The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee brought in more money this February than they have in any other previous February, continuing a record-breaking fundraising pace that is keeping up with Republicans and their own unprecedented totals.Source: House Democrats On Record-Breaking Fundraising Pace...
Last spring, as he laid the groundwork for his gubernatorial run, Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa announced the formation of a super PAC he said would “harness the compassion and power” of Californians to fight back against anti-immigrant policies and then-Republican presidential candidate DonaldSource: Super PAC didn’t derail Trump, but it did boost Villaraigosa’s governor bid...
White House counsel Don McGahn has assembled a team of elite lawyers with the state goal of leading Trump Administration efforts to roll back regulatory powers across the U.S. government.Source: President Trump's Lawyers Plan a White House Legal Attack on Federal Agency Power...
Last month a 2,500-word hit piece by Nancy Cook was published in Politico magazine with signs of Deep State intervention.Source: National Review: ‘Deep FEC’ Goes After White House Counsel Don McGahn (In the News)...
Former FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel left a lengthy note as she left town to explain how bad things had gotten at the FEC. Her agency would not help drain the swamp; a bloc of Commissioners had scuttled the agency’s mission to enforce campaign finance disclosure and limits.Source: The FEC and the Draining of Swamps -...
Happy Women’s History Month! This year has already seen historic large-scale demonstrations celebrating women and demanding equal rights, starting with the day after President Trump’s inauguration, when millions gathered on the National Mall and around the globe for Women’s March events.Source: Women candidates under attack (really!) by outside groups. (Men, not so much.)...
This story says Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering running for U.S. Senate in 2018 as an independent. If he does that, his own top-two law will not permit him to have the ballot label “independent”.Source: Report Says Arnold Schwarzenegger is Thinking of Running for U.S. Senate in 2018 as an Independent...
President Trump will probably replace a majority of commissioners on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) this year, Republican Commissioner Lee Goodman told The Hill. The move could reset the agency's agenda for the first time in nearly a decade.Source: GOP commissioner: Trump poised to revamp election agency...
California State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Los Angeles) has introduced SCA 11 and SB 691. They would provide that every candidate for local office in California (county, city, special district) would have his or her party of registration printed on ballots.Source: California Bill to Show Party Labels for County, City and Special District Elections...
On the night before the election, Pete Hoekstra stood onstage at a Michigan convention center, introducing the lineup of speakers at Donald Trump’s final rally of the campaign. The former congressman welcomed a professor to the podium for the Pledge of Allegiance, then a GOP county chair.Source: Can Ronna Romney McDaniel unite a fractured Republican Party?...
