Daily Media Links 4/24: White Gloves Not Needed, RNC knocks Obama over lobbyist coziness, and more…

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April 24, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Independent groups Institute for Justice: Who Wants to Overturn Citizens United? Self-Serving Elected Officials. By Bill Maurer Who, exactly, are the “grassroots” to which they ...

Daily Media Links 4/23: Liberals should leave our First Amendment alone,Struggling Obama super-PAC asks Clinton for help, and more…

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April 23, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Independent groups Washington Examiner: Liberals should leave our First Amendment alone Editorial The U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment has long been understood to protect the ...

Daily Media Links 4/20: Dirty political money, Shady super PAC riles GOP , and more…

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April 20, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

In the News NY Post: Dirty political money  by Brad Smith What is surprising is that they’re holding up the New York City campaign-finance model ...

Daily Media Links 4/19: Citizens United Amendment Sponsors Look to Grassroots, Push to Overturn Citizens United, and more…

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April 19, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Independent groups National Journal, Influence Alley: Citizens United Amendment Sponsors Look to Grassroots by Andrew Joseph The sponsors of several constitutional amendments that would overturn ...

Daily Media Links 4/18: One Donor Gave One-Third of Pro-Republican Group’s Funds, Pro-Obama super PAC runs ad bashing Mitt Romney, and more…

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April 18, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Independent groups Bloomberg: One Donor Gave One-Third of Pro-Republican Group’s Funds by Heidi Przybyla and Jonathan D. Salant Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, a nonprofit group ...

Daily Media Links 4/17: Clinton, Giuliani, Edwards campaigns still in debt, Pro-Obama super-PAC ad hits Romney on Bain Capital past, and more…

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April 17, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Independent groups Roll Call: Rules of the Game: Dissecting Super PAC Consulting   by Eliza Newlin Carney As super PACs gear up to spend ...

Daily Media Links 4/16: Md. lawmakers take on political spending spree, Newt Gingrich rents donor list to raise cash, and more…

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April 16, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

In the News USA Today: Corporations under pressure on political spending by Fredreka Schouten and Martha T. Moore “If the U.S. Chamber of Commerce runs ...

Daily Media Links 4/13: AFL-CIO forms a ‘super PAC’ focused on union organization, Would the Supreme Court Uphold a Ban on Super PACs Closely Linked to Candidates?, and more…

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April 13, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Independent groups Huffington Post: Constitution Check: Would the Supreme Court Uphold a Ban on Super PACs Closely Linked to Candidates?  by Lyle Denniston One ...

Daily Media links 4/12: A Case Study of the Super PAC Era, Why the John Edwards Trial Is a Bigger Deal Than You Think, and more…

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April 12, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Independent groups Reuters: Lawyer behind Super PAC ruling launches his own by Susan Heavey Republican James Bopp, who advised Citizens United in its case ...

Daily Media Links 4/11: 5 options for Santorum’s war chest, Cantor staff error to blame for anti-incumbent super PAC donation, and more…

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April 11, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Independent groups Politico 44: Crossroads launches $1.7M ad campaign against Obama by Byron Tau Crossroads GPS, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the GOP super PAC ...

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