“The campaign of the Florida governor, who is known to be reliant on rich donors, worked with a Republican fund-raising powerhouse to prevent the disclosure of information on small contributors,” The New York Times reports.
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“The campaign of the Florida governor, who is known to be reliant on rich donors, worked with a Republican fund-raising powerhouse to prevent the disclosure of information on small contributors,” The New York Times reports.
LaunchJohn McCain fundraiser and Republican operative Emily Pitha arrested in Phoenix meth lab bust “A Phoenix woman who has worked for top Arizona Republicans and
LaunchFour years ago, when radical right wing demagogue Ted Cruz was running for U.S. Senate, he financed his campaign with a large loan from Goldman Sachs — coincidentally his wife’s employer and one of the big Wall Street banks he likes to rail against as being too influential in the nation’s capital. Cruz conveniently failed to disclose the loan at the time he was seeking to replace Kay Bailey Hutchison. The New York Times has more.
LaunchTime to widen Eyman finance probe “The state needs to get to the bottom of this, and a wider look at other initiative campaigns Eyman
LaunchToday’s right-wing Republican Party is addicted to Koch Those brothers want us to think our government’s broke They’re spending big to spread lots of FUD
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