Dark Money Propels Markey to Victory

Democrat criticizes independent expenditures after benefitting from them
Ed Markey / AP

Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass), who secured the Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday, blasted dark money groups on Wednesday even as such groups claimed credit for his decisive primary victory.

Markey’s Dark Money

Critic of Citizens United benefiting from dark dollars
Reps. Stephen Lynch, Ed Markey / AP

Dark money groups are spending significant sums on behalf of Rep. Ed Markey’s (D., Mass.) bid for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, despite his stated opposition to such groups and a pledge to restrict their role in the race.

Terror Twitter

FBI fails to order removal of terrorist, Jihadist Twitter accounts, lawmakers claim
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A group of lawmakers has asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to order Twitter to remove the accounts of multiple U.S.-designated terrorist groups from the micro-blogging site and warned that Twitter’s failure to do so could be a violation of U.S. law.