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26 Apr 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
California – Los Angeles City Council Committee Takes Steps on Ethics Reform at City Hall Los Angeles Daily Breeze – City News Service | Published: 4/18/2024 A Los Angeles City Council committee advanced a series of proposed changes to the city charter intended to bolster the independence of the Ethics Commission and enhance its enforcement powers. [read post]
19 Apr 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Ex-Congressman Asks 11th Circuit to Toss Six-Figure Campaign Finance Penalty Courthouse News Service – Kayla Gogging | Published: 4/16/2024 Former U.S. [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 4:39 am by SHG
Disney premieres a live action version of “The Little Mermaid” starring Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Kevin McCarthy Uses PAC to Lavish Cash on High-End Resorts, Private Jets and Fine Dining MSN – Paul Pringle and Adam Elmahrek (Los Angeles Times) | Published: 12/7/2023 As her exits Congress two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, political obituaries tout Kevin McCarthy’s skills as a prolific fundraiser on behalf of Republican candidates. [read post]
22 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The Senate Dress Code Gets a Casual Overhaul DNyuz – Robert Jimison (New York Times) | Published: 9/19/2023 In the tradition-bound halls of the U.S. [read post]
30 Aug 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
”The writer of that column, center-left political commentator Dana Milbank, referred to an observation from the scholar Michael Holzman: “For American Jews, the disappearance of liberal democracy would be a disaster…. [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Supreme Court Justices and Donors Mingle at Campus Visits. [read post]
30 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal How Judges Navigate Offers of Free Lunch, Trips and NBA Tickets Bloomberg Law – Zoe Tillman (Bloomberg News) | Published: 6/25/2023 Recent controversies over perks accepted by Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have raised questions not only about the justices’ conduct off the bench and what they disclose to the public, but also about how the judiciary broadly enforces ethics. [read post]
2 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Nikki Haley Slams Foreign Lobbyists While Accepting Funds from Them ABC News – Soo Rin Kim | Published: 5/31/2023 Despite calling for a ban on foreign lobbying, in which Americans lobby lawmakers and the public for foreign interests, Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has raised tens of thousands of dollars in donations from foreign lobbyists, disclosure reports show. [read post]
26 May 2023, 10:08 am by David Kopel
Delegates to the 1777 Continental Congress included  future Supreme Court Chief Justice Samuel Chase, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Francis Dana, Elbridge Gerry, John Hancock, the two Charles Carrolls from Maryland, John Witherspoon (President of Princeton, the great American college for free thought), Benjamin Harrison (father and grandfather of two Presidents), Francis Lightfoot Lee, and Richard Henry Lee . [read post]
19 May 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
District Court Judge John Walter, who has presided over a series of City Hall graft cases, bemoaned “the crushing weight of corruption” as he imposed the sentence on Shen Zhen New World I. [read post]
15 May 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Washington: “Before Rule Change, AG Bob Ferguson Moves $1.2M ‘Surplus’ to Campaign” by Jim Brunner for Seattle Times Elections National: “CNN Leadership Under Fire After ‘Disastrous’ Trump Town Hall” by Paul Farhi and Jeremy Barr (Washington Post) for MSN Ohio: “Ohio Lawmakers Vote to Set Aug. 8 Election for Controversial 60% Constitutional Amendment Proposal” by Andrew Tobias and Jake… [read post]
6 Jan 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
While no one at City Hall says the council members violated the suite usage policy, some there are questioning whether it was appropriate for elected leaders to attend events in the skybox with campaign donors. [read post]
2 Dec 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Candidates Recoup $5M in Old Campaign Loans So Far Thanks to Ted Cruz’s $555K Court Win MSN – Todd Gillman (Dallas Morning News) | Published: 11/24/2022 In May, the U.S. [read post]
7 Oct 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal DataVault Requests US Election Agency’s Advice to Send NFTs as a Campaign Fundraising Incentive Cointelegraph – Turner Wright | Published: 10/4/2022 The legal team behind nonfungible token (NFT) firm DataVault Holdings requested an advisory opinion from the FEC on using NFTs for campaign fundraising efforts. [read post]
7 Sep 2022, 7:01 am by Ezra Rosser
Noah D Hall, Flint’s Fight for Environmental Rights, 117 Nw. [read post]
2 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Document Reveals Identity of Donors Who Secretly Funded Nikki Haley’s Political Nonprofit Yahoo News – Alex Isenstadt (Politico) | Published: 8/26/2022 Many of the Republican Party’s biggest donors are among those who funneled anonymous contributions to former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley’s nonprofit as she lays the groundwork for a prospective 2024 presidential bid, according to previously unreported tax documents. [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Residents have been calling for the council to limit the influence that special interests like the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, the Los Angeles Angels, and Disney-funded PACs have on City Hall. [read post]
10 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Broken Redistricting Process Winds Down, with No Repairs in Sight San Juan Daily Star – Michael Wines (New York Times) | Published: 6/6/2022 The once-a-decade process of drawing new boundaries for the nation’s 435 congressional districts is limping toward a close with the nation’s two political parties roughly at parity. [read post]