By David Leibowitz, March 29, 2024 The American military has a budget as large as the next nine countries combined. Whether that’s justified has been a huge subject of debate. However, we’re not here to talk about the usual stuff, but about something that’s related. The military has a lot of planes, tanks, trucks and […]
News from the Front Lines of the Fight to End Corruption
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Life and Death of the Free Press
Anonymous Wolf-PAC volunteer, February 19, 2024 The Washington Post was founded in 1877, eighty-six years after the US constitution enshrined the freedom of the press in the First Amendment. In 1971 it printed the Pentagon Papers which exposed the horrible decision-making in the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. In 1974 two of its top […]
Monopoly: Changing the Game
November 19: it’s Play Monopoly Day! By Steve Geller, November 19, 2023 I’ve never owned the game of Monopoly, but I’ve played it many times with friends. Before playing, it’s important to learn each friend’s specific house rules. “Taxes and fees accrue on Free Parking.” “Jailed players cannot collect rent.” “Land exactly on GO and […]
Obama: One Origin of Gen Z Frustration
A typical dad? Do as I say, not as I did. By Steve Geller & Jeff Eidsness, August 31, 2023 “…the world’s burning and there’s nothing I can do!” This expression of despair could have been from any kid to any parent these days, but 24-year-old Malia Obama was talking to her dad, the former […]
On Fire!
by Justin Fiorille, Secretary, Wolf-PAC 527 Board of Directors July 10, 2023 There’s a FIRE! Our life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are on FIRE! Imagine if a serial arsonist ran through our neighborhoods night after night, lighting everything important to our society on fire. They return relentlessly, burning the schools, the parks, the local […]
Father’s Day: Beyond Socks and Ties
Tresa Bennett, June 16, 2023 This Sunday is Father’s Day. In becoming a national holiday, it has a long and storied past. Most credit Sonora Louise Smart Dodd for the idea, who thought of it after listening to a sermon about Mother’s Day in 1909. At the time, her father was a widower and single […]
I Was Attacked by a $33 Million Dark Money Group
This time, it’s personal By Sam Fieldman (May 26, 2023) Recently, while scrolling through my emails, I found one from my friend Vickie Deppe. She declared, “Sam, we’re FAMOUS! ;D,” and linked me to an article by the Center for Media and Democracy. (Vickie, with her old-school charm, still uses emoticons instead of emojis to […]
May Day in the USA?
The History behind International Workers’ Day By Debbie Augustine, May 1, 2023 When you think of May Day, you might envision spring flowers, dancing around a maypole — or even a desperate call for help. But in some 80 countries worldwide, it’s also recognized as International Workers’ Day, a holiday that honors the labor movement […]
What We’re Missing by Missing out on Hemp & Cannabis
By Vincent DiBattista, April 20, 2023 What if we could consult with the twelve most intelligent people to walk the planet? – people who were never part of our media environment. What would they say about our most daunting issues? Would they have solutions for food insecurity, health crises, pollution and climate change? They might […]
Remembering the Ladies — and a Movement to Amend
By Debbie Augustine, March 6, 2023 March is Women’s History Month when we remember the accomplishments of women throughout our past. And what better place to begin for champions of amendment-driven movements than with the suffragists? They helped pass the 19th Amendment giving American women the right to vote. Here are the ladies checking our […]
It’s Black History Month, but gun violence is not yet history
By Ronnie Kellogg, February 23, 2023 Sadness and anger flooded my being as I stood in my living room. It happened again. I was on the phone with my mom and she had just told me that my 20-year-old cousin DaeTiauna was killed in a drive-by shooting. Not long before that, she told me that […]
For Valentine’s Day, Mend a Heart, and Love your Country!
By Patt O’Neill, February 13, 2023 When first asked to write about Valentine’s Day, I thought someone’s mind had slipped a gear. But I eventually saw a connection with campaign finance reform, so please bear with me. History of the Day Before the gaudy chocolate-and-roses commercialism of today, Valentine’s Day honored a 3rd-century saint (“Saint […]
Citizens United, 13 Years Later
By Thomson Pritchard-Torres, January 20, 2023 January 21, 2010 – a day that’ll live in infamy. In their Citizens United ruling, the Supreme Court opened the floodgates for dark money, giving big money even more power (Lau, 2019). Deep-pocket donors fund campaigns through super PACs, which take and spend almost unlimited funds, often from anonymous […]
The Undue Influence of Deep-pocket Donors is Killing Us
By Kristine Baumstark, May 3, 2022 The undue influence of deep-pocket donors threatens to kill us in a variety of ways – polluted groundwater, polluted air, toxic chemical spills, overpriced medications, climate change related wildfires and floods . . . and on and on. Sadly, some Americans are literally dead, thanks to the undue influence that wealthy donors […]
Special Interests and Michigan’s Line 5 Controversy
By Eric Kachman, April 8, 2022 Once again, the overwhelming influence of special interests has created a climate related problem on both national and international levels. This time, an idyllic spot in Michigan is the focal point. Aging pipeline threatens the Great Lakes The Enbridge Line 5 has long been a concern for the people […]
Undue Influence Exercised by Charter School Supporters
By Brooke Zarn and Kristine Baumstark, February 1, 2022 Love ‘em or hate ‘em, charter schools nationwide tend to perform roughly as well as public schools and enrollment continues to rise. At the same time, however, a growing mistrust is undercutting the broad support charter schools have enjoyed in the past. What’s wrong with charter schools? […]
Special Interests Demand End to Supplemental Unemployment
By John Shen, National Legislative Director, Wolf-PAC, December 20, 2021 A few months ago, unemployment benefits that had helped millions of Americans during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic were allowed to expire. That included the extra $300 provided by the federal government, and assistance for gig workers and the long-term unemployed. This is a particularly harsh example […]
FEC and SCOTUS Welcome Foreign Power over American Elections
November 22, 2021 Brian Martel, Communications Deputy Director, Wolf-PAC Samuel Fieldman, National Counsel, Wolf-PAC “A cornerstone principle of federal campaign-finance law is that foreign nationals are barred from directly or indirectly making a contribution… or an expenditure, in connection with a federal, state, or local election.” — Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub, Statement of Reasons of […]
Redlining and the Undue Influence of Special Interests
By Morgan Lowe, November 12, 2021 We were always moving on — always a new house and new school. That air of instability makes me anxious to this day. My mother was searching for “safety and a good education,” while I only wanted something that felt like home. I never understood my mother’s decisions until […]
Disclosure Law Struck Down by Supreme Court
By John Shen, September 19, 2021 The Supreme Court has struck down a disclosure law, concealing the funding of a powerful political group. They’ve once again ruled in favor of dark money and against our right to know. Knowing who pays who in American politics isn’t merely an issue of […]