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Daily Media Links 6/8: Really rich people aren’t actually that good at buying their way into political office, Who’s Who: Meet the Super PACs Backing Donald Trump, and more…

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June 8, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News Reason: The Transparency Bullies Matt Welch California Attorney General Kamala Harris, an enthusiastic member of the Gore-friendly A.G. team, has also ...

Daily Media Links 6/7: The IRS Hit List, Protecting Michael Moore AND The Koch Brothers, Campaign Finance and the Threat of “Darkness”, and more…

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June 7, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

IRS Wall Street Journal: The IRS Hit List Editorial Board Three years on, the Internal Revenue Service has finally handed over its list of ...

Daily Media Links 6/6: Big Money Rearranges Its Election Bets, Dems on FEC vote to regulate political jokes, and more…

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June 6, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

Independent Groups New York Times: Big Money Rearranges Its Election Bets Editorial Board One constant is the vast amount of money sluicing through the ...

Daily Media Links 6/3: The Case for More Money in Politics, New “AlternativePAC” to Launch Supporting Johnson/Weld from Grassroots Free-Market Advocate Matt Kibbe, and more…

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June 3, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Reform requires knowing basics about campaign financing Bradley A. Smith The PG notes that in 2012, about $570 million ...

Daily Media Links 6/2: The War Among the Donald Trump Super PACs, Pillar of Law Files for Summary Judgment in Illinois Cannabis Speech Case, and more…

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June 2, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

Independent Groups Time: The War Among the Donald Trump Super PACs Alex Altman and Zeke J. Miller At least 15 super PACs have been ...

Daily Media Links 6/1: Today’s Dose of Liberal Heresy: Campaign Finance Reform Isn’t That Big a Deal, Trump Super PAC’s New Political Guru Must Wait to Do Work, and more…

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June 1, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

Campaign Spending Mother Jones: Today’s Dose of Liberal Heresy: Campaign Finance Reform Isn’t That Big a Deal Kevin Drum Liberals love campaign finance reform. ...

Daily Media Links 5/31: Liberals Versus Political Speech, Democrats Prepare Major Campaign Finance Reform Push, Pillar of Law Files Lawsuit for Convention Delegates’ Rights to Free Speech, and more…

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May 31, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

Free Speech New York City-Journal: Liberals Versus Political Speech John O. McGinnis Once upon a time, liberals pushed free speech at every opportunity. They ...

Daily Media Links 5/25: IRS Employee Admits He Would Go After, Target, and Try to End Conservative Groups, Donald Trump’s Dysfunctional Super PAC Family, and more…

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May 25, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News New York Post: Taxpayer-funded campaigns have been a disaster in New York Paul H. Jossey But even without the most recent ...

Daily Media Links 5/24: Instant Document Destruction at the IRS, Judge Merrick Garland and the rise of super-PACs, and more…

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May 24, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News USA Today: Champion free speech by preventing IRS abuse Bradley Smith The potential for abuse is so great that the Internal ...

Daily Media Links 5/23: Scam PACs drawing FEC attention, Nasty Politics, New FEC Rule Resolves Debate Over One Word, and more…

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May 23, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News Atlantic: If Citizens United Falls, Will Progressives Notice? Bradley A. Smith All of this begs a final question: If Citizens United, ...

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