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?...
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...
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...
WASHINGTON—Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen defended himself Wednesday against an impeachment attempt, labeling Republicans’ push to remove him from office as “improper” and warning that such a move would deter qualified people from serving in government.Source: IRS Commissioner Pushes Back on Impeachment Attempt...
John McCain and Russ Feingold used to be synonymous with their crusading overhaul of the campaign finance system that eliminated big money from federal elections.Source: How John McCain and Russ Feingold are riding the big money wave in their campaigns...
Find our content interesting and worth supporting? Donate to The Center for Public Integrity.Source: Pro-Trump super PAC mistakenly publishes private donor information...
WASHINGTON — Super PAC donations have barreled past the $1 billion mark, driven by a small group of super-wealthy contributors intent on deciding who will occupy the White House and control Congress next year. Donations to super PACs hit nearly $1.Source: USA TODAY analysis: Super PAC donations surge past $1 billion...
Voting has already started in a scattering of locations, and entire states will be able to vote starting Friday. Election Day is more than a month away, but voters are already casting ballots to pick their next president.Source: When does early voting start in every state?...
When the histories of the Trump era are written from exile in Justin Trudeau’s Canada, they will record that it was none other than Jimmy Fallon who brought down the republic.Source: Clinton’s Samantha Bee Problem...
