In her first campaign appearance since announcing her candidacy on Sunday, Hillary Clinton called for a constitutional amendment to restrict political speech by overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Clinton also tried to frame herself as a populist by blasting CEOs and hedge fund managers. At a Tuesday roundtable event at Kirkwood Community College […]
The conservative group Citizens United is launching an advertising campaign in Utah urging residents to call U.S. Sen. Mike Lee and thank him for his conservative policies. Citizens United president David Bossie says the group wants Utah residents to recognize Lee and enable him to feel confident in his agenda. They’ve spent $200,000 on the […]
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is about to get a big boost back home in Utah from national conservative group Citizens United, which is launching a $200,000 television, radio and digital ad buy thanking Lee for his work on the conservative reform agenda. “His plan helps working families and the middle class to prosper with Utah […]
NBC’s new show American Odyssey is a retelling of Homer’s classic tale and also, according to its creators, an illustration of the dangers of Citizens United to American democracy. The show focuses on Sgt. Odelle Ballard, a woman soldier working with special forces in North Africa. Odelle’s team stumbles upon evidence that a major U.S. […]
As the April 6 editorial “Political speech or corruption?” argued, it’s easier and easier in this post-Citizens United world for big campaign donors to attempt to influence our elected officials or even effectively select each party’s nominee months before voters get to weigh in. While we should not rush to judge Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), […]
As Congress jetted off to yet another recess, many liberals caught the first plane out of town. Here in Washington, DC the preferred airport of most Members of Congress is Ronald Reagan National Airport. Located on the banks of the Potomac it’s the fastest way out of town and back to their home districts. The […]
The conservative group Citizens United is going to have to wait a bit longer for Hillary Clinton’s flight manifests from the State Department. A judge set deadlines for the State Department to begin releasing Clinton’s travel information, with the first date set for last Friday, after the group sued the agency after it failed to […]
Last week the legislatures in Indiana and Arkansas passed their own Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRA), similar to the laws in 19 other states and the federal government. Indiana’s governor, Mike Pence, was pummeled on national television and Indianapolis became ground zero for protesters. Opponents of Indiana’s RFRA have claimed it will legalize discrimination against […]
When comparing the potential Republican and Democrat fields for president in 2016, two things in particular absolutely jump off the page. First, the staggering discrepancy in ages when you survey the two lists is startling. For the Democrats, however, age is not the only major problem facing their presidential prospects for both today and 2020. […]
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”) signed into law by Governor Mike Pence is hardly new legislation. It’s modeled on a federal law that was enacted in 1993. The public outcry Indiana’s new law has inspired is as misleading as it is misguided. In 1993 then-Congressman Charles Schumer sponsored legislation to apply a higher standard […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – An upcoming South Carolina gathering that features several potential Republican presidential contenders has added another name to the guest list, organizers announced this week. Organizers of the summit organized by Citizens United and U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan told The Associated Press that former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton […]
Emails and other communications exchanged among three of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s inner circle of advisers and officials at her family’s foundation and a controversial consulting firm are at the center of the latest transparency lawsuit to hit the Department of State. Citizens United, a right-leaning activist nonprofit, sued the department March 16 […]