Federal Election Commission

The Supreme Court Refuses To Hear A Case That Would've Driven You Crazy

Last week, we reported on the Nine's decision to hear a case entitled McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission this coming October. In it, an Alabaman G.O.P. donator is attempting to upend the limits of biennial contributions to candidates or committees from an individual -- a restriction that's ab ... More >>

Supreme Court to Return to Campaign Finance; Citizens United Redux?

Get ready to enter the case McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission into your "grab your pitchforks" political vocabulary. The Nine announced yesterday that the highest court in the land will hear the above case this coming October; one that resurrects the campaign finance subject chopped and scr ... More >>

Former Romney Super PAC Man And Gristedes CEO Will File For A Mayoral Bid Today

Over the summer, for my 'Mitt Loves N.Y.' series, John Catsimatidis was one of the few profiled donors that reached out to me for an interview. We conversed over the phone about his $50,000-plus donation to Restore Our Future - the super PAC that tried (and failed) to guarantee Romney a seat in ... More >>

Mitt Loves N.Y., Special Edition: Bob Diamond

In a special edition of 'Mitt Loves N.Y.,'  we are taking our coverage overseas to report on an event that almost happened. It was a story that, thankfully for Mitt, went ignored for the most part by the lamestream media.With a tip-off from the Voice's Steven Thrasher, we stumbled across a litt ... More >>

NY1 Freezes Congressional Candidate George Martinez Out of Debate, May Reconsider

Supporters of George Martinez, a candidate for the Democratic nomination in New York's 7th Congressional District, are pressuring NY1 to reverse its decision not to invite Martinez to the station's political debate, accusing the station of a bias that privileges well-connected fundraisers over grass ... More >>

Shamed Former Congressman John Sweeney's Back! And He Wants George Maragos' Money

If you're running for one of the highest political offices in the country, you'd probably be advised to avoid certain unsavory characters who could potentially derail your campaign. You might want to avoid hiring a former congressman who was arrested for DUI (twice) and "had a woman on his lap when ... More >>

Roseanne Barr 2012: Comedienne Wants Green Party Presidential Nomination

​Roseanne Barr, with promises to fight the patriarchy and legalize pot, wants to be the next commander-in-chief of the U.S., and hopes to do so as the Green Party's candidate, even though she expects to lose. This isn't the first time that Barr has made clear her presidential plans. She told ... More >>

Vermin Supreme Vs. Jimmy McMillan: Friendly Fascist Debates Rent Is Too Damn High Guy

Did you know that Jimmy McMillan, of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, has an IRL political rival? Enter Vermin Supreme, the "friendly fascist" with a boot-hat, whose platform pretty much amounts to "ponies, fuck yeah!" and zombie-preparedness. McMillan and Supreme will duke it out at 8:30 this ev ... More >>

Anthony Weiner, Sexting Ex-Pol, Paid Private Eyes to Investigate Tallywacker Tweet

Anthony Weiner, the sext-loving, dick-pic tweeting, disgraced former congressman, used some $13,000 campaign money for damage control. The Daily News says that Weiner paid private detectives to investigate the bogus claim that his Twitter account had been hacked, before he owned up to sending the p ... More >>

Charlie Rangel Running For Re-Election in 2012

​Charlie Rangel, the shamed 80-year-old representative of New York's 15th congressional district, and once the chairman of the House's Ways and Means Committee, has filed the necessary paperwork to run again in 2012 for what would be his 22nd term in Congress. Though the deadline for filing wi ... More >>

Biden Being Biden: Vice President Owes Big Money For Campaign Violations

​It must be tough to operate in the shadow of the ever-cool Obama. Vice President Joe Biden is cut from a different cloth -- and cut sloppily -- where gaffes are to be expected and have become mostly endearing. "If there were no gaffes, there'd be no Joe," said Lindsey Graham. No big fuckin' d ... More >>

Supreme Court Says Let's Just Stop Pretending on Campaign Finance

"The Supreme Court just predetermined the winners of next November's elections," says Chuck Schumer, reacting to the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision. "It won't be Republicans. It won't be Democrats. It will be corporate America." What's the opposite of "a ... More >>

Dine and Dash: Memphis Hotel Says Al Sharpton Owes Them $87,300

If Al Sharpton owes you money, you better not count on collecting any time soon. Last year the Rev hosted a convention for his National News Network at the famous Peabody Hotel in Memphis -- and what a party it sounds like, with invited guests including Harry Belafonte, Mo'Nique and Danny Glover (th ... More >>

An Unlikely Rescuer from the Jaws of Debt

Sharpton Forced To Return Campaign Funds...To Himself

By Jana KasperkevicNothing much surprises us anymore about the charmed life of Reverend Al Sharpton, but even he must have wondered in recent weeks just how he gets away with it all. Hanging at the White House with Mike Bloomberg. The governor, David Paterson, launching his comeback rally at Sharpto ... More >>

Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

President Obama came down on the credit card companies. They're still trying to hang the socialist and elitist raps on him, but they don't seem to be sticking. Mayor Bloomberg got mad as hell about the MTA fare hike -- but didn't bother to tell his friends in Albany. His "Puppets for Educational ... More >>

Post: Sharpton to Pay $285K FEC Fine for 2004 Campaign Violations

The Federal Election Commission has been on Reverend Al Sharpton's case for years, and this morning the Post reports that the Feds will soon announce a deal with the minister, whereby he will pay $285,000 in fines for illegal handling of funds in his hilarious 2004 Democratic Presidential campaign. ... More >>

Barrett: Al Sharpton Gets an Apology

I owe Al Sharpton an apology. He was in rare form Monday night on NY1, ranting as if he had turned the clock back to his old sweat-suit days (NY1 actually ran classic footage of him in his favorite, all-black outfit). He took several runs at me during this extended interview and did manage to get on ... More >>

Pols, Press Party with Sharpton and His Corrupt Network

The governor of New York is having lunch today with a tax dodger who owes the state nearly a million dollars. The mayor is chowing down, too. Tomorrow the vice president will wrap his arms around the same celebrity cheat who stiffed the IRS for nearly $2 million. David Paterson, Mike Bloomberg and ... More >>

Daily Flog: Tally woe! Fears on voting machinery, machinations

Hans Off! Scourge of Voters is Booted Off FEC

Hans Off Our Elections!

The Bruno Files: Exploring the Record of the State Senate Leader Calling for a Spitzer Probe

The immaculate record of the state senate leader calling for investigations of Eliot Spitzer

Tally Ho!: The GOP's Hounding of Voters

Full Disclosure

Giuliani Toys with Presidency ... Again

Rudy's Bank Balance

Time for the NFL Payoffs!

Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Rides Again

Hillary Haters Go Wild Over Campaign-Finance Acquittal

Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Rides Again

Hillary haters go wild over campaign finance case

Al's Secret Admirers

F.E.C. Filings reveal that Sharpton has friends with friends in high places

The Best Votes Money Can Buy

Facts and figures of the most expensive election campaign in U.S. history

Brooklyn's Blood War

A soap-opera congressional race turns into a scandal of campaign-finance abuse

His Dear Friends

Tricks of the trade among the big givers and big takers of political campaign cash

Block the Vote

A modest proposal for shortening the lines on Election Day

Beating around the Bush: Writers get the word out on voting

Math Destruction

First Amendment Treats for the Rich

The Media Blew This One Big-Time

Letters

Green With Envy

Change Is in the Air for Democratic Challengers

Stiffed by a Stiff

Waiting for That Check From Lazio. And Waiting. And Waiting.

Brooklyn Betrayal

Una Clarke Tramples on the Truth, Friends, and the Law

Sports

The Rogue Candidate

The Embarrassing Midlife Crisis of Steve Forbes, Rich White Guy

Pat's Tattered Army

The Buchanan Campaign Faces Flak Over Money and Managers

(Micro)soft Money

Gates Gives to the GOP

Soft Money Rudy

Giuliani busts city and federal campaign limits on his way to possible senate run

Un-Covering Livingston

Money Talks

Well-heeled incumbents heavily favored in city congressional races

FBI Probes Dole '96: Part II