Category: Politics
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Will Democrats sell your political opinions to credit card companies?
By Lois Beckett
ProPublica.org
For years, state Democratic parties have been gathering information about individual voters’ political leanings. They have noted down the opinions voters shared with canvassers — which candidates they said they supported or their positions on policy issues. Now, the record of what people told Democratic volunteers may go up for sale — and not just to political groups. -
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Karl Rove-affiliated groups spend $175 million, lose 21 of 30 races
By Michael Beckel and Reity O’Brien
Center for Public Integrity
If Karl Rove was an NFL coach and not a political strategist, he would probably be looking for a new job about now. Organizations co-founded by the GOP’s most effective fundraiser spent more than $175 million only to see President Barack Obama win a second term and Democrats actually gain seats in the U.S. Senate. -
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Romney benefits from post-Citizens United spending; American Crossroads top spender since Labor Day
By Rachael Marcus
The Center for Public Integrity
Since Labor Day, the once-unofficial start of the election season, 70 percent of outside spending on the presidential race made possible by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision has benefited Mitt Romney, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis. -
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What we still don’t know about Mitt Romney’s taxes
By Theodoric Meyer
ProPublica
With the documents MittRomney released recently, we know a bit more about his taxes. We know, for instance, that Romney paid a rate of 14.1 percent on $13.7 million in income on his 2011 tax return, which he achieved by purposely overpaying.
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