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ICYMI: For super PACs & other outside groups, going negative can be a positive.
60%+ of their spending attacks candidates. About $1 of every $7 targets just 3 Dems running for Senate: Talarico, Brown and El-Sayed.
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BREAKING: SCOTUS strikes down longstanding limits on how much money party committees can spend in coordination with candidates, upending the campaign finance landscape in the middle of the 2026 midterm election cycle. notus.org/money/supreme-cour…
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“This is how the system works and this is how industries try to wield their influence,” said @BrendanGlavin, director of insights @OpenSecretsDC. “It’s about letting people know that they appreciate your support, and that there are people out there who are behind your position.”
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Apple. sponsor of the #SuperBowlLX halftime show, spent $10 million on lobbying in 2025, its bigger amount ever, according to @OpenSecretsDC.
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OpenSecrets.org retweeted
In an era where so much bad stuff is already know about politicians, how do you reboot a good-government transparency watchdog?
@OpenSecretsDC is trying.
“ … healthy skepticism is a really necessary thing in a democracy.”
My Sunday column:
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OpenSecrets.org retweeted
Timothy Mellon, who donated $130M to pay the military, was the second biggest donor in the 2024 election ($197M), according to data we analyzed at @OpenSecretsDC. opensecrets.org/elections-ov…
OpenSecrets.org retweeted
How powerful are super PACs in politics these days?
Hugely.
According to @OpenSecretsDC super PACs spent $4.1 BILLION on ads in during the 2024 election cycle.
That's 28% of all spending in federal elections.
Rep. Summer Lee introduced a bill that would ABOLISH super PAC spending in federal elections, severely curtailing the corrupting influence that billionaires and corporations exert in our political process. The bill places a $5,000 per calendar year limit.
abolishingsuperpacs.org/
OpenSecrets.org retweeted
How @Oracle quietly built itself into a massive political powerhouse.
My explainer in @OpenSecretsDC opensecrets.org/news/2025/09…
OpenSecrets.org retweeted
Among the legislative priorities facing Congress this month: a bill banning federal lawmakers and their immediate family members from trading individual stocks.
One reason this topic is hot: So many lawmakers keep violating the existing STOCK Act.
Among them this year: 👇🏼
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The numbers for January-June political fundraising are in, and we've tallied them up to see which House and Senate candidates raised the most money, and who has the most in the bank. More data at: opensecrets.org/news/2025/07…
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We are hiring at @OpenSecretsDC! If you are interested in working with and analyzing large datasets - and you care about government transparency and accountability - apply now to join our research team. opensecrets.org/about/jobs?1
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What happens when you announce your intention to create a new political party but don't file paperwork with the @FEC?
Jokers and potential fraudsters rush in, reports @davelevinthal for @OpenSecretsDC in wake of @elonmusk announcing the America Party
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Meanwhile, @RepFields (D-La.) purchased a massive amount of stock in June while sitting on a House committee that oversees financial markets.
His office declined to answer a series of questions and released a one-line statement to @OpenSecretsDC. opensecrets.org/news/2025/07…
OpenSecrets.org retweeted
Supreme Court agrees to hear a Republican-backed effort to lift caps on campaign spending cnn.it/4lAgYCs
OpenSecrets.org retweeted
What is Dark Money? @OpenSecretsDC #CampaignFinance #DarkMoney #Resource #TEI opensecrets.org/dark-money
OpenSecrets.org retweeted
And read the original stories here in @FortuneMagazine and @OpenSecretsDC:
1.) fortune.com/2025/06/11/kelly…
2.) opensecrets.org/news/2025/06…
OpenSecrets.org retweeted
Five weeks have now passed since the @FEC entered a period of de facto shutdown for lack of enough commissioners. President Donald Trump alone can nominate new commissioners. To date, he has not.
About this, via @OpenSecretsDC: opensecrets.org/news/2025/05…
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What is Dark Money? @OpenSecretsDC #CampaignFinance #DarkMoney #Resource #TEI opensecrets.org/dark-money
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For the @FEC’s golden anniversary, it got a massive Bronx cheer from a congressional committee.
From me in @OpenSecretsDC: opensecrets.org/news/2025/05…
