Roger Sollenberger reveals Howard Lutnick’s take on Trump’s latest “cash grab” targeting loyal donors amid soaring legal costs. Trump is turning legal woes into aggressive fundraising, raising ethical concerns and donor fatigue. Explore the risks and impact on his campaign backers. Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/howard-lutnick-reveals-donald-trumps-next-cash-grab-shakedown-target/ #DonaldTrump #HowardLutnick #Fundraising #LegalExpenses #CampaignFinance #RogerSollenberger #TheDailyBeast

The “Mini-Trump” Attacking Lisa Cook Had Paperwork Problems of His Own

Donald Trump is attempting to seize control of the historically independent Federal Reserve by firing one of its leaders. Not the chair, Jerome Powell—at least not yet. Instead, the president has set his sights on another member of the Fed’s board: economist Lisa Cook, who Trump claimed in a Monday night social media post had […]

https://murica.website/2025/08/the-mini-trump-attacking-lisa-cook-had-paperwork-problems-of-his-own/

The role of outside money in elections has grown exponentially ever since the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that political spending is a form of speech. Now, some advocates of campaign finance reform hope to impose limits though the states. #elections #politics #CampaignFinance

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0827/campaign-finance-reform-maine-montana?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Now What? @now-what-csmonitor

Katie Porter is for Israel and took JPAC/JStreetPAC money (see OpenSecrets.org)
#uspol #freepalestine #genocide #oppression #repression #imperialism #zionism #IDF #humanrights #campaignfinance
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FEHwleGUI-F3Y0iV3EG9V7zFDqL49FLp/view

Seattle continues its experiment in public campaign financing! Voters recently renewed the city's democracy vouchers program, giving each adult resident four $25 vouchers to donate to local candidates.

This measure will raise $4.5 million in property taxes annually for the next decade.

Big money is drowning out Missourians. I’ll overturn Citizens United, end dark money, and put voters first. #EndDarkMoney #CitizensUnited #CampaignFinance #Missouri #MO4 #RickyDana

https://rickydana.org/2025/08/10/exposing-big-moneys-grip-and-how-well-end-the-oligarchy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Faces $5.8 Million Ethics Probe https://shinemycrown.com/democratic-congresswoman-sheila-cherfilus-mccormick-faces-5-8-million-ethics-probe/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EthicsProbe #SheilaCherfilusMcCormick #CampaignFinance #Politics #Investigation

The latest campaign finance filing by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, who hasn't revealed whether she'll seek a third term, shows she got $26K in donations during the last six months. But her amount of cash on hand ballooned from $41K to $600K.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/07/16/526541/harris-county-judge-lina-hidalgo-reports-spike-in-campaign-funds-almost-entirely-from-legal-services-refunds/

#US senator warns of #fossilfuel #coup
" #BigOil spent at least $445mil to help elect #Trump, per analysis by ClimatePower, which said its figure was likely a vast underestimate bec of undisclosed #donations.. stage was set by 2010 #SupremeCourt #CitizensUnited ruling, which unleashed era of #unchecked corporate #political #spending.. reversed century-old #campaignfinance restrictions & opened floodgates to #darkmoney.. most grave political #corruption tt #USA ever seen"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3066632/us-senator-warns-of-fossil-fuel-coup-economic-reckoning

Political Suicide: Israel - Bernie Sanders on JRE

SCOTUS will hear a challenge to campaign spending limits. Could reshape election finance rules. #SupremeCourt #CampaignFinance
Read more: https://ndpost.org/politics-news/supreme-court-to-review-challenge-against-campaign-spending-limits/

The Bipartisan Billionaires Behind Andrew Cuomo’s Comeback

For a couple weeks, I’ve been getting negative campaign mailers for a New York City council district I don’t live in. I’m not really sure why. Maybe there was a data-entry error. Maybe someone’s used an outdated map. Maybe someone hates me.  They’re the sort of mailers you tend to get if you live in […]

https://voices.murica.website/?p=24735

What if candidates didn’t have to beg billionaires for ad money?
What if elections were fair—because access was guaranteed?

That’s what the Equal Campaign Access Act (ECAA) does.

Read the plan. Share your thoughts:
makecampaignsfair.com/advocate/legislation

$16.7 billion was spent during the 2022 midterms. That’s not democracy—it’s an auction.
Learn who funded it, where the money went, and its implications for you.

Read more: https://makecampaignsfair.com/the-briefing/the-cost-of-winning
#MakeCampaignsFair #CampaignFinance #EndDarkMoney #TheCostOfWinning #congress

$300 Million Promised. $100 Million Still Missing.

“Corruption is not a left/right issue. It is a top/down issue.”

The fight for fair elections isn’t about party lines — it’s about power.
http://MakeCampaignsFair.com
#CampaignFinance #EndCitizensUnited #MakeCampaignsFair #Corruption #DemocracyNotForSale #election

"Ever receptive to the demands of rentiers, oligarchs, non-doms and corporations, Labour’s oh-so-clever strategists are moronically giftwrapping the country for Nigel Farage"

I don't know why George Monbiot – and other commentators – are surprised at this. #Labour has chosen to seek its income from those 'rentiers, oligarchs, non-doms and corporations'. They are its paymasters. We aren't. Of course it serves them.

#PoliticalDonations
#CampaignFinance
#Corruption
#UKPol

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/27/smash-britain-two-party-system-election-labour-reform?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Truth doesn’t spread without money.
And the people with money don’t fund truth.

That’s the core of what’s broken.
And why we built MakeCampaignsFair.com — to make political voice no longer depend on financial power.

A fair, public platform. Equal time. No ads. No billionaires.

Boosts welcome. Let’s fix what they’ve sold us.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces federal scrutiny over alleged campaign ties to Uzbek-linked businessman amid funding and influence concerns https://timesca.com/new-york-mayor-eric-adams-under-scrutiny-for-ties-to-uzbek-businessman/ #EricAdams #FederalScrutiny #CampaignFinance #NYCNews #UzbekBusiness #NYCMayor

What if campaign airtime was treated like a public service, not a competition for billionaires to buy influence?

I built MakeCampaignsFair.com to push for a publicly funded, ad-free platform that gives every qualified candidate equal access — no tricks, no pay-to-play.

Just policies. Just people.

Let’s level the field.