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"Without information about who is funding groups spending to influence elections, voters won't know who is trying to color their views, won't be aware of any potential conflicts of interest that a funder has or what stake they may have in the outcome of the election," ...
In its own terms, “People have always had the power to influence others, and that power is being democratized with new social media tools. Klout’s mission is to provide insights into everyone’s influence.” Which, you know, works in the beginning because frankly who ISN’T narcissistic ...
I think to myself: if we were in Kabul, Afghanistan, we would know what this was. We would recognize warlord politics. We would understand that (Bernie Sanders aside) politicians running for the presidency now need patrons -- modern-day ...
The federal earmark is a topic often lamented by the general public as corrupt and wasteful. Until recently, this "pork" was a mainstay of politics in Washington. Because distributive spending is often used to advance partisan goals such as reelection...
(I’m also struck by how domestically focused Sanders’s speech was compared with a large focus on trade and world influence in Trump’s speech.) Nate SilverFeb. 9, 10:01 pm To a first approximation, I agree with this tweet from New Yorker writer Ryan Lizza: Bad night for The Party ...
In Anaheim politics, Disney’s money, more than anything, has given its favored candidates an edge. During the pivotal 2016 election year, Disney’s $1.22-million outlay to 10 PACs beat its own record for spending on an Anaheim City Council election. Shannon Nickerson, who for nine years ha...
Through their large financial contributions and influence peddling, Obama’s Chicago enablers insured for themselves both a place in his administration and political leverage serving Jewish interests. These include the following, all of whom, are inter-connected: -1- Bettylu Klutznik Saltzman, whose...
“While a typical political dinner these days consists of officials being wined and dined by Washington lobbyists and bigwigs from special interest PACs, Barack will be sitting down with four regular people from across the country, who will share their stories and discuss the issues that matter...
The general Christian who has a ‘Jesus and Me’ approach to faith, who thinks the church should not meddle in politics, who thinks the Kingship of Christ is only a spiritual concept and that Apostolic Law has nothing to do with the laws of nations and the temporal order because ‘you ca...