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Secretive NRA-Launched Group Targets State Races
Secretive group destroys candidates' chances, leaves few fingerprints
Dark Money Could Get Even Darker
The story of dark money could get a new chapter from the Supreme Court this term in ProtectMarriage.com v. Bowen.
At $8.9 Million, Oil Industry Is Top Spender on Lobbying in California in 2014
The oil industry continued its long reign as the top spender on lobbying in California in 2014, according to data just released by the California Secretary of State.
Curious Cure: Wisconsin GOP Injects Partisan Politics Into Nonpartisan Elections Board
GOP leaders are readying a legislative package to dismantle Wisconsin's nonpartisan elections board.
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Why Campaign Finance Reform Is the First Issue That We Must Address
Surely we can agree that our country should no longer be bought and sold by moneyed interests at the expense of everyone else.
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ALEC Fumes: Transparency Threatens Corporate Free Speech!
Corporate members of ALEC are demanding that state legislators preserve their “right” to anonymously spend money on politics.
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Tallying Up Returns on Corporations’ Political Investments
the 200 most politically active corporations spent $5.8 billion on lobbying and campaign contributions between 2007 and 2012.
The Bare Knuckle Fight Against Money in Politics
“Our public servants are just serving themselves,” Zephyr Teachout tells Bill Moyers.
Call This Election What It Was: A Fossil Fuel Coup
The 2014 election was an illegal seizure of power enabled by forces within government itself.
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The Fatal Flaw With Democracy
The most depressing thing about this year's election is probably the fact that we have outsourced our political process to factions.