Watchdog Group Seeks FEC Inquiry Into Donations Potentially Tied to Trump Pardon

The complaint alleges the donations had a singular goal: to elicit a pardon from Donald Trump.

https://murica.website/2026/02/watchdog-group-seeks-fec-inquiry-into-donations-potentially-tied-to-trump-pardon/

Watchdog Group Seeks FEC Inquiry Into Donations Potentially Tied to Trump Pardon – The USA Potato

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema faces $25K lawsuit for allegedly destroying a 14-year marriage

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/kyrsten-sinema-homewrecker-lawsuit

Gay NYC Council member Erik Bottcher drops U.S. House bid, will run for state Senate instead

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/erik-bottcher-ny-state-senate

Federal Agencies May Soon Lose Power to Regulate Independently of Trump’s Will

SCOTUS has signaled a willingness to no longer insulate agency personnel from decisions made by the executive branch.

https://murica.website/2025/12/federal-agencies-may-soon-lose-power-to-regulate-independently-of-trumps-will/

Federal Agencies May Soon Lose Power to Regulate Independently of Trump’s Will – The USA Potato

Chi Ossé, Black gay NYC Council member, files for potential challenge to Hakeem Jeffries for Congress

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/chi-osse-challenges-hakeem-jeffries

Montana Has an Ambitious Plan to End Dark Money in Elections

Fifteen years after a landmark Supreme Court case turbocharged corporate spending in the political process, a group hopes it may have a way to finally rein in some of the outsized influence of the ultrawealthy. The 2010 ruling on Citizens United v. FEC opened the floodgates of political spending in elections. Every year since then, untraceable financial political contributions…

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Montana Has an Ambitious Plan to End Dark Money in Elections

Polls suggest 74 percent of voters in the state will back a ballot initiative to counter the effects of Citizens United.

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