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Today we acknowledge Democracy Day [[link removed]] . In doing so, we want to highlight some important articles from the past year that demonstrate the importance of independent newsrooms in safeguarding democracy.
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Democracy Day Highlights
1.
Unprecedented
surge
in
‘dark
money’
floods
2024
elections
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(March
13,
2024)
2.
Ballot
measures
shape
debates
on
hot-button
issues,
drawing
millions
in
outside
spending
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(March
12,
2024)
3.
Outside
spending
in
2024
federal
election
tops
$1
billion
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(August
15,
2024)
4.
Corporate
PACs
and
industry
trade
groups
steered
over
$108
million
to
election
objectors
since
Jan.
6
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(January
11,
2024)
5.
‘Guardian
angel’
megadonors
give
$196M
to
influence
2024
elections
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(August
19,
2024)
6.
Shell
company
steering
$2.6
million
to
Republican
PACs
raises
concerns
of
illicit
funding
scheme
[[link removed]]
(May
9,
2024)
7.
FEC
urges
Congress
to
close
foreign
money
loophole
[[link removed]]
(December
21,
2023)
8.
Nearly
$2
million
in
‘dark
money’
pours
into
historic
Virginia
campaigns
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(September
15,
2023)
9.
Billionaire
megadonor
couple
funding
election
denial
with
extensive
influence
machine
and
dark
money
network
[[link removed]]
(September
15,
2023)
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2024 Election Bundler Transparency
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On Sept. 10, OpenSecrets joined over a dozen organizations from across the political spectrum to urge Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to publicly reveal information about their top campaign fundraisers before Election Day.
Major campaign fundraisers — often referred to as “bundlers” can steer millions of dollars to campaigns. Under both Democratic [[link removed]] and Republican [[link removed]] administrations, campaign bundlers have received plum postings such as ambassadorships and positions on commissions.
“Government accountability depends on transparency in our campaign finance system, and that includes transparency about presidential campaign bundlers,” the letters state.
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