Ted Cruz Hates "New York Values" But Sure Loves New York Money
Does Cruz's critique of New Yorkers apply to the New Yorkers bankrolling his campaigns?
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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Obama Delivers More Pretty Words, Ugly Inaction on Money in Politics
Obama said he couldn't change the current campaign finance system on his own. But yes he could.
One Map That Explains the Dangerous Saudi-Iranian Conflict
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I Was Wrong: Big Banks Actually Were Exactly Like Counterfeiters
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Sanders Would Dominate Money Race With Small Donor Matching Funds
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Poll: Voters Strongly Favor Small Donor Matching Funds
When respondents were asked to rate how warmly they felt about issues, people, and groups, campaign finance reform received the warmest response of anyone or anything else.
Go See “The Big Short” Right Now — And Then Read This
The housing bubble was such a gargantuan crime that no movie can capture more than a tiny corner of it. There's much more to what happened, and even seven years after the bailout, little of it is widely understood.
"Snowden Effect" in Action: NSA Authority to Collect Bulk Phone Metadata Expires
The National Security Agency no longer has authority to collect phone metadata in bulk as of midnight, Saturday, November 28.
“Destroying Us From the Inside”: Retired Politicians Launch Attack on Big Money Politics
The 108-member, bipartisan ReFormers Caucus endorses much but not all of a strong campaign finance reform agenda released this summer.
George H.W. Bush Was So Bored by Peace He Wanted to Quit
A new biography says Bush “suffered from a post-victory despondency after the Persian Gulf war of 1991.”