Tag: campaign finance

Timothy Mellon, the secretive billionaire, bankrolls both RFK Jr. and Donald Trump in the 2024 election, raising critical concerns about the influence of wealth on American democracy.

The UAW’s latest ad calls for nationwide solidarity among workers to counter the influence of the billionaire class and defeat Donald Trump, highlighting the stakes for the future of America’s working class.

The year in campaign finance had highs and lows (mostly lows).

The Trump campaign and representatives of the firms had not responded to request for comment.

“HR 1 restores the people’s faith that government works for the public interest, the people’s interest, not the special interest.”

It will restore public faith in our government. It will mark a major step towards fixing what's broken in Washington."

This report analyzed coverage of campaign finance reform on Sunday morning talk shows and four nightly news programs.

California voters will be able to vote for overturning Citizens United.

There was a new category of staffing added to Big Money in politics. Campaigns are now hiring “donor maintenance managers” as personal concierges to millionaire supporters—another example of plutocratic corruption of our democratic elections.

Presidential candidate Scott Walker wants you to think he cares about people like you, so he is inviting people to sit down and talk to him face-to-face—it only costs $1 million. It's time we end this corrupt mockery of our electoral democracy.