By Mindy Fischer on January 18, 2017
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Corruption, dark money, Donald Trump, Elections 2016, Foreign Policy, Politics, World News

Intelligence agencies and law enforcement are now probing into Russia’s interference in our election. And one of the things they’re investigating is a possible connection between Trump’s campaign and money from the Kremlin. The FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency, the Justice Department, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and representatives of the […]
By Mindy Fischer on January 2, 2017
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Corruption, dark money, Donald Trump, economy, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Republican Logic, Republicans

Donald Trump wants us to believe that since his election he’s created thousands of new jobs. And corporations like Sprint are all too happy to help Trump tell that lie. Why? Because they stand to make an enormous profit from being buddy-buddy with the new President. On Wednesday, Trump made a big announcement that he […]
By Mindy Fischer on December 10, 2016
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Trump’s ties to Russia and Putin just got a whole lot tighter with his pick for Secretary of State. NBC News reported on Saturday that Donald Trump has chosen ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State. This is extremely concerning not only because he’s a gazillionaire big oil guy who opposes the EPA, but […]
By Mindy Fischer on December 1, 2016
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Trump says he is handing off his business interests to his kids. And the Federal Office of Ethics has a lot to say about it. On Wednesday Donald Trump put out a statement on Twitter saying that he will be holding a press conference in two weeks announcing that he is handing over control of […]
By Mindy Fischer on November 15, 2016
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Corruption, dark money, Donald Trump, Elections 2016, Politics

Steve Bannon was just reported to the FBI for allegedly committing a felony by breaking campaign finance laws while he was working for Trump’s presidential campaign. Steve Bannon, one of the leaders of the white nationalist alt-right, was recently named to a top position in Trump’s White House. Over the past few months, Bannon went […]
By Mindy Fischer on November 7, 2014
dark money, elections, politics
dark money, Elections, Politics, Uncategorized

So many Republicans are now saying that they no longer should be considered the party of big money. They are saying that the Dems have not only caught up and have just as many big money donors as the GOP, but that the Democrats are actually spending more. This would be interesting if it were […]