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Why the Lame Duck Session Might Be Campaign Finance Advocates’ Last Hope

By | 10.28.10 | 5:50 pm

Most campaign finance reform advocates are calling for greater restrictions — or at least stricter disclosure requirements — on donations from outside groups in response to the flood of spending in the 2010 elections. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.), one of the few Republicans this election cycle who’s facing a moderately strong More…

Koch Brothers Spend Big to Derail Greenhouse Gas Law in California

By | 09.09.10 | 12:15 pm

Are the Koch brothers thoughtful billionaires committed to the free expression of their libertarian beliefs, or do they pick their political causes with an eye trained closely to the enrichment of their carbon-heavy industries? The answer, of course, is a little bit of both, but Dan Morain of the Sacramento More…

If You Thought That New Yorker Cover Was Bad…

By | 10.15.08 | 4:22 pm

The Sacramento County Republican Party just took down inflammatory material from its website that urged readers to “waterboard Barack Obama” and stated that “the difference between Obama and Osama is BS.”

Admittedly, among the many vile and incendiary charges leveled against Obama, this latter one was at least moderately More…