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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Greasing the Outstretched Palms of the Candidates
Two reports underline the suffocating influence of corporate America on politics and the tricks banks play on taxpayers.
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Senate Democrats Introduce "We The People Act" to Reverse Citizens United
Besides disclosing the names of donors who contribute more than $10,000 during an election cycle, the legislation introduced last Thursday seeks to permanently ban former members of Congress from lobbying.
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Purchasing A President: Nearing $1 Billion, White House Race Eclipses Anything Previous
The presidential campaign is now a super PAC-fueled arms race where almost everyone has a money bomb – half the cash raised so far came from those groups, which have no contribution limits.
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Nader: The Devastating Cost of Monetized Elections
You outnumber the politicos and their entourages everywhere – yet you are the ones who keep paying the price for letting politics remain a deadly form of distracting entertainment with a media obsessed with the horse race rather than the human race.
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Secret Donors Fuel Democratic Political Powerhouse
Patriot Majority USA, the Democrat-backed dark money juggernaut, failed last election cycle when Republicans widened control of the Senate – and collected half of the $30 million it raised last year from five anonymous donors.
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Seattle Voters Take Aim At Big Money In Politics
Ballot initiative I-122 will create a public financing model in which residents would give $100 in vouchers to the candidates of their choice.
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All In the Family: Here's Who's Buying The 2016 Presidential Election
Just 158 families have provided nearly half of the early money for efforts to capture the White House – with most wealth coming from the fossil fuel and financial service industries, and almost all of it going toward Republicans.
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The Billion-Dollar Question: When Will the U.S. Repair Its Damaged Democracy?
To watch American politics today is to watch money speaking – and the sums involved dwarf those in any other mature 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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How the Super PAC Megadonor Oligarchy Conquered American Politics
The majority of money raised for the 2016 presidential race has come from those giving $100,000 or more.
