Oct 30
2012
New report shows PACs and nonprofits enabled by Citizens United court case are mostly underwriting campaigns of Mitt Romney and other Republicans. Democratic-leaning PACs account for only 28 percent of spending. A report from the Center for Responsive Politics.
Oct 30
2012
Maybe you can blame it on the moderators, but for the first time since 1988 neither of the presidential candidates said a word about global warming and neither did their vice-presidential counterparts during the debates. Even Sarah Palin acknowledged global warming in her 2008 debate with VP Joe Biden. In his debate with Obama in 2008, Sen. McCain said, “We may hand our children and grandchildren a damaged planet.” Obama said in that same debate that, “This is one of the biggest challenges of our times and it is absolutely critical that we understand that this is not just a[...]
Oct 29
2012
ProPublica reports on the the failure of the U.S. government, from the Nixon administration forward, to use its power to end segregation in housing. “The lack of political courage around these issues is stunning,” said one former federal housing official.
Oct 28
2012
Oct 28
2012
Oct 28
2012
Kathy Hochul and Chris Collins will spend more than $4 million on television advertising this campaign season to win a job that pays $174,000 a year. But it’s not really about the pay, it’s about control of Congress, which Democrats are trying to wrestle back from the Republicans after losing it two years ago. An Investigative Post analysis of spending in TV ads for the 27th District race, based on contracts on file with major network affiliates in Buffalo and Rochester, found that Collins has outspent Hochul $2.2 million vs. $1.7 million, thanks in large part to the[...]
Oct 28
2012
While the term is little used these days, David Cay Johnston might be best described as a muckraker for his work as an investigative reporter producing both award-winning newspaper stories and best-selling books. Salon in 2004 said Johnston “has cultivated a reputation for being the kind of reporter unafraid to speak truth to power. He is diligent, persistent, and has a network of sources deep in government and in the corporate world.” Johnston got his first reporting job at age 19 with the San Jose Mercury News. He went on to report for the Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times,[...]
Oct 27
2012