Super PACS
More Evidence Key Dark Money Group May Have Misled IRS
By Kim Barker, ProPublica, and Rick Young and Emma Schwartz, Frontline: New signs emerged Monday that a controversial nonprofit may have misled the Internal Revenue Service not only about its political activities but also about support from a purported donor. Western Tradition ...read more
Dark Money Poured Into New Mexico Senate Contest
By Kim Barker and Justin Elliott: Dark money groups flooded Albuquerque’s airwaves in August, aiming to sway a hotly contested U.S. Senate race by making more than half the political ad buys on top TV stations. That fact, gleaned through a review of TV station political ad ...read more
Flood of Secret Campaign Cash: It’s Not All Citizens United
By Stephen Engelberg and Kim Barker: The emergence of nonprofits as the leading conduit for anonymous spending in this year's presidential campaign is often attributed to the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling, which opened the money spigot, allowing corporations and ...read more
Ben Cohen Interview: Do Super PACs Spell the End of Democracy?
By Ben Cohen: I went on the RT network yesterday to discuss the insidious effects of Super PACs on the Democratic process with Elizabeth Wahl. It's a very troubling topic and one that deserves a lot of attention. The decision made by the Supreme court to allow PACs (Political ...read more