Talking Points Memo: Judicial Takebacks: Reagan Nominee Overlooked Supreme Court Ruling On Corporate Donations
-By Ryan J. Reilly May 31, 2011- Last week a federal judge nominated by President Ronald Reagan rocked the campaign finance world when he ruled that corporations could give directly…
Fox News: Groups Target Thomas’ Wife’s Work to Force Him to Sit Out High Court Rulings on Health Care
May 30, 2011- Eyeing a potential 5-4 decision on President Obama's Affordable Care health care reforms, some Democratic lawmakers are trying to pressure Justice Clarence Thomas to sit out any…
The Brad Blog: WI State Election Board Failed to Review Minutes from Waukesha County ‘Recount’
Mountains of irregularities, more than 800 official exhibits, and objections by candidate's attorneys never examined by top state election authority before razor-thin results for 10-year seat on state's high court…
NYT: Republican Legislators Push to Tighten Voting Rules
-By Lizette Alvarez May 28, 2011- Less than 18 months before the next presidential election, Republican-controlled statehouses around the country are rewriting voting laws to require photo identification at the…
Cap times: Why voter ID bill may be unconstitutional
-By Scott Ross May 28, 2011- We believe Wisconsin’s new voter ID law is overly burdensome on voters and that the state is simply unequipped to administer this law and…
Politico: Kathy Hochul: From unknown to overnight star
-By Marin Cogan May 25, 2011- Virtually overnight, Democrat Kathy Hochul went from little-known county clerk to a national standard-bearer and symbol of hope for her party in 2012. But…
Huffington Post: Anthony Weiner Tweet-Taunts Clarence Thomas About Financial Records News Dump
May 27, 2011- Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) spent his Friday afternoon pestering Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for executing a classic news dump: a release of his financial disclosure filing…
St.Petersburg Times: Elections supervisors in key counties refuse to implement new law
-By Marc Caputo May 28, 2011- The elections supervisor in Rick Scott's home county refuses to recognize a new law the governor signed out of concerns that the U.S. Department…
Salon: Another fake “grass-roots” group exposed
The GOP campaign outfit American Action Network was funded in its first year by just a handful of super-rich donors -By Justin Elliott May 26, 2011- Last year we spent…
LA Times: GOP seeks to block disclosure requirements for political donations
Amendment is one of 152 offered to Defense spending authorization -By Kim Geiger May 25, 2011- House Republicans voted Wednesday to try to block the Obama administration from requiring companies…
MSNBC: Voter ID debate could change 2012 landscape
Wisconsin governor to sign photo ID law Wednesday, with bills being debated in Ohio, North Carolina, and other battleground states -By Tom Curry May 25, 2011- After raising the alarm…
Talking Points Memo: Dem PACs To FEC: If ‘Republican Super PAC’ Can Coordinate With Candidates, We Will Too
-By Ryan J. Reilly May 20, 2011- Two Democratic political action committees are asking the Federal Election Commission if the Republican Super PAC's plan for politicians to solicit donations on…
Press Release: Advocacy Organization ProtectOurElections.org Urges FBI To Investigate Justice Clarence Thomas
Group Charges Thomas And His Wife Engaged In Criminal Conduct WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The advocacy group ProtectOurElections.org sent a letter to the FBI in Washington, DC on…
Christian Science Monitor: What lessons will GOP take from losing New York-26 House seat?
Medicare is indeed a perilous issue for Republicans, Tuesday's House race in New York's 26th District showed. But so are third-party candidates and tepid campaigns. -By Gail Russell Chaddock May…
Huffington Post: IRS To Take On Karl Rove? Tax Laws Could Take A Bite Out Of Secret Political Spending
-By Dan Froomkin May 25, 2011- Top Republican political strategist Karl Rove's method of secretly funneling unlimited contributions from big donors was so hugely successful in the 2010 campaign that…
Bloomberg: Secret Donors Multiply in U.S. Election Spending
-By J. Crewdson, A. Fitzgerald, J. Salant and C. Babcock May 19, 2011- In the weeks before last November’s election, television viewers in South Carolina were treated to an animated…
Wisconsin State Journal: GOP legislative aide under investigation for voter fraud
May 20, 2011- A Republican legislative aide is under investigation for possible vote fraud after she cast her ballot in the November election in Onalaska although she lives in Madison.…