Political posturing has trumped science and environmental concerns in the long and tortured journey to the increasingly inevitable construction of the massive Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the US Gulf Coast. Bipartisan pressure is building on President Obama both sides await a delayed decision from the White House on whether the pipeline will [...]
Skeletal remains of the system of federal laws that regulate political contributions could be further weakened in another landmark case three years after the historic Citizens United decision opened the gateway for record election spending and unprecedented secrecy for wealthy donors. The Supreme Court agreed last month to hear a case that challenges federal limits on [...]
Nearly four months after the most expensive election in American history reached its conclusion the record-setting race for political cash goes on for President Obama. Transforming his reelection campaign apparatus into an unprecedented political advocacy extension of the White House, the president is seeking to stock the coffers of his new group with special access [...]
After the most expensive election in American history that made “bundlers” and “super-PACs” household terms, President Obama’s second inauguration is shaping up to be a a celebration of the big money that propelled his reelection campaign as well as the failed bid of his Republican challenger. Final fundraising totals for the 2012 race overwhelmed even [...]
One of the nation’s most prominent organizations ostensibly dedicated to promoting the interests of small business and small business owners is in fact a well-oiled machine taking in substantial secret contributions to lobby on behalf of policies that solely benefit major corporations. “Small businesses” are a favorite subject of election year politicking and a catchall [...]
The frenetic pace in which big money is pouring into this year’s presidential and congressional campaigns is steadily increasing with less than two months until Election Day after already setting new records. Both sides are relying on a limited number of wealthy donors like never before to bankroll a torrent of advertising backing Barack Obama [...]
Eight weeks to go until the November election and the race to raise and spend as much money as corporations and wealthy contributors can part with is already setting new political spending records, charting a pace that goes beyond even the most wild predictions offered at the start of the campaign. From the moment Barack [...]
The 2012 election will be the most expensive in history thanks to fewer regulations on political fundraising, and the national party conventions that kick off this week with the Republicans gathering in Tampa are similarly being transformed by the avalanche of big money and corporate largess. The Republican National Convention in Florida and next week’s [...]
In the avalanche of money being raised and spent on the 2012 election campaign, from local elections to congressional races to the battle for the White House, the most significant players have turned out to be groups with the innocuous title of “social welfare” organizations that use every tax and campaign finance loophole on the [...]
“NATIONAL STARBUCKS APPRECIATION DAY” TO COUNTER THE CHICK-FIL-A ONE—DOES THAT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE? Cord Jefferson doubts it, noting that there is a vast difference between the two fast-food restaurants in their active support of either side of the marriage equality issue. For conservatives, the “day” made sense as contributing to the coffers [...]
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