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Rove: GOP Attack Groups Need Your Help

Washington Times | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Independent Attack Groups, Gop Fundraising, Outside Attack Groups, Freedoms Watch, Karl Rove, Republican Fundraising, Gop Attack Groups, MoveOn.Org, Politics News

Political strategist Karl Rove, freed of his White House role, is encouraging major Republican donors to give their money to organizations that operat...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Shy Sheldon: Secrecy Surrounds Billionaire's Contributions To Pro-Republican Group

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch Fundraising, Sheldon Adelson Freedom's Watch, Republican Fundraising, Sheldon Adelson, 2008 Elections, Freedom's Watch, Republicans, Politics News

One of the best kept secrets of the current election cycle is the amount of money casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson has invested in a pro-Republican ...

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Carol Shea-Porter Under Attack By Republican Front Organization, Freedom's Watch

Howie Klein | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Freedom's Watch, Carol Shea-Porter, Wal-Mart, Jeb Bradley, New Hampshire, Culture of Corruption, Bribery, Big Oil, Politics News
Howie Klein

Carol's voting record is in the interests of her constituents. Period. She doesn't have millions of dollars in corporate money hanging over her head as an incentive -- or a threat -- to vote for special deals for corporations.

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Is Big Oil Shill Heather Wilson Jumping Back Into The NM-01 Race? Maybe Freedom's Watch Knows

Howie Klein | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch, Martin Heinrich, Heather Wilson, Gas Prices, New Mexico, Big Oil, Politics News
Howie Klein

The malicious and wildly distorted attack on Martin Heinrich comes as the GOP tries easing his hapless opponent Darren White, out of the race to make way for Heather Wilson, a notorious Big Oil shill.

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Freedom's Watch Six-Figure Ad Buy Targets Dems Across Country

Politicker NV | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedoms Watch Campaign, Third Party Groups 08 Election, Freedoms Watch Targets, Freedoms Watch, Freedoms Watch Ads, Politics News

Freedom's Watch, the conservative advocacy organization heavily funded by Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is hitting the airwaves with a televi...

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Sam Stein

Freedom's Watch Opponents Get Organized

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Conservative Groups, DCCC Freedom's Watch, Congressional Elections, Democrats Freedom's Watch, 527s, The Real Freedoms Watch, Dccc, Outside Groups, Fleischer, McCain Freedom's Watch, Freedom's Watch, Karl Rove, Sheldon Adelson, Politics News

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is set to launch a website Thursday that will serve as a preemptive attack outlet against the right-wi...

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Exposing Karl Rove's Swift Boat Operation

Rep. Chris Van Hollen | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch Exposed, Freedom's Watch Facts, Freedoms Watch, Karl Rove, Freedom's Watch, Chris Van Hollen, Politics News
Rep. Chris Van Hollen

If you ever wondered what the Bush political team is up to this campaign season, you need look no farther than the right-wing front group, Freedom's Watch.

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Thomas B. Edsall

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
Howie Klein

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
Robert Creamer

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
Craig Newmark

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

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Jason Linkins

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
Brian Wolff

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
Lorelei Kelly

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
James Boyce

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
Dave Johnson and James Boyce

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
Dave Johnson and James Boyce

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
Craig Newmark

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
Michael Shaw

2007-12-10-20071210FreedomWatchvide.jpgSo 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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