The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Paris Exit Was "Victory Paid and Carried Out" by Republican Party for the Koch Brothers
The 22 Republican senators who sent a letter to President Donald Trump last week urging the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement received more than $10 million dollars in campaign funds from fossil fuel interests.
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Dysfunction and Deadlock at the Federal Election Commission
A 2015 Bloomberg poll found that at least 87 percent of Americans favored changes to campaign finance laws so that wealth does not dictate political influence – yet our FCC continues to betray the American public and jeopardize our democracy.
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Super PACs Promise Record-Shattering $10 Billion Presidential Election
Spending more than twice as much as the last three White House races combined, the unregulated fundraising juggernauts backed by unlimited contributions from wealthy donors threaten to completely shape – and control – the 2016 race.
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Money Owns Politics As $3.6 Billion In Election Spending Shatters Records
The vast sums of cash raised by independent groups reordered the political landscape this fall as new levels of collaboration eroded barriers between those running for office and their big-money allies.
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The Man Who Stood Up to the Koch Brothers — and Won
Public-interest advocate and Democratic candidate for California Secretary of State Derek Cressman filed a complaint requiring conservative political committees to disclose their donors, resulting in $16 million in penalties including against the Kochs.
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Shutdown Shrinks Federal Election Commission to Just 4 Employees
The FEC chairwoman warns that the public's right to information about elections has already been compromised thanks to the federal shutdown.
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Money In Politics: Democratic Super PACs Are Crushing Conservatives in 2013
Liberal-aligned super PACs raised more than $40 million in the first half of 2013 — double the amount raised by conservative super PACs.
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No One in America Should Have to Wait 7 Hours to Vote
What's happening at polling stations in Ohio and Florida isn't some fluke of nature or breakdown in equipment. It's all part of a partisan design.
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Dark Money is Center Stage at Largely Ignored Debate
Unlike the mainstream presidential debates, the third party presidential debate actually tackled the role of dark money and super-PACs in American elections.
