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Penny for Your Thoughts, $100 for Your Vote?

June 4, 2018 By Patrick Littlefield

Big money in politics

The influence of big money is everywhere in politics. Whether it’s in the primary elections, general elections, Super PAC spending, industry lobbyists, or donations from Wall Street, this is how our political decisions get made, regardless … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: 28th-amendment, Benjamin Page, big money, big money in politics, citizens-united, congress, democratic-party, healthcare lobbying, MA3, Martin Gilens, money-in-politics, Patrick Littlefield, political donations, political lobbying, republican-party, third congressional

Let’s Pass A Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United

November 3, 2017 By QuentinPalfrey4MassLG

This week, President Trump and congressional Republicans unveiled a “tax reform” proposal that finances a massive tax cut for multinational corporations, Wall Street, and the very wealthiest Americans by gutting Medicaid, Medicare, and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: campaign-finance, citizens-united

Hoosiers, Razorbacks, Loons and Anti-Gay Laws

April 1, 2015 By massmarrier

The hounds are not going to stop yelping, snarling and nipping. What we've seen in milder versions elsewhere and recently in extreme ones Indiana and Arkansas will continue. They are in the end expressions of the same anti-gay craziness … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: arkansas, citizens-united, gay-rights, Hobby Lobby, indiana, lgbt, Pence, religion, RFRA, scotus

Corporations Are Not People

September 1, 2014 By EdwardErikson

  Jeff Clements – former Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts and co-founder of Free Speech for People – will be at the Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord, MA at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 to discuss the impact of the Citizens United … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: citizens-united, free-speech-for-people, Jeff Clements

All’s Not Lost After McCutcheon

April 8, 2014 By massmarrier

The Roberts version of the SCOTUS slammed good-government types hard, first with Citizens United and now with McCutcheon v. FEC. Today theSunlight Foundation’s Lisa Rosenberg (government-affairs consultant) gave me some perspective…and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Breyer, campaign-finance, citizens-united, corruption, donors, fec, McCutcheon, Roberts, rosenberg, scotus, sunlight-foundation

Sen. Eldridge Talks Dark Money

November 26, 2013 By massmarrier

One of Left Ahead's favorite guests, MA Sen. James (Jamie) Eldridge joined us to talk campaign-finance reform, specifically disclosure of contributions. He’s as appalled as we about the Citizens United decision. He is a leader in nibbling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, campaign-finance, citizens-united, clean-elections, eldridge, election-reform, elections, left-ahead, massachusetts, s.321, senate

Pass Mass Amendment – Corporations are not People

October 26, 2013 By ykozlov

There have been posts here about the various petitions going around, but here is a very important one that hasn't been mentioned. There is a ballot initiative to amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth based on "Corporations are not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bmg, campaign-finance-reform, citizens-united, initiative-petition, massachusetts

Where do MA5 Congressional candidates stand on campaign finance, voting rights, and more?

September 26, 2013 By creightt

Common Cause Massachusetts asked the ten candidates in the race to fill Ed Markey’s vacated seat for Massachusetts’ fifth Congressional district seven questions covering issues of voting rights, campaign finance, and ethics. Would you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: citizens-united, Common Cause Massachusetts, Democracy Amendment, DISCLOSE Act, fair elections, MA5 congressional, public-financing, Supreme Court Ethics, Voter Empowerment Act, voting-rights-act

The Globe is right to call for more disclosure of political spending

August 27, 2013 By creightt

The Boston Globe editorial board rightly called on the Massachusetts State Legislature to “alter campaign finance laws to thwart outside spending” in elections. As the editorial board correctly notes, “spending by outside groups has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #MADISCLOSE, campaign-finance, citizens-united, Massachusetts Disclosure Act

A Plea for A Pledge

May 2, 2013 By creightt

A new report by Common Cause Massachusetts shows that limiting outside spending in last year's U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts helped to increased electoral transparency, accountability, and fairness, and calls on the current Senate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance, citizens-united, dark money, outside spending, Peoples Pledge, U.S. Senate race

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Folks love the imaginary Hollywood spectacle of a courtroom battle over legal rights, but @maura_healey and @AndreaForAG 's best move is to negotiate and settle a lawsuit to free disabled people from nursing homes. My latest in @CommonWealthMag #mapoli
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rachelmiselman Rachel Miselman @rachelmiselman ·
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Here @WeThePeople_MA is defending the Boston police. Wait a few hours/days to see her do an about-face on this issue. It all hinges on whatever position is getting the most applause, on social media. #bospoli #mapoli

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notoriousvog Notorious VOG @notoriousvog ·
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Also UNIONS shouldn’t have influence over #PublicSafety. Any meaningful #PoliceReform MUST include set of CORE responsibilities & requirement which AREN’T subject so-called COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Cops AREN’T cleaning ladies, they hold life & death in their hands. #BOSpoli #MApoli

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Accreditation MUST be required for PROFESSIONAL law enforcement. Every individual police officer SHOULD be required to be licensed and unable to do police work w/o such license and accreditation. Police are given too much authority and too little responsibility. #BOSpoli #MApoli

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@Livinthetruth1 That sounds good. But, trust me, in a city and state where @massdems Black & white electeds practice herd endorsement simply to take the vote out of hands of #Black & #brown voters. All your comfort-food for white consumption goes out the window.

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“As one of 435 members of Congress it’s really hard to stand out, let alone make national news. He [@JakeAuch] pulled it off…” - @GrayMediaGroup #mapoli

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