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Tag: Campaign Contributions

Deadly Weapon

Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —

Posted on Apr 3, 2013 READ MORE

666isMONEY (CC-BY)

How’s this for diversity of tactics? To the dismay of many of his cohorts, Occupier John Paul Thornton in Alabama is attempting to fight fire with fire by petitioning the Federal Election Commission for approval to form an Occupy Wall Street political action committee. If he succeeds, he’ll be eligible to raise as much dirty money as his corporate-backed opponents.

Posted on Feb 16, 2012 READ MORE | 18 COMMENTS

AP / Jim Cole

Attack of the Super PACs

By Bill Boyarsky —

While the Iowa Republican caucuses might not tell us much about who will win the party’s presidential nomination, they already reveal plenty about how the new world of unlimited campaign contributions is corrupting politics.

Posted on Dec 23, 2011 READ MORE | 22 COMMENTS

AP photo / Dan Balilty

Barak to Olmert: Get Outta Here

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign or temporarily step down from his post in the midst of investigations into allegedly illegal donations to Olmert’s campaign. Barak threatened to pull the Labor Party out of the coalition government that supports Olmert unless he removes himself from the “day-to-day management of the government.”