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Sheldon Adelson: GOP's Answer To George Soros?

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vets for Freedom, George Soros, Barack Obama, Sheldon Adelsen, Sheldon Adelson, Adelson, Freedom's Watch, John McCain, Republican Jewish Coalition, Republican National Committee, Politics News

Sheldon Adelson, the 74-year-old casino billionaire who has become the third richest man in America and who has strong ties to the hard-line Likud Par...

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Blue America PAC Takes On Freedom's Watch Billionaires

Howie Klein | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Blue Dogs, Freedom's Watch, Gas Prices, Don Cazayoux, Blue America, Mike Farrell, Linda Stender, Politics News

We went into overdrive and put together an incredible team to write, produce and deliver calls to every person Freedom's Watch has attacked with robo calls in nearly 20 Democractic districts.

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Conservative Group Running Robocalls Against Vulnerable Dems

Politico | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch Ad Campaign, Freedom's Watch, Democratic House Candidates, Conservative Activism, 2008 Election, Robocalls, Politics News

Freedom's Watch, the conservative advocacy group that has vowed to spend millions against Democratic congressional candidates this fall, will be runni...

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Obama's Opt-Out of Public Financing Will Increase the Odds of True Public Financing for All Federal Races

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Presidential Campaign, Public Financing, Barack Obama, Breaking News, Freedom's Watch, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Obama Public Financing, 2008 Election, Politics News

Our goal shouldn't be to keep money out of politics -- but rather to keep big money out of politics.

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Report: Rove Being Paid Six Figures By Freedom's Watch

Mother Jones | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedoms Watch, Karl Rove, Rove Freedoms Watch, Freedom's Watch, Politics News

In a new National Journal article (not available online), writer Peter Stone dives deep into the conservative establishment and gets campaign staffers...

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Front Groups/Swiftboaters and Dirty Tricks

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Center for Public Integrity, Politics News

There are already a few groups damaging the election process, but there are also good investigative reporters exposing these groups.

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Campaign AdWatch: Freedom's Watch Follies

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch, Gas Prices, Larry King, Nancy Pelosi, Campaign Ads, Politics News

Here at Campaign AdWatch, we see an awful lot of politically themed ads. And most of them are just awful, which stands to reason, since the people wh...

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Stopping the Swift Boaters Now

Brian Wolff | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch, Dccc, Special Election, Swiftboating, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Political Ads, Don Cazayoux, National Republican Congressional Committee, Nrcc, Fec, La-06, Politics News

Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed a FEC complaint against the swift-boat group Freedom's Watch and the NRCC for illegally coordinating their political attack ads.

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Freedom's Watch Ad Illegally Written By GOP, Democrats Say

Huffington Post | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch, Politics News

The Washington Post reports that Democrats are accusing the Republican party of covertly and illegally being behind a new ad by the conservative group...

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Freedom's Watch Beset By Internal Problems

NY Times | Michael Luo | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch Ad Campaign, Freedom's Watch, Ari Fleischer, Freedom's Watch Internal Problems, Ari Fleisher Freedom's Watch, Freedom's Watch Spending, Politics News

The conservative group Freedom's Watch, headlined by two former senior White House officials, had been expected to be a deep-pocketed juggernaut in th...

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Boomers: The Iraq War and Your Second Chance to Save our Democracy

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, The White House Project, National Security, Freedom's Watch, Civil-Military Relations, Military, Vietnam War, 527s, American Democracy, Conflict Resolution, Dialogue, Democratic Renewal, Politics News

The military understands that we need to move toward persuasion and away from coercion as our guiding principle. But they can't become the public advocates of it. That is our job.

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Watching Freedom's Watch: How Your Money Flows From Vegas To John McCain

James Boyce | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sheldon Adelson, Freedoms Watch, Newsladder, Las Vegas, Politics News

Sheldon Adelson has perverted the service of our troops and created a front group to promote war. It's run by people who never served, to take advantage of the sacrifice of those who have.

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Watching Freedom's Watch: A Classic Front Group

Dave Johnson and James Boyce | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedoms Watch, Newsladder, Front Groups, Swift Boat Veterans, Politics News

The people working for Freedom's Watch are not tireless grassroots advocates, they are paid professionals.

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Watching Freedom's Watch: The Donors

Dave Johnson and James Boyce | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Swiftboating, Freedoms Watch, Karl Rove, Politics News

In Freedom's Watch, we see a front group on steroids, a massive death star of right wing machinery, floating, ready and waiting.

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Full Frontal Scrutiny: exposing front groups

Craig Newmark | Posted 01.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Freedom's Watch, Ari Fleischer, Front Groups, Telecoms, Media News

Front gropus are sometimes called "astroturf," since they're the opposite of honest grassroots efforts. More bluntly, the purpose of a front group is to deceive consumers or voters.

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Reading The Pictures: Freedom Watch Salutes The Troops. (Hat Tip To 9/11.)

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.10.2007 | Media

Read More: 9/11, Freedom's Watch, Nbc, Troops, Freedom's Watch Ad Campaign, NBC Freedom's Watch, NBC Rejects Freedom's Watch, Media News

So NBC caved on Friday and decided to let the right wing propaganda group, Freedom's Watch, run a national TV ad "thanking our troops."

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The Lamest Tug-of-War Game Ever

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 12.09.2007 | Media

Read More: Religion, Censors, Jesus, Nbc, Fox, Conservative, Liberal, Bill O'Reilly, Censorship, Religious, Mainstream Media, Freedoms Watch, Media, Media Bias, Media News

If we can't even air each other's commercials, then we're in more trouble than I initially thought.

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NBC Refuses To Run Ad From Conservative Group

AP | Jim Kuhnhenn | Posted 12.07.2007 | Media

Read More: Freedom's Watch Ad Campaign, Freedom's Watch, Nbc, NBC Freedom's Watch, NBC Rejects Freedom's Watch, Media News

NBC has rejected a TV ad by Freedom's Watch, a conservative group that supports administration policy in Iraq, that asks viewers to remember and thank...

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Fool Me Once Shame On You, Fool Me Twice Shame On Me...After Iraq

Tom Andrews | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, Freedoms Watch, Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities, War With Iran, Iran, Kyl-Lieberman Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran Atomic Bomb, Politics News

Don't get too comfortable with this new NIE report. It is not likely to dissuade those itching for an attack on Iran.

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From the People Who Brought You the War in Iraq Comes War With Iran

Tom Andrews | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch, Richard J. Fox, Dr. John Templeton, Howard Leach, Win Without War, Ari Fleischer, Bush Iran, Gary Erlbaum, Robert Gard, Anthony Gioia, Kevin Moley, Edward Snider, Sheldon Adelson, Jr, Mel Sembler, Larry Wilkerson, Kyl-Lieberman Iran, Politics News

As far as President Bush and Vice President Cheney are concerned, Congress has the green light permanently lit if and when they decide it is time to "shock and awe" Iran.

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Freedom's Watch Watch: Vulnerable Democrats Shrug Off New Iraq Ads

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Breaking Political News, Democrats, 2008, Iraq, Freedom's Watch, House of Representatives, Politics News

If House Democrats are worried about Freedom's Watch calling them out in newspaper ads in their local districts, they aren't showing it. "In an age o...

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Freedom's Watch Watch: New Veterans Day Ads Target Dems On Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Breaking Political News, Democrats, Freedom's Watch, House of Representatives, Politics News

The morning after the country observed Veterans Day, newspaper readers in seven cities woke up to full page ads blasting their local Democratic repres...

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Freedom's Watch Watch: Iran Gathering Yields No Plan For Future Moves

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Iran, Breaking Political News, 2008 Election, Freedom's Watch, Republicans, Politics News

One month after Freedom's Watch emerged with a $15 million ad buy supporting a sustained Iraq war, the New York Times reported that the group was turn...

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Freedom's Watch Watch: Founding Donors Get Name-Dropped By GOP Frontrunners

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Sheldon Adelson, 2008, Gop, Breaking Political News, Freedom's Watch, Republican Jewish Coalition, Melvin Sembler, Republicans, Politics News

Tuesday's forum before members of the Republican Jewish Coalition was an important opportunity for the GOP's top presidential hopefuls. RJC members a...

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