FEC approves text message fundraising model
“An alternate political text-to-donate model, proposed by the mobile firm Revolution Messaging, has met the approval of the Federal Election Commission,” Campaigns & Elections reports. “The firm submitted an advisory opinion request in August—a few weeks after the FEC first approved text contributions to political committees. Revolution Messaging asked the FEC to permit the use […]
Read moreObama downgrades his speech venue. What else has he downgraded?
After promising he would fill the 75,000-seat Bank of America Stadium and give his Democrat nomination acceptance speech “rain or shine,” Obama has canceled the venue amid troubles filling the seats, downgrading the venue to the 15,000-seat Time Warner Cable Arena. What else has Obama downgraded? America’s credit rating: AAA in January 2009, AA+ today. […]
Read moreIt’s time to legalize online gaming
Reason’s Zach Weissmueller reports: In a bid to help California’s struggling economy, Gov. Jerry Brown has authorized the state’s first off-reservation casinos. The Tribal Business Alliance, representing the interest of current Indian casino operators, is against the measure. Earlier this year Reason TV spoke with David Quintana, a lobbyist for the Alliance, about another gambling […]
Read moreAmericans say privately-run schools perform better than government schools
“Seventy-eight percent of Americans say children educated in private schools receive an excellent or good education, more than say that about four other types of U.S. schooling,” according to a new Gallup poll released Aug. 29. 69 percent say parochial or church-related schools do an excellent or good job educating students, and 60 percent say […]
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