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Mac D’Alessandro’s clarity on Citizens United & corporate money in politics

September 13, 2010 By cos

[ Edit: I also posted this video on Daily Kos - please recommend! ] One reason Mac D'Alessandro may be, as Red Mass Group's EaBo says, "the most dangerous man running for Congress this year," is his ability to clearly communicate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, citizens-united, ma-09, mac-dalessandro, massachusetts, money, stephen-lynch, video

Creem talking the talk AND walking the walk on Campaign Finance Reform

July 24, 2010 By masshysteria

When I lived in Newton, this was the kind of thing that made me love being represented by Senator Creem.  This April, she filed a bill that would require disclosure 6 months prior to an election and every month thereafter- keeping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, contributions, creem, lobbyists, rudnick

Your Candidate, Paid for by Corporate America

July 19, 2010 By lizziweyant

Americans are about to experience their first election under new the campaign finance regime outlined in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, Citizens United v. FEC.  The decision basically said that corporations have the same right to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, congress, corporations, national, senator-brown, vote

Kamal Jain’s hilarious campaign finance gag

June 7, 2010 By David

I don't know much about Kamal Jain's campaign for State Auditor, other than that he is running in the Republican primary against the odds-on favorite, former Turnpike Authority board member (and BMGer) Mary Z. Connaughton. But I have to say … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, jain, ocpf

A lesson from Tim Cahill on our screwed-up campaign finance laws

March 30, 2010 By David

Tim Cahill has a knack for keeping himself in the news, though not always in a good way.  Today, he offers us a way to reflect on how badly screwed up the priorities of our campaign finance laws are.  Consider Treasurer Tim's two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010, cahill, campaign-finance, ma-gov

Supreme Court opens the floodgates to corporate and union money in elections

January 21, 2010 By David

This is huge, folks.  The Supreme Court today, by the totally predictable 5-4 vote, overruled a 20-year old case and held, instead, that corporations and unions may use money from their treasuries to make independent election-related … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, supreme-court

Huckabee the Huckster

November 10, 2009 By JimC

Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. Now, it is certainly legal for a news network to promote any cause it likes. And it is almost certainly legal for any PAC to cheerfully accept free TV time. But when a regular host hawks for a partisan … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, media

BMG PAC is fully operational!

October 22, 2009 By the-editors

At long last, we're rolling out our Political Action Committee. That means we’re going to raise money and send it to candidates for office that we think worthy. We hope you’ll contribute – up to the maximum of $500. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg-pac, campaign-finance

revive Clean Elections in Mass.

August 6, 2009 By hubspoke

Former senators Warren Rudman and Bob Kerrey make a case for a "system of voluntary public funding for qualified candidates, combining small donations with matching public funds" like the successful Clean Elections options in Arizona and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance

Money, Changes, Everything

July 23, 2009 By JimC

Cross-posted from Blue Hampshire. A repeat of sorts for Blue News Tribune readers, but more organized and coherent. According to Cokie Roberts, the lieutenant governor of Alaska cited the cost of the investigations of Sarah Palin as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance

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