Wisconsin
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Mar18
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Mar17
Clips Round-up for 3/17/11
Great protest in DC yesterday—here are a few hits to start:
Monica took a lot of pictures of the event yesterday, you can check them out on our blog: http://campaignmoney.org/blog/2011/03/16/what-democracy-looks.
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Mar16
Clips Round-up for 3/16/11
Don’t forget to spread the word about our protest this evening: http://www.campaignmoney.org/march16
Protest
Labor brawl lands on K Street
Groups to protest GOP fundraiser in DC
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Mar14
Clips Round-up for 3/13/11
For folks that don’t know, we’ll be having a protest outside the Wisconsin Republican fundraiser here in DC on Wednesday:
http://campaignmoney.org/march16. Join us!
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Mar11
Clips Round-up for 3/11/11
Campaign Finance/Ethics
Op-Ed: California Clean Money Campaign: Voters Resoundingly Say "YES" to Fair Elections in Los Angeles
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Mar10
Clips Round-up for 3/10/11
Untitled Document Breaking Press Release from Public Campaign Action Fund:
Wisconsin Republicans Vote Against Workers – Raise Money From DC Lobbyists
http://campaignmoney.org/press-room/2011/03/10/wisconsin-republicans-vote-against-workers
Campaign Finance/Ethics
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Mar07
Clips Round-up for 3/7/11
Campaign Finance/Ethics
Clarence Thomas and the politicization of the Supreme Court
Common Cause board chair Robert Reich has this post on Salon about Justice Thomas’ political problem.
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Mar03
A Modest Proposal
The Baltimore Sun editorializes on the efforts to weaken public sector unions in light of the Wisconsin debacle. They suggest disrupting the part of the cycle that allows both unions and corportate interests to funnel money to political campaigns.
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Mar01
Clips Round-up for 3/1/11
Tweet of the day from Stephen Colbert: “@StephenAtHome: The Koch brothers don't want to be dragged into the light of day. That's why they work so hard to blot out the sun.” https://twitter.com/#!/stephenathome/status/42444506448138241
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Feb24
Clips Round-up 2/24/11
Wisconsin
Watchdog exploring campaign finance and ethics law-breaking by Scott Walker
Yesterday, we put out a statement asking whether Walker broke the law in suggesting political coordination in the prank call he received with billionaire donor “David Koch.”