On September 28th, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that forbids the surreptitious use of bots to, among other things, influence Californians’ votes in an election. The law is a disclosure rule: the bot may speak, but it must clearly identify itself as nonhuman.Source: Counterfeit Campaign Speech...
Ninety-two Democratic challengers outraised GOP House incumbents in the third quarter, while 33 Republicans trail in cash on hand.Source: ‘We’re getting our asses kicked’: Republicans massively out-raised in election homestretch...
House Minority Leader Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro PelosiOn The Money: Deficit hits six-year high of 9 billion | Yellen says Trump attacks threaten Fed | Affordable housing set for spotlight in 2020 race Deficit hits six-year high of 9 billion: Treasury GOP has not done a good job ofSource: Pelosi: Dems would start with campaign finance reform if they take...
Dark-money political groups are continuing to shield their anonymous donors from public view, despite a recent court order that called for an unprecedented look at their funders.Source: Dark-money groups were ordered to reveal their donors. They didn’t....
With three weeks to go before the midterm elections, the American political system is drowning in cash. Is that a bad thing? Right now the answer is no, but that’s precisely because this situation is so unusual.Source: The midterm elections are drowning in money. How worried should that make us?...
Allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used a blind spot in campaign finance laws to undercut a candidate from their own party this year — and their fingerprints remained hidden until the primary was already over.Source: The hidden money funding the midterms...
Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is pumping tens of millions of dollars more into Republican Party coffers in an 11th-hour push to save their congressional majorities, according to two senior Republicans familiar with the donation.Source: Adelson drops tens of millions more to save the GOP Congress...
In a time of deafening media noise, momentous revelations slip through unnoticed, none more explosive than a recent report under the venerable Atlantic Council's auspices. The subject concerns foreign dark money insidiously influencing our elections. And it's a rock-hard stick of dynamite.Source: The Latest Bombshell: How Dark Money From Hostile States Has Entered Our Elections...
California Democratic Rep.Source: Watchdog presses FEC for audit on Maxine Waters fundraising practices...
Oppose or support the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, it seems everyone has an opinion about him. Yet at this crucial time when the public wants to speak their minds and be heard by their elected officials, obscure regulations stand in their way.Source: Washington Examiner: When it matters most, Americans can’t speak freely right before Election Day...
