...because she's run out of suckers in America? We've already caught Annette Bosworth committing perjury by swearing a false petition circulator's oath. Now comes evidence that Bosworth is violating federal campaign finance rules by soliciting donations overseas. Conrad Longmore is…
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I don't blog enough about David Montgomery's work now that that Sioux Falls paper has tucked him away behind the firewall. (Curious: is it still a blog if you have to pay to read it?) On Thursday, Mr. Montgomery published…
Joel Ebert of the Pierre Capital Journal maps itemized campaign contributions to South Dakota's U.S. Senate candidates. The map only includes data from the 2013 year-end filing, but it's still a fun click. Ebert also lists the top ten South…
The Federal Election Commission posts the latest lengthy list of suckers taken in by illegitimate U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth. To South Dakota's credit, only 12 South Dakotans appear on Bosworth's list of itemized donations for Quarter 1 of 2014:…
It must be a Larry thing. I've been hovering over the Federal Election Commission's website, eager to review the professed finances of South Dakota's U.S. Senate candidates. But so far, the only financials I can look at are among the…
The United States Supreme Court removed another safeguard against the influence of big money in elections. In a 5–4 ruling on McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the Court overturned caps on the aggregate limits on how much an individual can…
A source tells me that fake U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth claims that she has raised over $900,000 in beer money thanks to a massive grassroots campaign. We know the grassroots claim to be baloney: hiring a direct-mail company to…
Michael Larson catches his District 6 Representative Isaac Latterell weaving a cynical fundraising ploy. As a response to the big special-interest money that Rep. Latterell says has too much influence in politics, Rep. Latterell wants people to tithe to him:…