Nervous OFA Goes on Offense Over Obamacare

Obama-backing group announces seven-figure ad buy touting Obamacare
Obama speaks at OFA dinner in March / AP

Organizing for Action (OFA), the shadowy nonprofit activist group that evolved from the president’s campaign, is stepping up its defense of his controversial health care law, signaling to some that the group is increasingly worried about a political backlash against the law.

Democracy Alliance Company Turns On Obama

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A wireless provider with ties to the secret dark money group the Democracy Alliance is pushing back against the Obama administration’s surveillance of customers. CREDO Mobile co-founder Michael Kieschnick said on Thursday he was ‘deeply disturbed’ by the administration’s overreach of individual’s civil liberties.

Dark Money Markey

Ed Markey benefitting from hundreds of thousands of dollars in dark money spending
Gabriel Gomez, Rep. Ed Markey / AP

Dark money groups continue to put up large sums backing Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) in his U.S. Senate bid, despite Markey’s stated distaste for such groups.

Katzenberg Finds Chinese Partner

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DreamWorks Animation chief executive officer Jeffrey Katzenberg, President Barack Obama’s biggest supporter, confirmed at the Fortune Global Forum in Chengdu, China, that DreamWorks is partnering with Wanda Group, the largest owner of movie theaters in China.

McAuliffe Watch

McAuliffe gets big donation from scandal-plagued VA businessman
Terry McAuliffe / AP

Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe received a large contribution from a Virginia Beach hotel magnate who was implicated in a 1987 federal investigation into a “fast crowd of real estate developers” that was throwing wild “coke ‘n’ whore parties” in Virginia Beach.

CAP’s Conflicts of Interest

Liberal ‘think tank’ routinely argued in favor of policies benefitting its donors
CAP BA donors

Through lobbying, media, and public statements, the left-wing Center for American Progress (CAP) routinely used its influence to push for legislation that benefitted its major corporate donors, a Washington Free Beacon analysis has found.

Faux Reformer

Terry McAuliffe takes big bucks from lobbying firm and its clients ahead of lobbyist-hosted fundraiser
Terry McAuliffe / AP

A lobbying firm representing clients with potential business before the state made a large donation to Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s campaign less than two weeks before holding a fundraiser for his him in May.