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Money & Influence 04.5.2018

‘Dark Money’ Helps Pay for Pro-Trump Facebook Ads

Millions of dollars from secret donors financed the "social welfare" groups that obtained personal information about millions of Americans from Facebook and used it to help Donald Trump win the presidency

Money & Influence 03.26.2018

Why Stormy Matters

What should make Donald Trump's encounter with Stormy Daniels important to every American is the overwhelming evidence that a hush money payment to Daniels violated federal campaign finance law.

Money & Influence 03.26.2018

New Complaint Charges Cambridge Analytica With Breaking U.S. Election Laws

Cambridge Analytica appears to have violated federal election laws that limit foreign involvement in U.S. elections, Common Cause charged today.

Money & Influence 03.22.2018

Taking On the Gun Lobby

With hundreds of thousands of Americans outraged by the plague of gun violence in our schools expected to march in Washington on Saturday, Common Cause today released a practical guide for challenging the power of the gun lobby.

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