Sentences with phrase «dark money interests»

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It and other dark money groups can serve as conduits for anonymous donations from corporations and other wealthy special interests to flood elections, making it particularly dangerous to democracy.

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.

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Definitely interested in picking up Hyper Light Drifter, Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force, the new Shiren the Wanderer game, and Mutant Mudds Super Challenge when I have enough money.

«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.»

It also has one of the most questionable histories, with «dark money» scandals in the 2014 commission races, FBI investigations, and commissioners resigning due to conflicts of interest.

In late 2013, for example, researchers at Drexel University attempted to trace the sources of «dark money» — money that had been donated by industry interests to dubious «research» institutions and think tanks through organizations that obscure the original donors.

Our original research digs deeper than the 24 - hour news cycle to answer and understand why and how special interests and dark money are reshaping American politics and elections.

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.