OBAMA HAUL. WP. “An initiative backed by former president Barack Obama to end Republican control of legislative maps by targeting state-level contests has raised more than $10.8 million this year.” SUPER PAC EDGE. NBC. “With their gazes already trained toward 2018 midterm elections — and even the 2020 presidential race — conservative super PACs are […]
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COLLUSION DELUSION. DC. “A dose of reality is in order. No, Trump Jr.’s meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya—a Russian lawyer linked to the Kremlin—did not break any campaign finance laws. Not a single one.” GOOGLE LOBBYING. GUA. “Figures released last week show that Google spent a record amount of almost $6m lobbying in Washington DC in […]
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CLAIM REBUTTAL. PHILLY. “U.S. Rep. Robert Brady’s lawyer pushed back Wednesday against federal prosecutors’ claims that the congressman secretly paid a political rival $90,000 to drop a bid to unseat him in the 2012 Democratic primary.” SUPER PAC DIVERSIFIES. WP. “The CLF’s multimillion-dollar campaign, unfolding this year in 20 targeted districts and expanding next year […]