by Former McConnell Aides Are Pouring Money Into Georgia Runoffs The combined spending of groups linked to the Senate Majority Leader totals about 45 percent of all outside spending. By Karl Evers-Hillstrom , CenterforResponsivePolitics December 6, 2020 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Right-Wing Orgs Are Enlisting Students in Their War Against Campus Progressives Well-funded conservative groups are training college students to oppose progressive measures on campus. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout December 1, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Top Campaign Spenders Won 88 Percent of 2020 Races In the Senate, Democrats lost races even after raising unprecedented amounts of money. By Eliana Miller , CenterforResponsivePolitics November 24, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Senate GOP Shatters 123-Year Tradition to Approve Even More Trump Judges Judicial nominees of presidents who lost their reelection have not been confirmed after an election since 1897. By Igor Derysh , Salon November 20, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump-Backing Nonprofit Gave Millions to Swing State Voter Registration Groups In Florida and North Carolina, the nonprofits drew scrutiny from authorities. By Carrie Levine , TheCenterforPublicIntegrity November 19, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth “Campus Reform” Is Funneling Koch Money to Groom Right-Wing “Journalists” Millions of dollars of untraceable “dark money” is being funneled to conservative and libertarian student groups. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout November 15, 2020 Truthout