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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.»

«Through enhanced enforcement and increased penalties for political consultants who flout the law, this new legislation will root out bad actors and shine a spotlight on the sordid influence of dark money in politics,» Cuomo said.

«Has she seen the very worrying series of reports this week by openDemocracy, on the role of dark money in the EU referendum, including revelations of illegal donations to the DUP and new questions today over the real wealth of Arron Banks, the main financial backer of Leave?

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.

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.

Commenting on this story, Duncan Hames, director of policy at Transparency International UK highlighted the role of dark money in the Brexit referendum.

This is likely the result of dark money in politics and the only political donations I am currently willing to give are to organizations like RootStrikers.

While the level of outside expenditures in 2013 was also high, the CFB says that its disclosure requirements — which were recently tightened further — reduced the influence of dark money in the city elections.

The Moreland Commission's December subpoena to Strategic Advantage International sought to shed light on the donations to and expenditures by Common Sense Principles, which spent more dark money in the 2010 and 2012 elections than any other entity in the state.

He also consulted with the government on the matter by sharing the intent of his bill and discussing various approaches to resolving the issue of dark money in Alberta politics.

The Chamber's deluge of dark money in congressional races should alarm all those concerned about the health of our democracy.

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.

Not exact matches

Spending by these «outside organizations» is at record levels, easily topping $ 300 million this election, with an expected $ 200 million in «dark money» — funds which can't be traced to their original source.

Especially in a time when dark money threatens to take outer our political system, the Internet offers a forum for people to make a difference with ideas, not dollars.

In early April, broadcast media were blanketed with ads from the dark money Center for Individual Freedom urging viewers to call Congress and oppose the Puerto Rico «bailout.»

«The desire for power, status, and money characterizing dark triad individuals may steer them toward, for example, economics, business, and law educations because these educations pave the way for a career in the corporate world, and the corporate world generally rewards self - serving behavior and provides an environment in which individuals with dark personalities can make use of their qualities and succeed,» commented the researchers.

In an attempt to convince customers to spend more time — and money — Tims is pushing to renovate its locations with dark wood panelling, mood lighting and brushed chrome lettering above its entrance that highlights some of the chain's new menu offerings: «espresso,» «latte,» «smoothies.»

However, in «Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right,» it was revealed that Charles Koch's plans to reshape American politics date back 40 years, when he began strategizing and developing a libertarian movement.

In 2010 alone the groups funneled $ 63.3 million in anonymous dark money to conservative and other groupIn 2010 alone the groups funneled $ 63.3 million in anonymous dark money to conservative and other groupin anonymous dark money to conservative and other groups.

Based on this information, I'll have more direction and get inspiration based on what works and what doesn't, so I'm not wasting time and money shooting in the dark.

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.

Can you chip in to boost our investigation at this vital moment, so that we can expose the dark money bankrolling British politics?

A look at how dark money organizations daisy - chain their contributions in order to fun politics.

Last week, I reported on an obscure yet powerful group called Donors Trust, a dark - money ATM funding the conservative movement with hundreds of millions of dollars in mostly anonymous money.

Prosecutors in that high - profile probe allege that Scott Walker is at the center of a «criminal scheme» to illegally coordinate fundraising with Wisconsin Club for Growth and other nonprofit «dark money» groups during the 2011 and 2012 recall elections.»

The term «dark money» is often applied to this category of political spender because these groups do not have to disclose the sources of their funding — though a minority do disclose some or all of their donors, by choice or in response to specific circumstances.

[6] «Bradley was also a keen supporter of the Manion Forum, whose followers believed that social spending in America was part of a secret Russian plot to bankrupt the United States,» Jane Mayer writes in Dark Money.

«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.

El Puente, a Latino organization based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that focuses on social justice, education and climate change issues, has raised enough money to purchase thousands of lanterns — which Puerto Ricans on the island view as a glimmer of hope to help guide them through the dark.

Furthermore, the Chamber was by far the largest dark money spender in US Congressional races, where $ 25.8 million of its total expenditure of almost $ 30 million.

Wynn has given millions to Republicans and their dark money groups, although he claimed he voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 and had given to Democratic candidates and groups in the past.

People who conduct illicit business on the Dark Web, such as selling stolen information or malware, are making some serious money, but they are facing obstacles in converting that digital wealth into actual fiat currency.

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.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased.In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased.in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

Just have them wheel yo into a mop closet and turn the lights out to save money and let you croak alone in the dark.

Though on the outside, they are going here, and going there, and making money, and having a good time eating and drinking, inside, they are lost in the dark, and just sitting there.

It has done nothing but slow the progress of humanity, is the cause of divisions among humanity, and is directly responsible for the thousand years loss of technology during the dark ages... Its why they call it the «dark» ages because humanity was kept in the dark for the sake milking money from the unaware.

Then I would have to cite The Dark Ages, French Inquisition, Spanish Inquisition, Salam Witch trials, Jim Jones, Warren Jeffs, David Koresh, slavery in the South, and every televangelist that has every been on t.v. that steal money from the sick and the old.

Even with such signs of the power of the gospel in dark places, America's «prison - industrial complex» may crumble for a simple reason: money.

In some of those most disturbing news in an already dark news cycle, the owner of a medical company reportedly told nurses from Hospice — an end - of - life care company — to speed up patients» deaths so the company could make more moneIn some of those most disturbing news in an already dark news cycle, the owner of a medical company reportedly told nurses from Hospice — an end - of - life care company — to speed up patients» deaths so the company could make more monein an already dark news cycle, the owner of a medical company reportedly told nurses from Hospice — an end - of - life care company — to speed up patients» deaths so the company could make more money.

I know that complaining about the weather is hardly what you came to read about on a food blog, but my point is that last weekend I got caught in one of those depressing downward spirals of adult worries pertaining to jobs and money, and the dark, depressing winter day outside wasn't making it any better.

Your thoughts and your physical body are completely interlocked, so if money is a stress for you, it will manifest also in physical ailments like poor circulation, brittle nails, frizzy hair, dark eye circles, insomnia and muscular aches and pains.

But it's a liqueur for mixing, not for taking shots of in a dark bar, wasting your money on a jukebox that turns out to be a large cactus.

Sitting on the sofa, I show him a few items: newspaper and magazine pieces about the Liston fights; Ali's conversion to Islam; the arrest for refusing military induction; the epic first battle with Frazier; the Supreme Court overturning the draft conviction; Foreman being voodooed by Ali; the Thrilla in Manila; the boxing lesson he gave Spinks in their second contest; a recent article about Ali buying buses for Chicago - area public schools (immediately after seeing a TV news story about how Dade County had no money for new buses, Ali sat down, wrote a check and mailed it, not using the gift as a tax deduction); and one about helping a young man wearing a hooded dark sweatshirt and jeans who crawled out on a high window ledge of a Wilshire Boulevard skyscraper in Los Angeles to kill himself.

It will be interesting to see how all this plays out, as the CIF and sections» pursuit of gate receipts is going to collide with many schools» lack of access to consistent fields — but my guess is high school players should get used to playing in the cold and dark because, oddly enough, that's where the money is.

Not only does this type of thinking fuel the Mommy Wars, it's also a money misconception that plagues stay - at - home moms to the point that they're made to feel they're inferior, setting women back to the dark ages and killing working women's chances of ever defeating pay inequality in the workforce.

He said messages he has received in his email from Lee supporters were «fueled by scumbags... small - minded, nasty, and funded by dark money.»

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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.

Attorney General Schneiderman said the commission wants to gain an understanding of how dark money was spent in the state, in an effort to improve state disclosure and political expenditure laws.