Dave Levinthal and Michael Beckel have launched a new "Primary Source" feature at the Center for Public Integrity, "a space to stay up-to-date on developments in the post-Citizens United world of money in politics." Add it to your bookmarks, folks.

Andy Kroll at Mother Jones highlights this quote in the Washington Post's interview with Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa): "The time is so consumed with raising money now, these campaigns, that you don't have the time for the kind of personal relationships that so many of us built up over time."

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Prospect: What Democracy Lost in 2012
Must read from the executive editor of the American Prospect, Bob Moser: "No matter the outcome, big money and voter suppression crippled the election. This is no way to run the world’s oldest democracy."

HuffPost: Roxanne Rubin, Nevada Republican, accepts plea deal after committing voter fraud
Haha. A woman trying to prove the need for voter ID just pled guilty for committing voter fraud. "If Ms. Rubin was trying to demonstrate how easy it is to commit voter fraud, she clearly failed and proved just the opposite."

Common Cause: Citizens are united to defeat Citizens United in LA
On efforts to get a Citizens United resolution on the ballot in Los Angeles.

Congress/Administration
Mother Jones: In the future, everyone will have a super PAC
And you get a super PAC, and you get a super PAC, and you get a super PAC: "Charles Spies has seen the future of American elections, and it is drenched with super-PAC cash—much of it aimed at getting single politicians elected."

MassLive: Ed Markey challenges fellow candidates to sign a "people's pledge" barring outside advertising from Senate election
Rep. Ed Markey, running to replace Sen. John Kerry, wants a "people's pledge" like Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown signed in 2012. Politico.

Times-Picayune: Super PAC fuels speculation that Vitter eyeing run for governor
"A Washington fundraising heavyweight set up federal and state super PACs on Monday to support U.S. Sen. David Vitter, a move that heightens speculation that Vitter is eyeing a bid for governor." Welp, if you want some outside help, the guy who created the Romney super PAC is probably the guy for you.

WaPo: Hillary Clinton super PAC launched
Give her some rest, y'all! "A super PAC supporting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president in 2016, 'Ready for Hillary,' was registered with the Federal Election Commission on Friday." Politico.

Bloomberg: Obama's parting gift to Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama fundraisers helped Clinton pay off the rest of her 2008 campaign debt.

The Hill: Dem senators form joint fundraising committee
"Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Kay Hagan (D-N.C.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) created a joint fundraising committee last week called Senate Victory 2014, according to Federal Election Commission records."

NaJo: Brad Daypsring, Ward Backer tapped for top NRSC jobs
"The National Republican Senatorial Committee will announce Tuesday it has assembled its senior staff for the 2014 elections, tapping operatives who served in the inner circles of former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor."

The Hill: On K Street, score one for the little guy
"Several small lobby firms have posted growth in lobbying revenue despite a downturn among industry leaders. In a dour year for many of K Street's top firms, many shops with staff in the single digits have gained more clients — and thus earned more in fees."

CPI: I'll take embattled Obama administration noms for $200, Alex
"A recently formed group called Americans for a Strong Defense has purchased advertising time during "Jeopardy!," "Wheel of Fortune," "Meet the Press" and several other programs in Colorado’s largest media market ahead of this week’s potentially contentious confirmation hearing of former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.,"

Politico: Sarah Palin's PAC has over $1M in the bank
My favorite stat from this story on Palin's PAC flush with cash: "Sarah PAC spent $1.5 million on fundraising in 2012 — accounting for more than 60 percent of all its spending and far outstripping the $236,000 it donated to candidates."

Roll Call: Broad coalition prods for action on immigration
Joining Senators, "advocates for a sweeping update of immigration laws say they will take advantage of elected officials’ posturing to press for an outcome this year."

Sunlight: Another delay in ethics probes of Reps. Schock, Owens
The wait for Schock and Owens will be a little longer: "Thanks to a parliamentary quirk and a slow start getting organized, the House Ethics Committee will not be releasing information today about the ethics probes into two members of Congress."

The Hill: Court upholds conviction of Abramoff associate
Kevin Ring: "A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of an associate to former super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff."

Other/States
NYT: Biotech firms, billions at risk, lobby states to limit generics
"In statehouses around the country, some of the nation’s biggest biotechnology companies are lobbying intensively to limit generic competition to their blockbuster drugs, potentially cutting into the billions of dollars in savings on drug costs contemplated in the federal health care overhaul law."

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign: Mine backers drill with big cash to ease regulations
"Special interests that back loosening mining regulations for a Florida company that wants to dig an open pit iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin have contributed $15.6 million to the Republican-controlled legislature and GOP Governor Scott Walker who are likely to approve mining permit changes in the coming months."

Berkshire Eagle: Bonifaz to give talk on Citizens United ruling
In MA: "Constitutional attorney John Bonifaz, the director of Free Speech for People, will discuss the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling this week at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire."

Salt Lake Tribune: Some ethics bills advance, while calls arise for more
"Amid yet more calls for ethics reform amid a scandal involving new Attorney General John Swallow, lawmakers took some first steps Monday to advance bills designed to prevent election shenanigans."

ABC Columbia: Panel recommends SC ethics overhaul
"The South Carolina Commission on Ethics Reform, an independent eleven-member panel co-chaired by former South Carolina Attorneys General Henry McMaster, a republican, and Travis Medlock, a democrat, delivered its final report and recommendations for strengthening state ethics, election, campaign finance and public records laws. "

Bluegrass Institute: Kentucky sets lobbying record in 2012
"According to recent reports from the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission, 2012 was a record year for politics in the commonwealth."