Campaign Finance

GOP Field Gets $62 Million so far from Fossil Fuels

The 2016 presidential race is a bonanza of fossil fuel cash for Republican presidential candidates, even 15 months out from election day.

Just 17 billionaires and businesses with ties to fossil fuel interests have pumped $67 million into Super PACs to support the ambitions of eight Republicans, according to a new analysis by Greenpeace and the Center for Media and Democracy (which publishes PRWatch.org). The Guardian broke the story.

The top recipient?

Blatant climate denier Ted Cruz.

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Scott Walker Aide's Claim of Prosecutorial Abuse Refuted by New Audio

Scott Walker's former top aide Cindy Archer has become the poster child for allegations that state prosecutors investigating corruption around Walker ran amok and engaged in aggressive, unconstitutional "raids" on people's homes. Newly-released audio contradicts many of those claims.

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Five Things to Know About the Scott Walker John Doe Ruling

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has single-handedly rewritten the state’s limits on money in politics.

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Scott Walker John Doe Ruling and the Well-Funded Assault on WI Campaign Finance Law

A legitimate bipartisan effort to enforce Wisconsin's long-standing campaign finance laws has been contorted beyond recognition into a "partisan witch hunt" by a well-funded legal and media campaign.

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Scott Walker Dumped as Chair of the Jobs Agency He Created

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker won his election in 2010 on a promise to create 250,000 new jobs. Walker created his flagship Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation in 2011 and named himself Chairman. Now, as allegations of cronyism and corruption engulf WEDC, Walker has been removed as Chairman.

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GOP Prosecutor Defends Scott Walker Criminal Probe, Says "Let's Get the Truth Out"

Two career prosecutors--one a Republican, one a Democrat--just called Scott Walker a liar, and not a single national newspaper took notice.

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Walker's Dark Money Allies Orchestrate Coup of the Courts

Two court cases this week--one being heard in open court, another being considered in silence behind closed doors--will decide the future of Wisconsin campaign finance law, the independence of the Wisconsin judiciary and will impact the future of presidential candidate Scott Walker.

The stakes could not be higher, but the converging cases have garnered little national attention.

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WMC Spends $600,000 to Demote Chief Justice as Criminal Probe of Walker Campaign Looms

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce has unleashed a $600,000 ad blitz to strip Wisconsin's independent Chief Justice of her title just as the court prepares to take up the John Doe criminal probe of Scott Walker.

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Rumors of the Walker Probe's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

No, the Walker criminal probe is not dead.

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Common Cause and CMD Seek Public Records on Scott Walker's Retreat with the Koch Brothers

CMD and Common Cause filed a request for details about Walker's trip to the Koch summit.

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