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CNET reporter Declan McCullagh has an important piece warning of the “coming crackdown on blogging.”
Joshua Claybourn of In the Agora analyzes the campaign finance law absurdities and First Amendment infringements on bloggers here.
Winfield Myers is on the same wavelength. He writes:
The possibilities that [FEC commissioner Bradley] Smith lays out are chilling and, if enacted, could [...]

This is pretty amazing – a searchable database put together by an enterprising team at FundRace that allows you to find out who your neighbors have been giving political donations to and how much.
Personally, my husband discourages me from talking politics with the neighbors. Our kids wouldn’t have anyone to play with if [...]

How many times have you read a story about ethics or campaign finance that quotes “non-partisan” groups such as the Center for Responsive Politics, Common Cause, Democracy 21, Public Citizen and the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington? (A Nexis search I just ran for “non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics” brings up 421 hits.)
Well, [...]