Sentences with phrase «dark money campaign»

«Limit the influence of dark money campaign contributions and end government spending that takes place in the shadows» through measures such as closing the infamous LLC loophole.

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Worse still, they're bankrolled by dark money — we've exposed the shady group behind their lavish pro-Brexit campaigning, but they're still refusing to name their secret donors.

A court in Washington has ruled that the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) violated the state's finance disclosure law when it funneled millions of dollars in dark money from its major corporate members to the campaign that defeated a 2013 ballot initiative to label food containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

Wilder said he's heard concerns about dark money and foreign money coming into campaigns via cyrptocurrency, but «we're at the point where we have to try to figure it out.»

The group spearheading a campaign against Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), is a project of a low - profile progressive dark money organization with large assets.

Faced with a political climate unlikely to prioritize election reform, cities might lead the way in breaking the grip of rich donors and dark money in national campaigns.

«A broad coalition of investors wants companies to tell stockholders and the public more about so - called «dark money» spent both in campaigns and on lobbying by groups that use corporate money and don't say where it comes from,» Welsh of Si2 said.

Given the large amount of money that was made with well - run campaigns, the temptation to move over to the «dark side» brought a proliferation of copycat sites which presented almost no value for the consumer.

The California Assembly passed a bill from a Bay Area lawmaker that supporters, including the League of Women Voters, say will shine a light on «dark money» in politics, requiring that top donors be listed on campaign ads.

There are no simple or quick fixes, but campaign finance reform advocates say there are steps the president, Congress, and federal agencies could take to address problems caused by dark money:

The measure is intended to reduce the flow of anonymous contributions, or «dark money,» flowing from donors through 501c (4) charitable groups in support of political campaigns.

A reform group is taking a new approach to trying to close a loophole in the state's campaign finance laws, as years long attempts to crack down on what's known as «dark money» donations have failed.

«With this nomination, President Obama has the chance to choose someone who will free us from the reign of dark and unlimited campaign money that is corrupting us from the inside.»

Easing political activity rules for churches also raises questions about whether churches could be pulled into the campaign finance sphere and effectively become «dark money» committees that play partisan politics without disclosing donors.

The sources of this «dark money,» unlike the money contributed to my campaign committee or the state parties, are often unknown.

The campaign between Andrew Gillum and Gwen Graham is starting to get ugly, and «dark money» is helping it along.

Baker, now a minister in the Department for Exiting the European Union, has also received money from the secretive Constitutional Research Council: the same outfit that channeled # 435,000 of «dark money» to the DUP to campaign for Brexit.

This rule, which is normal among polling agencies, means that the secretive CRC, which channelled nearly half a million pounds of dark money to the DUP to campaign for Brexit, would have been able to time the publication of this research in order to have maximum impact on the race to 10 Downing Street.

«It's outrageously hypocritical for Schneiderman to threaten a potential challenger for the AG's office given his rhetoric on campaign finance reform and «dark money,»» said a Cahill source.

Banks has strongly denied that any dark money was involved in the Leave campaign — especially in light of speculation of Russian influence on Brexit.

Last year, openDemocracy's reporting on Banks's finances prompted Labour MP Ben Bradshaw to ask in parliament about «the role of dark money in the EU referendum» and the Electoral Commission is inquiring into the ultimate source of the # 8.4 million Banks ploughed into his Leave.EU campaign.

A Jonathan Harris - for - governor email appeal said that his campaign is not being funded by «dark money or shady donors.»

The candidate has also been vocal in denouncing «dark money,» or the campaign donations given to LLCs and non-profits which are then able to spend money on races without disclosing their donors.

Citing our series of revelations this week on the «dark money» that funded the Brexit campaign, Labour MP Ben Bradshaw yesterday asked Andrea Leadsom, the Speaker of the House:

Easier, too, to throw around vague, anti-Semitic tropes about George Soros than to come clean about where the Brexit campaign cash came from, after openDemocracy's reporting triggered questions in parliament about the role of dark money in the EU referendum — and the concerns about foreign and particularly Russian interference in western democracies.

We exposed the shadowy links of the donor group that gave DUP that «dark money» during the Brexit campaign.

Authorities are investigating allegations that de Blasio solicited «dark money» donations to his since - shuttered nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York, and helped raise money for Democratic state Senate candidates that involved «willful and flagrant» violations of campaign - finanCampaign for One New York, and helped raise money for Democratic state Senate candidates that involved «willful and flagrant» violations of campaign - financampaign - finance laws.

«Defeating Rep. Faso and the National Republican machine in NY - 19 is going to take both a grassroots, 163 town approach, and an experienced, proven campaign operation to fight back against the attacks funded by the Mercers, Koch brothers, and NRA dark money,» Rhodes said.

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AFT's dark (and illegal) money groups got dinged to the tune of $ 30,000 for «failure to organize as a PAC, failure to disclose finance activity accurately, contributions made in a manner intended to disguise the true source of the contributions, receipt of contributions not raised in accordance with campaign law, and use of wire transfers.»

An incredible 95 percent of the money that flowed into the Massachusetts charter school campaign came from out - of - state donors, with 84 percent of the total funds coming from New York based Families for Excellent Schools, a dark money charter school group that advocates in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

DFER is used as a political action committee and a «dark - money» bundling group that has poured millions of dollars into political campaigns on behalf of candidates who support the Common Core, the Common Core testing scam and the privatization of public educations through the massive expansion of charter schools.

If the Koch's dark money groups keep voters from having their say in November, or if they pour millions, as promised, into a pro-voucher campaign and win, every other state with limited voucher programs can be sure they're next for a massive expansion battle,» said Penich - Thacker.

Those big donors aren't exactly helpless, and protecting the injection of «secret, dark money» in any campaign only backfires.

The No campaign «successfully connected charter school expansion to dark money and to a market - based ideological agenda,» revealing the Wall Street businessmen, conservatives, and New Yorkers that they argued were pouring money to dictate what's best for Massachusetts.

Do you see any similarities in what the suffragists faced then and the modern phenomenon of «dark money» entering political campaigns today?

Usually when I write a review I'll just add the value for money in the score bar at the bottom and not mention much about it other than in a summary, this games pricing has been set up differently to what we usually see, for example you can buy the full game for about # 30 OR if you're an online multiplayer fanatic and only want to play that part of the game you can buy the Multiplayer version for # 20, now if you've bought the multiplayer and fancy expanding to the full game it will cost you # 15 for the single player being # 5 over the original price, most will think that this is fair, you can get the multiplayer element cheaper and test it out, if you like it you can then grab the campaign, well, this is where it gets dark.

@Mohammad Lutfiyya > You can pledge for one book; then, after the end of the campaign, in the pledge manager you'll be able to add the money needed to pick the Dark Souls Volume 2 Collector's Edition:)

«Electoral intervention is not supposed to be a non-profit's main activity, but these dark money groups are abusing their tax - exempt status by existing primarily as vehicles for corporations and wealthy donors to secretly influence elections,» Fischer noted, adding, «Some dark money non-profits might now use lobbying as an accounting trick to balance their books between electoral and non-electoral spending, leading to a spiraling cycle of non-stop campaigning and special interest influence, but with zero transparency or public accountability.»

Worse still, they're bankrolled by dark money — we've exposed the shady group behind their lavish pro-Brexit campaigning, but they're still refusing to name their secret donors.

As billionaires, like Richard Mercer and Charles and David Koch, come under fire for heavily influencing campaigns and elections with undisclosed dark money, ALEC has a new «Center to Protect Free Speech» and a model bill that would allow dark money donors to keep their funders a secret.

O'Malley and company plan on using newDEAL to fund campaigns of like minded politicians, basically creating a money laundering dark money pipeline from corporate interests to campaign coffers.

There are simply too many campaign spending vehicles to account for, from the «dark money» groups to national organizations like the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) that funnel corporate money into state races.

Opposition Labour Party lawmaker Ben Bradshaw last week urged the government and electoral officials to investigate reports of «the role of dark money in the EU referendum campaign.»