Silent Coup

Column: Harry Reid’s plan to hand America to liberal billionaires

Matthew Continetti
September 12, 2014 5:00 AM

“The constitutional amendment before us,” Harry Reid said Tuesday, describing a proposal to give federal and state governments the authority to regulate political giving, “isn’t about limiting free speech.” Harry Reid, may I present the American Civil Liberties Union. I am sure you two have met before.

These 8 Rich Liberals Are Using Super PACs to Buy the 2014 Election

Meet the billionaires backing Harry Reid

Brent Scher
August 22, 2014 1:15 PM

The Democratic Party is in a “perilous position” for the 2014 election, but the rich liberal left is not laying down without a fight. Democrats have dominated the Super PAC game so far this summer, according to National Journal.

Obama Headlines Fundraiser for Democracy Alliance Group at DA Donor’s Home

Event comes as POTUS faces criticism for fundraisers, ahead of hearing on Dem campaign finance bill

Lachlan Markay
July 21, 2014 2:40 PM

A major donor to a secretive club of wealthy Democratic financiers hosted President Barack Obama at her home last week for a fundraiser benefitting one of that club’s most politically active organizations.

Obama Celebrated Equal Pay Day by Fundraising with Wealthy Trial Lawyers

Andrew Stiles
April 14, 2014 5:00 AM

President Obama celebrated “Equal Pay Day” on April 7. The next day, he attended a DNC fundraiser at the Houston home of Steve Mostyn, a fabulously wealthy trial lawyer who has donated millions to Democrats over the years, before leaving for another Democratic fundraiser at the home of multi-millionaire trial lawyer John Eddie Williams Jr. Democrats hoped to raise at least two millions dollars from the events.

George Soros Joins Ready for Hillary Super PAC Finance Board

Washington Free Beacon Staff
October 24, 2013 12:32 PM

Liberal billionaire George Soros has joined the finance council of Ready for Hillary, the Super PAC rallying support for a potential presidential bid by Hillary Clinton, the Washington Post reports.

Giffords Gun Control Group Names Priorities Donor Treasurer

Americans for Responsible Solutions is looking to raise $20M for 2014

Washington Free Beacon Staff
January 10, 2013 9:34 AM

The fundraising for a new gun control group formed by Gabrielle Giffords and her husband will be led by a major donor to Priorities USA, the Obama-affiliated Super PAC.

Buying the Election

Liberal Super PACs spend $200M to secure Democratic victories

Andrew Stiles
November 9, 2012 5:00 AM

Liberal Super PACs spent roughly $200 million during the 2012 election cycle on behalf of Democratic President Barack Obama’s reelection effort.

‘October is going to look like Christmas for the Democratic Super PACs’

Big donors finally coming out for the Democratic Super PACs

Washington Free Beacon Staff
September 27, 2012 10:17 AM

Hurricane Mostyn

Trial lawyer Steve Mostyn and wife fund anti-Romney smear campaign

Andrew Stiles
September 4, 2012 5:00 AM

The pro-Obama Super PAC Priorities USA has run a coordinated campaign to smear Mitt Romney’s character, even going so far as to suggest he was responsible for the death of a woman by cancer. That campaign has been financed in part by Steve and Amber Mostyn.

Ten Donors Financing Obama’s Super PAC Smears

Meet the Hollywood moguls and actors, outsourcing pioneers, heiress gardener, and others responsible for outrageous Obama Super PAC ad linking Mitt Romney to woman’s death from cancer

Bill McMorris
August 9, 2012 12:58 PM

An ad released Monday by the Obama-affiliated super PAC Priorities USA suggested that Republican challenger Mitt Romney may have played a part in the death of a cancer-stricken women—a smear that has opened the super PAC to condemnation from all sides.