Donald Trump Finds an Easy Mark in Urine Mogul Robert Mercer
Trump supporter and Hedge fund manager Robert Mercer has a long history of being an incredibly easy mark for cranks and grifters.
Jon Schwarz
Before joining First Look Media, Jon Schwarz worked for Michael Moore’s Dog Eat Dog Films and was a research producer for Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story.” He’s contributed to many publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, and Slate, as well as NPR and "Saturday Night Live." In 2003, he collected on a $1,000 bet that Iraq would have no weapons of mass destruction.
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Hillary Clinton Privately Pitched Corporations on "Really Low" Tax Rate for Money Stashed Abroad
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Both Campaigns Enthusiastically Violate Ban on Super PAC Coordination, Watchdog Says
After years of inaction by the Federal Election Commission, the campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have realized that financing rules can be ignored.
It Takes a Remorseful Tax Cheat to Catch a Tax Cheat, and Donald Trump Isn’t
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FEC Stalemate on Banning Foreign Money in U.S. Elections Could Be Ending
The minor forward motion comes after The Intercept showed how foreign money is flowing into U.S. elections.
The Assassination of Orlando Letelier and the Politics of Silence
Forty years ago today, agents working for Augusto Pinochet assassinated Chilean exile Orlando Letelier with the apparent complicity of the U.S. government.
Throng of Corporate Criminals Demands "Rule of Law" in Apple EU Tax Case
"In the interest of all countries that respect the rule of law, this decision must not be allowed to stand," says the Business Roundtable.
FEC Republicans Kill Attempt to Block Foreign Money in U.S. Elections
Republican opposition was so categorical they opposed even drafting new regulations to prevent corporations owned by foreign governments from putting money into U.S. politics.
More Proof the U.S. National Anthem Has Always Been Tainted With Racism
Our current difficulty in facing our past honestly and soberly strongly suggests that we are still a long way from laying it to rest.
Foreign Spending on U.S. Elections Threatens National Security, FEC Commissioner Says
Ellen Weintraub is asking the full commission to plug the flow of foreign money into American political campaigns.