Dan Backer, Tireless Advocate Of Oligarchy
Dan Backer, free speech lawyer to billionaires, is flouting a Federal Elections Commission officer’s order to rename his Stop R.E.I.D. PAC. Apparently, one of the few rules the FEC is…
Secret Recording Of Dinesh D’Souza By His Lover’s Husband Might Sink Him
Dinesh D'Souza's chance at beating his criminal case took a turn for the worse when it was revealed in the NY Times that a secret recording was made by his…
Ron Paul Wants Tax-Exempt Status, But Doesn’t Want To Obey The Rules
By karoli April 16, 2014 4:30 pm - Comments Ron Paul's group is being fined for incomplete filings, which are required for them to maintain tax-exempt status. 12 sec ago…
Now Dan Backer Wants To “Disrupt” The Senate By Electing Sarah Palin
Not content with legalizing political bribery, ‘super PAC’ lawyer Dan Backer is trying to draft Sarah Palin to run for the United States Senate against incumbent Democrat Mark Begich. In…
What Newly Released Docs Tell Us About The IRS And How It Handles Dark Money Groups
by Kim Barker and Theodoric Meyer ProPublica, April 9, 2014, 11:52 p.m. A GOP-led House committee voted Wednesday to seek criminal charges against former IRS official Lois Lerner, who used…
Dan Backer Accidentally Admits Money Is Not Speech
In a Skype interview with Huffington Post Live today, super PAC attorney Dan Backer responded to Marc Lamont Hill’s questions about his Supreme Court victory with what appears to be…
A Blistering Dissent in ‘McCutcheon’: Conservatives Substituted Opinion for Fact
Central to the Supreme Court’s campaign finance decisions in the John Roberts era is that the government’s only legitimate interest in this area is preventing direct, quid pro quo corruption…
Dan Backer’s Revealing Victory Lap After McCutcheon v FEC Decision
Dan Backer called into the Steve Malzberg Show yesterday to pat himself on the back for winning the McCutcheon v FEC decision in the Supreme Court. Backer is the foremost…
Supreme Court Endorses Dan Backer’s Billionaire Agenda
In a 5-4 decision, today the United States Supreme Court struck down campaign finance laws that limited how much money a billionaire can use to bribe politicians lubricate their legislative…
Will The IRS Snipe Hunt Finally Unravel After CPAC?
In Washington, DC, last week, Darrell Issa cut off Elijah Cumming’s microphone as his colleague decried what is clearly a political snipe hunt. “I am tired of this,” Cummings continued,…