There is a set of words that, if included in campaign ads, mean you have to disclose where funding came from for the ad.

Complaint asks for Mr. Helmberger to be charged with a Gross Misdemeanor Common Cause Minnesota has filed a complaint with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board against Minnesotans for Marriage and the Minnesota Family Council for failing to disclose campaign donations in support of the so-called “Marriage Amendment.” Minnesota law requires disclosure of campaign [...]

All of which prompted Colbert to note: "No matter how morally wrong you think a system is, you have to use it in order to defeat it. It's like how Lincoln won the Civil War by buying a bunch of slaves."

Folks in Washington are starting to get wise to the Super PAC game.

It reads like a Shakespearean drama--there was even a machete-wielding bad guy!

For the first time, a Minnesota court has given the public a real voice in the process redistricting process.

Hate the game.

A few weeks ago, state Representative Lynn Smith (R – Newnan) spoke at length about lobbyists, influence, and the need for ethics reform after newspapers called attention to the fact that she had asked for sponsors to buy dinner for the state House Natural Resources and Environment Committee held at Parish Foods & Goods, depicted [...]

Sunday news shows, guests, topics, as scheduled. Big thanks to @MattMackowiak at the Politico Playbook for compiling this list.

Democracy isn’t about diversifying the group of rich people that have already captured our once hallowed halls of government.