Anonymous donors spent $132M on 2010 campaign ads

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NEW YORK— Independent groups that do not
disclose the identity of their donors spent
$132.5 million to influence elections
nationwide this year, accounting for about a
third of all spending by outside groups in the
2010 election cycle, a report released Friday
found.

The analysis by the office of New York City
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio aimed to
quantify how federal campaigns had been
affected by the Supreme Court's so-called
Citizens United ruling. The ruling, handed
down in January, cleared the way for
companies and labor unions to spend
unlimited funds to influence elections, often
using money from anonymous donors.

Groups including the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce and the American Federation of
State, County and Municipal Employees took
advantage of the new rules, spending tens of
millions on campaign ads in races across the
country.

Other groups formed specifically to make use of the new rules spent lavishly as well, including the Republican-leaning American Crossroads and Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, which were formed with help from former President George W. Bush's top adviser, Karl Rove.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40608858/ns/politics-decision_2010/#

[MrMickeysMom]

1. and, which one of these groups were required to disclose?

The amount that the unions spent were a hell of a lot LESS than the amounts that the other groups spent, due to the OTHER groups having a hell of a lot MORE money to spend. Again, who wasn't required to disclose their donors?

Answer: The cowardly COC



Way to go, SCOTUS! History isn't going to be too kind to this fascist court and there is nothing you can do about THAT.

This is what FASCISM looks like.