Dark Money

Dark Money

This Week in Dark Money

Democrats search for super-PAC funds at the DNC, conservative ads attack Dems' positions on gay marriage and Israel, and more from the murky world of campaign cash.

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| Fri Sep. 7, 2012 3:01 AM PDT

How Nonprofits Spend Millions on Elections and Call It Public Welfare

It's spending by nonprofits, not super-PACs, that may sway this election.

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| Tue Sep. 4, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Americans for Prosperity Chief: We Don't Know If $27 Million in Anti-Obama Ads Has Any Effect

The president of AFP, the conservative group founded by David Koch, also cast doubt on future politically charged ad blitzes.

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| Mon Sep. 3, 2012 2:17 PM PDT
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Karl Rove Jokes About Murdering Rep. Todd Akin

Rove's Crossroads groups intend to spend $200 million to boot Obama out of the White House.

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| Fri Aug. 31, 2012 7:59 AM PDT

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This Week in Dark Money

Megadonors flock to Tampa, Romney bundlers party on the Cracker Bay, and more from the murky world of campaign cash.

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| Fri Aug. 31, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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"Cracker Bay," Team Romney's Big-Money Party Yacht

Choose where you party carefully, future presidential nominees.

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| Wed Aug. 29, 2012 12:50 PM PDT
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GOP Platform Calls for Nuking What's Left of McCain-Feingold Law

The platform will also oppose passage of new disclosure laws unmasking big donors to dark-money groups.

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| Tue Aug. 28, 2012 11:16 AM PDT
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Bizarre Super-PAC Targets Liberal Icon Raúl Grijalva...and Sheriff Joe

"I know I will make enemies but our country needs an ass-kicking," says the operative attacking Rep. Grijalva (D-Ariz.).

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| Tue Aug. 28, 2012 1:15 AM PDT

This Week in Dark Money

Rove pulls the plug on Akin, a dark-money group targets the Kochs, and more from the murky world of campaign finance.

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| Fri Aug. 24, 2012 3:01 AM PDT

Super-PAC Cash Still Favors GOP

Conservative super-PACs continue to dominate their liberal rivals in the latest round of fundraising.

By Rachael Marcus, The Center for Public Integrity

| Tue Aug. 21, 2012 2:13 PM PDT
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GOP Money Machine Choking Off Support For Rep. Todd Akin

Both Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and the GOP's main Senate committee are ending ad support for Akin.

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| Tue Aug. 21, 2012 2:02 PM PDT

Lefty Dark-Money Group Drops $500K Attacking The Koch Brothers

Patriot Majority, a liberal nonprofit group, says its new ads are the opening shots of a sustained anti-Koch campaign.

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| Tue Aug. 21, 2012 9:45 AM PDT

This Week in Dark Money

Paul Ryan hangs out with Sheldon Adelson, a dark-money group swiftboats Obama, and other news from the murky world of political cash.

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| Fri Aug. 17, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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The Reformers Strike Back!

The conservatives behind Citizens United have lost some key fights lately. But another battle over corporate money in politics looms.

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| Mon Aug. 13, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Karl Rove's Dark Money Group Crossroads GPS Busted for Bogus Ad

Crossroads says it proactively pulled the inaccurate ad. Well, not quite.

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| Fri Aug. 10, 2012 7:50 AM PDT

This Week in Dark Money

Super-PAC as chick magnet, an attack ad star resurfaces, and other news from the world of political cash.

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| Fri Aug. 10, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

WATCH: Traveling Through the Dark Money Universe [Fiore Cartoon]

Travel through the multimillion-dollar universe of political money.

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| Thu Aug. 9, 2012 5:01 PM PDT

250 Years of Campaigns, Cash, and Corruption

From George Washington to Citizens United, a timeline of America's history of political money games.

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| Thu Aug. 9, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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How Secret Foreign Money Could Infiltrate US Elections

Think the United States is immune from foreigners' campaign cash? Think again.

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| Wed Aug. 8, 2012 3:01 AM PDT

Charts: Just How Small Is the Super-PAC Gazillionaire Club?

A mere 47 people are responsible for more than half of all super-PAC cash.

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| Fri Aug. 3, 2012 3:30 AM PDT