NY Times: Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms
The New York Times article published today details $1.2 billion from 20 donors that are being poured into the 2026 elections. It provides a classic […]
Today’s badly broken campaign finance system benefits wealthy interests, and leaves hundreds of millions of ordinary Americans on the outside looking in at Washington’s rigged system.
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Report: How Chief Justice Roberts & Former Justice Kennedy Knowingly Misrepresented Court Precedent To Justify Increasing Legalized Corruption
|Press Releases |Citizens United John Roberts McCutcheon Money In Politics Supreme Courtby Jackie HowellPDF Version Democracy 21 Education Fund Report How Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts and Former Justice Kennedy Knowingly Misrepresented Court Precedent to Justify Increasing […]
SCOTUS To Hear Challenge To Limits On Political Party Spending
|Press Releases |Campaign Finance Laws Money In Politics Supreme Courtby Jackie HowellD21 President Fred Wertheimer: “This Court is on a path that is completely hostile to campaign finance laws.” The Supreme Court announced Monday that it […]
Two American Princelings
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Emoluments Money In Politics TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn China, “Princelings” are the children and other relatives of powerful government leaders who amass enormous wealth by trading on their family relationships. As Donald Trump […]
Mr. Super Rich Goes To Washington
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Big Tech Money In Politics TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn the 1939 movie Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Jimmy Stewart, as newly appointed Sen. Jefferson Smith, arrives in Washington to fight against government corruption. In […]
A Corrupt & Obscene Campaign Finance System
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |2024 Elections Campaign Finance Reform Money In Politics Special Interest Moneyby Jackie HowellToday’s campaign finance system floods Washington with unprecedented levels of influence-seeking and influence-buying campaign money. It is an unfair and corrupt system. It is also […]
From The Watergate Era’s “Suitcases Filled With Cash” To Today’s Billions In Secret Campaign Money
|Press Releases |Campaign Finance Reform Money In Politics Watergateby Jackie Howell“If money is buying influence and results over government policies, then most Americans are shut out, because the campaign finance system is dominated by people […]
D21 Endorses Government By The People Act, Which Would Create An Innovative Way To Finance Campaigns And Lessen The Big-Money Stranglehold On Elections
|Press Releases |Campaign Finance Reform Money In Politics Small Donor Matching Systemby Jackie HowellRepresentative John Sarbanes (D-MD), joined by Representatives Joe Neguse (D-CO), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), and Chellie Pingree (D-ME), recently reintroduced the Government By The People Act, which […]
How States Are Leading In The Fight Against Big Money In Campaigns
|Press Releases |Campaign Finance Reform Democracy Reforms Money In Politics Small Donor Matching Systemby Jackie Howell“States and municipalities aren’t waiting for Congress to lead on limiting big money in politics,” Democracy 21 advisor Matt Keller and Christine Wood, co-director of […]
Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Campaign Finance Reform Money In Politics TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn this week’s note, Fred examines two issues in the news — first, the growing dangerous rhetoric coming from former President Donald Trump, and second, […]
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