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Paul Blumenthal

IRS Makes Big Apology To Conservative Groups

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics
Read More: Lois Lerner, Tea Party Groups, Video, Irs Tea Party, Mitch McConnell, Irs, Irs Targets, Irs Apology, Social Welfare Nonprofits, Tea Party Patriots, Tax-Exempt Status, Tea Party, Nonprofit Tax Exempt Status, Irs Conservative Groups, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The head of the Internal Revenue Service's exempt organizations division apologized on Friday for the inappropriate targeting of conserv...

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Hijacking Democracy

Timothy Karr | Posted 12.26.2012 | Media
Read More: National Association of Broadcasters, Karl Rove, Attack Ads, Social Welfare Nonprofits, Super PACs, Fcc Political Ads Disclosure, FCC. Political Ads, Media News
Timothy Karr

Former Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps spoke Thursday about whether the media are strengthening our democracy -- or destroying it. His assessment -- after serving for more than a decade overseeing the industry -- is disturbing.

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Debates Offer a Rare Moment of Transparency in Campaign Spending

Edward Wasserman | Posted 12.23.2012 | Media
Read More: Electoral Advertising, Media Ethics, Social Welfare Nonprofits, Presidential Debates, Campaign Spending, Money in Politics, Media News
Edward Wasserman

The problem isn't with the debates, it's with most everything else in the campaigns. The debates are grievously marginalized by the unstoppable mudslide of paid propaganda.

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Nonprofits Must Let Politicians Know They Should Be Part Of Platform

Robert Egger | Posted 11.06.2012 | Impact
Read More: Nonprofits, Social-Welfare PACS, Nonprofit Cuts, Social Welfare Nonprofits, Shadow Conventions 2012, Presidential Election 2012, Charities, President Obama, Impact News
Robert Egger

America's real "social welfare" nonprofits -- the hundreds of thousands of direct-service, locally based, tax paying charities that uphold the great American social contract -- need to step up and engage candidates at every turn.

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