When voters in Missouri, South Dakota, Washington and Oregon go to the polls in November, they will vote on ballot measures that are cleverly marketed as legislation aimed at reducing “big money” and “outside influence” in local elections.Source: Beware of Anti-Speech Ballot Measures...
Midway through my opening address for the Brisbane Writers Festival earlier this month, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, a Sudanese-born Australian engineer and 25-year-old memoirist, walked out.Source: Will the Left Survive the Millennials?...
Federal Election Commission: Letter to Rep. Robert A. BradyAnn Ravel and Ellen WeintraubIn the alternative, three of our colleagues proposed adopting a new policy that would extend the reasoning of pre-Citizens United advisory opinions and expressly permit foreign-owned domestic subsidiaries to spend money in connection with federal elections, including on independent expenditures and contributions to super PACs, under certain circumstances....
Rep. John Delaney's campaign has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission over a super PAC funded by his opponent's spouse -- an unusual arrangement the congressman said violates rules barring outside groups from coordinating with a candidate.Source: Rep. John Delaney files FEC complaint over super PAC funded by opponent's spouse...
Nobody Knows What “Citizens United” Was About? | We the Internet TVMany citizens are united by their hate of Citizens United — the Supreme Court decision. We the Internet's Lou Perez is on a mission to find out what it’s all about. He learns the more you hate it, the less you know about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y8t4Q7EbBc...
