Campaign Finance

Battle On Ballot Box Security: 'Left-Leaning Group' Forks Out $7M to Elect AGs and Secretaries of State

Libby Krieger
June. 29. 2021
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In hopes of fighting back against recent election security measures, a “left-leaning group” will spend $7 million to back Democratic attorney generals and secretaries of state.

Buttigieg Blunders, Says His Campaign Won't Take 'Black Money'

Brittany M. Hughes
February. 11. 2020
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In perhaps one of the cringe-worthiest moments in a presidential campaign already riddled with gaffes, blunders and verbal stumbles, South Bend Mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg...

AOC’s Chief Of Staff Resigns, Feds Open Probe Into Financial Ties

John Romero
August. 5. 2019
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Federal investigators have opened a probe into the financial ties between AOC's former chief of staff and several political action campaigns.

Report: AOC's Chief of Staff Shifted Over $1M In Campaign Funds To His Own Private Companies, New FEC Complaint Claims

Brittany M. Hughes
March. 5. 2019
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Ironically, AOC herself has been an outspoken critic of "dark money" in politics, vowing to increase transparency in campaign funding.

Report: Hillary Transferred $150K In Leftover Campaign Cash To Her Own LLC

Brittany M. Hughes
May. 14. 2018
22.6k views

A new report claims Hillary Clinton may have violated campaign finance law by funneling tens of thousands of dollars from campaign donations into a limited liability company used to manage income from her...

CNN’s Bash Unloads on Obamas on Weinstein Donations, Silence: ‘Where Are the Obamas?’

Curtis Houck
October. 10. 2017
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CBS Exposes Secret Donations Funneled to Top Democrats

Scott Whitlock
November. 2. 2016
873 views

A Boston law firm has been secretly funneling money to top Democrats in an effort to influence the 2016 elections. Yet, ABC and NBC have, thus far, skipped the revelation. Only CBS This Morning on Wednesday...

Nets Bow to Hillary, Clooney Over Claims Their Fundraisers Will Go Away If Citizens United Does

Curtis Houck
April. 18. 2016
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See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. On Monday morning, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC fell in line and faithfully touted the promises of liberal actor George...

Schieffer: Most Info People Have is ‘Wrong’; Slams Money in Politics

Kyle Drennen
May. 29. 2015
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. As CBS This Morning gave retiring Bob Schieffer a glowing send-off on Friday, the longtime Face the Nation moderator ripped the current media...

Katrina vanden Heuevel Suggests Money in Politics is Racist

Curtis Houck
May. 29. 2015
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See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Appearing on the Thursday edition of MSNBC’s The Last Word, The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel suggested that money in politics is...

CBS, NBC Ignore Charges Being Filed Against Gyrocopter Guy; ABC Touts His Liberal Agenda

Curtis Houck
May. 20. 2015
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See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. On Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted liberal activist and Florida postal worker Douglas Hughes on a total of six felony and misdemeanor charges...

HuffPo's Stein Claims Clintons Need to Win Lotto to 'Catch Up' With Koch Brothers in 2016

Kyle Drennen
January. 27. 2015
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. Appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Tuesday, Huffington Post reporter Sam Stein worried that the Clinton political machine would be unable...

CBS’s Nancy Cordes Again Bemoans Spending by ‘Dark Money Groups’ in Midterms

Curtis Houck
November. 11. 2014
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See more in the cross-post on the Newsbusters blog. Following a story on campaign spending ahead of the midterm elections on October 30, CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes filed...

Cruz: Senators who Signed on to Campaign Finance Amendment 'Should Be Embarrassed'

Eric Scheiner
June. 3. 2014
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Cruz Calls Out Senate Democrats For 'Daring to Mess With the Bill of Rights' See More at:

Reid: 'I Felt So Unclean' from Unlimited Campaign Spending

Eric Scheiner
June. 3. 2014
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Reid on Large Campaign Donation to Nevada Dems: ‘I Hope That Did Not Corrupt Me’ See More at:

Former Justice Stevens: 'Money is not Speech'

Eric Scheiner
April. 30. 2014
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Former Justice Stevens: Campaign cash isn't speech See More at:

Obama Promoter Extraordinaire Matthews Slams Promotional Political Ads

Paul Bremmer
April. 4. 2014
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Colbert and Stewart Launch a Tirade Against SCOTUS Campaign Finance Decision

MattH
April. 4. 2014
246 views

Comedy Central launched a crusade against the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision on Thursday night, as the Daily Show and Colbert Report spent a combined three segments and 20 minutes hammering...

NBC Warns: Supreme Court 'Opens the Door Even Wider for Unlimited Money in Politics'

Kyle Drennen
April. 3. 2014
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.On Thursday's NBC Today, White House correspondent Peter Alexander decried Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling striking down some campaign finance restrictions:...

MSNBC Panel Frets That Dems Aren’t Shouting Pro-ObamaCare Message Loudly Enough

Paul Bremmer
March. 27. 2014
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