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Tag: Super PACs

  • DAILY REALITY CHECK: Democrats Can Sweep—If They Break Their Dependency on Israel and AIPAC

    The electorate has changed. Democratic leadership has not. Its contradictions on Israel, political money, Muslim Americans, and free political debate are becoming impossible for voters to ignore. Democrats have been handed an extraordinary political opportunity. Republicans are vulnerable. Donald Trump…

  • Tuesday’s Primaries Turned Big Money Into a Sunk Cost

    AIPAC can still protect established politicians, and Trump can still influence Republican primaries. But Tuesday proved that money and endorsements are becoming less reliable substitutes for organic voter support. A day before Michigan’s August 4 primary, Royal Politics warned that…

  • DAILY REALITY CHECK: Excessive Political Spending Is Becoming a Liability

    The old political machine still believes money creates legitimacy. Increasingly, it creates suspicion. For decades, the formula was simple: raise more money, buy more advertisements, dominate the airwaves and overwhelm the opposition. The candidate with the largest war chest was…

  • FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC? Congress Performs for AIPAC While America Waits

    There is something deeply revealing about watching Washington discover urgency whenever the political interests of a foreign ally are involved. Housing can remain unaffordable. Americans can postpone medical care because they cannot afford it. Families can fall behind on rent.…

  • How Money Moves Through Politics

    Money does not move through politics in one straight line; it moves through campaigns, parties, PACs, Super PACs, nonprofit networks, dark-money groups, shell companies, lobbyists, think tanks, media buys, donor events, consulting contracts, judicial pipelines, executive appointments, regulatory influence, insider…

  • How Money Moves Through Politics

    Money does not move through politics in one straight line; it moves through campaigns, parties, PACs, Super PACs, nonprofit networks, dark-money groups, shell companies, lobbyists, think tanks, media buys, donor events, consulting contracts, judicial pipelines, executive appointments, regulatory influence, insider…