The Nation.Peter Thiel Is Not an Enemy of Journalism (He Just Wants to Destroy It)The Nation.Idaho billionaire and major Republican donor Frank VanderSloot lost a suit against Mother Jones a while ago, but his law firm recently targeted MoJo on a compl…
Truthdig |
Conflicts of Interest Between Clinton Foundation and Donors Are Nothing New
Truthdig … Blumenthal answering the committee’s questions to make the point that Republicans do not want the public to know what went on during the his interrogation, during which GOP members arguably used their subpoena power to conduct political opposition … |
Albany Times Union |
Bill would expand disclosure for donors to lobbying groups
Albany Times Union … lobbying officials on Wednesday, the bill appears to require any charitable organization making a donation over $2,500 to a substantial New York lobbying campaign to publicly disclose every one of its donors – even those unrelated to the lobbying … |
Center for Responsive Politics |
Parties — especially Dems — lag in convention funding
Center for Responsive Politics The DNC also badly trails its Republican counterpart in fundraising for the other two special party accounts to which donors can give more than $100,000 per year, which were created by Congress at the same time as the convention account. Totals thus … |
Hindu Business LineRampant black market at one end, procedures steeped in legalities at anotherHindu Business LineThe Act states that approval from an authorisation committee is required before an unrelated organ donation can take place. The committee …
Louisville Eccentric Observer |
Thorns & Roses: The Best & Worst
Louisville Eccentric Observer … paper published an unrelated clarification, saying that an “editor’s misjudgment” led to the use of “language that is not acceptable” in the Rants and Raves column. The best we can tell is that a reader had called Bevin a “constant fellator of … |
Explanation due on alleged ransom paymentNew Straits Times OnlineIt is mind-boggling to give away such a huge sum of money, without the consent of donors, to unrelated foreign organisations. It would have been better to return the money to the donors. …
Channel News AsiaMore people on waiting list for liver transplants: Health MinistryChannel News AsiaProf Vathsala said they are also given a mandatory cooling-off period of a week if the donor is a family member, and a month if they are unrelated, to c…
Kidney racket reaches top Delhi hospitalsTehelkaFor unrelated donors, there are two nominees of the government who evaluate the cases. In the Apollo kidney racket, the police are still investigating. Preliminary investigations suggest that assistants o…
Co.Exist |
What’s Next For The Bernie Sanders Movement? Running For Congress
Co.Exist “What the Bernie campaign showed us was that you could out-raise a well-funded opponent with grassroots donations, and you could out-voter-contact them, too,” says Saikat Chakrabarti, Sanders’s former director of organizing technology. “But it only … |