Al Jazeera America |
Twitter enters campaign funding game, promising transparency
Al Jazeera America But Twitter’s nascent PAC, which is poised to make its first-ever federal campaign contributions, plans to disclose such donations within 48 hours — tweet-like speed, relatively speaking, company officials tell the Center for Public Integrity. “Timely … |
Haaretz |
Dear World, Don’t Take the Bait: The Israeli Right Wing Is Trolling You
Haaretz Shaked herself has received donations from foreign donors, among them a Belgian citizen named Serge Muller, who was arrested earlier this year by Interpol on charges related to money laundering and arms and drug trafficking. Shaked may be able to … |
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GOP demands IRS audit of Clinton charity
Washington Examiner The Clinton HIV/Aids Initiative, which was later spun off into the Clinton Health Access Initiative, told Reuters in April that it planned to amend its returns after reporters discovered donations that were not disclosed on the charity’s Internal … |
Albany Times Union |
Yepsen wins re-election to Saratoga Springs mayor
Albany Times Union She vowed to try to bring people together in a city that has grown polarized over a handful of development-related issues. Safford, 70, is an Army veteran who operated Retco, a computer … The mailer alleged Yepsen accepted $56,691 in “hidden cash … |
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San Antonio cancer initiative chooses partner in sequencing project
San Antonio Express-News (subscription) Multiple tissue donors with ovarian cancer expressed hope that the genome project might expand medical understanding of their type of cancer. Ovarian cancer … “My mother had died of breast cancer, which I didn’t know was related to ovarian … |
Huffington Post |
Maine Backs Post-Citizens United Campaign Finance Initiative
Huffington Post Citizens United opened the door to unlimited election spending by corporations, unions and, following a related lower court ruling, individuals so long as it remained independent of candidates. Arizona Free Enterprise prohibited states from providing … There’s a Better Way to Fight Money in Politics — But No Candidate Is Talking …Mic |
National Journal |
AT&T Donation to Koster Highlights Conflict-of-Interest Policy in Missouri …
National Journal The Times highlighted Koster’s relationship—including campaign donations—and correspondence with the lobbying firm Dickstein Shapiro and three of its clients: 5-Hour Energy, Pfizer, and AT&T. In one example, Koster’s office “took a step that … |
Calgary HeraldBraid: Cannon case at U of C may prompt ethics rulesCalgary HeraldThe people who run modern universities spend a good part of their time chasing corporate dollars and donations from rich individuals. This can be unambiguously positive, es…
Arizona Daily Star |
Marijuana’s Millionaire Club: The People Behind the $56.7 Million Spent on Pot …
Arizona Daily Star An InsideGov analysis found that $56.7 million has been spent on marijuana-related ballot initiatives in 15 states during the last 10 years. Of that total, $1 … The pro-medical marijuana side collected $8,069,559.54, mostly from Florida-based donors … Ohio Has Absolutely No ChillMaxim |
WAMU 88.5 |
Who’s The Biggest Donor To The FreshPAC? Not Who You’d Expect.
WAMU 88.5 When Robert Goodrich attended one of the recent fundraisers for FreshPAC — the pro-Bowser PAC raising unlimited donations — he says his enthusiasm for the city got the best of him. “Someone told me there was a suggested $10,000 donation,” Goodrich … |