That is a pay link.
Them evil Koch brothers.
Perfect example of what is wrong with a strong national government and what’s right with states rights.
A state rep can personally canvas their areas and meet their constituents. We should expect nothing less. State candidates are naturally term limited.
I know that Trumka spent millions of union dollars trying the beat Gov. Walker for the 3rd time, and has nothing to show for it.
Money isn’t “speech,” - you can flap your gums all you want without spending money - but you cannot get a printer, ink, and paper for free.And if you do not assume that journalism is objective - if you recognize that journalism has its own interests, distinguishable from the public interest - you will realize that freedom of the press is the freedom to promote your own opinion vigorously, and as expensively as your purse will allow. Money acquired by selling newspapers is no cleaner than money acquired by conducting any other business. There is no bright line between advocacy and journalism. Both have, and deserve, constitutional protection. If anything frank advocacy deserves more respect than self-proclaimed “objectivity” in journalism.The Federal Election Commission should be abolished by SCOTUS - and it would be, IMHO, is anyone would bring a case to the Court. McConnell v. FEC was wrongly decided, and with the court as currently constituted it would be overturned.
Present law treats journalism as a priestly establishment, and the FEC should be abolished and the FCC severely constrained (its authority to enforce “fairness” eliminated).