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BREAKING! Major #SCOTUS @FEC decision determining how 2018 #campaignfinance will be reported.
In a nutshell: It limits the ability of #darkmoney groups to keep their donor lists secret this election. /1
In a nutshell: It limits the ability of #darkmoney groups to keep their donor lists secret this election. /1
@FEC This is a real victory for transparency. As a result, the American people will be better informed about who’s paying for the ads they’re seeing this election season.
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@FEC The details:
8/3: Trial court rules @FEC regulation allowing #darkmoney groups to hide donors is illegal. Delays killing reg until 9/17.
9/15: DC Circ. declines to extend that delay; Chief Justice Roberts *does* extend it.
Full #SCOTUS just flipped that: The reg is dead. /3
8/3: Trial court rules @FEC regulation allowing #darkmoney groups to hide donors is illegal. Delays killing reg until 9/17.
9/15: DC Circ. declines to extend that delay; Chief Justice Roberts *does* extend it.
Full #SCOTUS just flipped that: The reg is dead. /3
#CampaignFinance records from the 1990 effort showed that
#Pence then 31, had been using political DONATIONS to pay the MORTGAGE on his house, his personal CREDIT CARD bill, groceries, GOLF tournament
fees and CAR PAYMENTS
for his wife.
#Resistance #Resist washingtonpost.com/politics/mike-…
#Pence then 31, had been using political DONATIONS to pay the MORTGAGE on his house, his personal CREDIT CARD bill, groceries, GOLF tournament
fees and CAR PAYMENTS
for his wife.
#Resistance #Resist washingtonpost.com/politics/mike-…
#Pence's older brothers, Ed Pence, is an executive at Cummins Inc., a company that manufactures engines for the #Russian military and has also used LOBBYING firms connected with #PaulManafort, indicating that Pence may have ties to #Russia.
#TrumpRussia
snopes.com/fact-check/mik…
#TrumpRussia
snopes.com/fact-check/mik…
#Pence gives #Putin brophile a new meaning and takes Russiaphilia to a whole new level. It gives Pence MOTIVE for IGNORING U.S. Congressman Cummings’ warning, last November, re #FLYNN.
Cummins is deeply involved in #Russia through sales and joint ventures.
miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/is-…
Cummins is deeply involved in #Russia through sales and joint ventures.
miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/is-…
1. Ricky Johnston from Las Vegas admitted to receiving over 600 images of toddlers & children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison.
#childpornography #childsexabuse #RickyJohnston #projectsafechildhood
justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/las…
#childpornography #childsexabuse #RickyJohnston #projectsafechildhood
justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/las…
2. Operation Darkness Falls results in arrest one of the most prolific dark net drug dealers in the world.
Matthew & Holly Roberts used the darknet marketplace to distribute #fentanyl #oxycodone #heroin #meth & other drugs.
#darknet #silkroad #alphabay
justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/o…
Matthew & Holly Roberts used the darknet marketplace to distribute #fentanyl #oxycodone #heroin #meth & other drugs.
#darknet #silkroad #alphabay
justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/o…
We’re very pleased to have not lost any followers in The Twitter Bot Purge of 2018. We have 49,864 real human followers who actually give a damn about #campaignfinance, it would appear!
It’s a big election year! RT this, follow @alt_fec & help us crack 50k followers! 146 to go!
It’s a big election year! RT this, follow @alt_fec & help us crack 50k followers! 146 to go!
136 to go. That’s not a quick response from the Twitter community – that’s some bad math.
Shameless self-promotion dept.: 82 followers to go! We may be finding the upper limit on who cares about elections in this country. RT and follow @alt_fec and help us crack 50k.
Now is perhaps as good a moment as any to brush up on the concept of “in-kind contributions.” Under federal law, these are amounts paid to influence an election that don’t go through campaign's bank account. The key word here is "contributions." That's what they are. /1
Let's take a keg of beer at a campaign event. If the campaign paid for it, it has to be reported as an expense. /2
But if someone who's not the candidate brought it, that’s an in-kind contribution. It doesn’t matter that the campaign never saw the cash. The beer purchase has to be reported by the campaign as a contribution, and then as an expense. /3
