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OK, Just What is the Problem Now Mike Marland?
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Mike Marland talks truth to 2016.
Education
Update: Walker’s Exit Leaves Some Major Donors Up For Grabs
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As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker dropped out of the presidential race late Monday afternoon, his announcement created at least an $18 million vacuum, according to OpenSecrets.org. The super PAC backing Walker, Unintimidated PAC, spent $1.8 million on independent expenditures before Walker bowed out. The group had raised $20 million by June 30, with the money coming in from some high-profile Republican donors who may have to decide, with their favored candidate out, who else they’ll throw their money behind. Several major donors gave only to Walker’s super PAC this cycle: businesswoman Diane Hendricks, for one, gave Unintimidated $5 million. Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein gave $2.5 million combined.
Politics
Roger Wood Indepth: Is There a ‘Shaheen Machine’ Revving Up?
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It could be called “The Shaheen Machine” and now the gears may be turning for another of the well-known political family to go up the ladder in public office, according to an article in the Portsmouth Herald.
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Powerful Push to Legalize Medical, Recreational Pot
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Advocacy groups have poured millions of dollars into legalizing both recreational and medical marijuana in states across the country.
One of the most powerful and influential groups – Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project – was behind successful recreational measures in Alaska and Colorado.
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State Dinner Guests Gave More Than $18.9 Million to Political Campaigns, Groups
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China’s estimated 650 million Internet users don’t have access to Facebook, Twitter or a number of media websites. They can, however, build profiles and contacts on LinkedIn, thanks to that company’s willingness to comply with Chinese censorship rules. Communication with the Chinese government is crucial to keeping LinkedIn’s path around the Great Firewall to that nation’s huge market open. And if that contact is at the very highest levels, so much the better — and reason enough for Reid Hoffman, CEO of the professional networking company, to have appreciated his invitation to last Friday’s White House state dinner for the Chinese president. As an American business leader with interests in China, Hoffman was a logical pick to attend the fete.