Americans of both parties worry they’ll be canceled for making donations to a campaign or cause.Source: Political Giving Should Be Private...
Through multiple media formats, Texas Scorecard seeks to educate and inspire Texans to exercise effective citizenship and advance self-governance. Texas Scorecard is a publication of Empower Texans.Source: Trump Appointee Highlights Unfairness of Speech Regulations in First Act on FEC...
SALT LAKE CITY — Convicted internet marketer Jeremy Johnson has agreed to not challenge allegations that he made illegal campaign contributions to Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee and retired Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, ending a yearslong Federal Election Commission case.Source: FEC says convicted Utah businessman made illegal campaign contributions to Mike Lee, Harry Reid...
Cowboys for Trump rode on Otero County Sunday, March 22, 2020. Alamogordo Daily News Cowboys For Trump claimed New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver "unfairly weaponized complaints" in order to force the organization to name its financial donors.Source: Cowboys for Trump sue Secretary of State in federal court...
The biggest super PAC focused on electing Joe Biden grew dramatically in recent weeks, as donors moved to help whittle the financial advantage that President Trump has held heading into their presidential contest.Source: Cash floods into pro-Biden super PAC...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in November, the latest group launched by members of Trump’s own party who will work to see him defeated.Source: Republicans launch another pro-Biden Super PAC to help defeat Trump...
The Federal Election Commission agreed Thursday to take public comments on a petition to close a loophole that allowed former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg to transfer millions to the Democratic National Committee.Source: FEC to take public comments on petition to close ‘Bloomberg loophole’...
The Interface is a daily column and newsletter about the intersection of social media and democracy. Subscribe here. Programming note: The Interface is off on Thursday. Back on Monday.Source: Turning off political ads on Facebook could have unpredictable consequences...
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) has collected a number of supporters for her bill banning microtargeted political ads. “Political speech is critical to democratic discourse, but organized disinformation and organic misinformation use microtargeting and prevent ideas from being debated in the open.Source: Bill Banning Microtargeted Political Ads Draws Crowd...
