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Right-Wing Attack Group Funder's Company Going Bankrupt

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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The casino company of billionaire Sheldon Adelson, financial backer of right-wing attack groups, may be going bankrupt: Las Vegas Sands Corp., billio...

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Pro-War Group Offering Cash For Frats To Demonstrate At VP Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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In hopes of organizing a robust demonstration for the vice presidential debate this Thursday in St. Louis, the pro-Iraq War (and ostensibly pro-McCain...

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Veterans For Freedom Take Aim At Obama

CNN | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

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Vets for Freedom, a group of Iraq and Afghan combat veterans, is urging Sen. Barack Obama to acknowledge success of the surge in Iraq in a new ad airi...

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Right-Wing Vets Group Assails Vietnam Vet Hagel

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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David Bellavia, founder of Bush suck-up outfit Vets For Freedom, says he "will never attack a Vietnam veteran," but then proceeds to say this about Se...

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Obama-Attacking, Pro-McCain Group Gets Free Trip To Iraq

Salon | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

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On its face, it seems like an idea any enterprising editor could have come up with: Gather a group of veterans of the Iraq war who also have journali...

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Sheldon Adelson: GOP's Answer To George Soros?

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

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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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Vets For Freedom NewsLadder Is Up: It's Fair and Balanced (Really)

Dave Johnson and James Boyce | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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At the Vets for Freedom NewsLadder, we are linking to all of the stories and articles about VFF and together we can ask -- and potentially answer -- some very basic questions about politics and the War.

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"25,000 Members" But Only 5 Donors? Is This The New Math?

Dave Johnson and James Boyce | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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If Vets For Freedom really does have 25,000 veteran members, we'll post the whole membership list right here.

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Vets for Freedom Says Thousands Of Donors -- We Count Five

Dave Johnson and James Boyce | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

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We're betting this 527 group is nothing more than a conduit for one or two very large donations intended to get around election law to the benefit of candidate McCain.

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Vets For Freedom Won't Reveal Donors

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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The issue-advocacy group Vets for Freedom officially launched a $1.5 million ad campaign on Wednesday, touting of the Iraq surge policy and pushing a ...

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The Flip Flopper on Iraq? McCain

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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The Iraqis are basically telling the US that they endorse Obama's policy -- they want us to set a timetable to bring the troops home. John McCain is ignoring them.

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Dems Find Potential Tie Between McCain And Third Party Pro-War Group

Politico | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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Democrats say a group supporting Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) bought television ad time in Virginia that had been released by his campaign the same day,...

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Pro-War Vet Group Helps McCain With Battleground State Ads

Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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The pro-war veterans group Vets For Freedom is airing ads in battleground states in support of the war, the Washington Post reports: Sen. John McCa...

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First Major Independent Ad Benefiting McCain To Begin Next Week

Huffington Post | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

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Politico's Mike Allen reports on the first independent advertisement to be run on behalf of McCain: The first major independent advertising benefitin...

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Lieberman, Graham Leave Anti-Obama Group Vets For Freedom

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

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The Huffington Post broke the news last week that two of Sen. John McCain's top campaign chairmen were serving on the board of an independent organiza...

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