Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., says he recently utilized the Sunlight Foundation's Politwoops site that monitors deleted tweets from politicians to stage an elaborate trick on the media (or ethics lesson, depending on how you see it), saying, "The best way to get a message out is to tweet and delete."
Continue readingIn S&P suit, Obama biting hand that fed him?
Maybe it's proof that money can't buy you love: President Barack Obama's administration is widely reported to be about to take Standard & Poor's to court, despite the fact that employees of the credit rating agency and its corporate parent, McGraw-Hill, have disproportionately favored Democrats in recent election cycles.
At issue: whether S&P helped fuel the nation's financial woes by giving overly upbeat ratings to shaky mortgage securities.
Sunlight's Influence Explorer shows Obama as the top recipient of contributions from S&P employees, followed by Secretary of State John Kerry, who just left the ...
Continue readingThe 12 Days of APIs
‘Tis the season for application programming interfaces. Sunlight is in a festive mood. Not only are we hosting a pretty... View Article
Continue readingTraining Tuesdays: Free webinars every week to get you prepared for Election Day
There are 38 days left before the elections. Whether you are rejoicing the over a month left of punditry or... View Article
Continue readingConvention Report: No Sleep ‘til Acceptance Speech
Two point five. That’s the numbers of hours I slept Tuesday night and just about the percentage of convention events... View Article
Continue readingDemocratic convention watch: Join the conversation tonight
The Sunlight Foundation is at the Democratic convention, literally and virtually, and you can join us online Wednesday and Thursday nights.
Our colleagues in Charlotte, Liz Bartolomeo and Keenan Steiner, are following the (oops - did we see corporate? And super PAC? yes we did!) money at all the parties. They can't possibly make all 400+ that we've got in our Party Time database. But they are doing their best. See something we don't know about? Let us know!
And we are exposing the Democrats to Sunlight at night via Sunlight Live. This platform enables our team to ...
Continue readingThe many parties of the DNC, mapped
Just like in Tampa last week, there is a vast array of unofficial events taking place around the Democratic National... View Article
Continue readingDemocratic Convention Report: A Celebration in Charlotte
Well, I thought we escaped the rain. The Sunlight Foundation is covering convention influence once again this week, this time... View Article
Continue readingCorporate funded nonprofit works at nexus of politics and entertainment
A corporate-funded nonprofit organization that operates out of a Washington, DC lobbying firm's offices and describes itself as working in the "nexus between the entertainment community and Washington" will be helping to host a "high-profile evening event" on Tuesday at the Democratic convention in Charlotte.
The Artists and Athletes Alliance is one of the cosponsors of an "In the Know VIP session" organized by The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress. The session will feature political gossip columnist Judy Kurtz.
Artists and Athletes specializes in bringing athletes and entertainers together with politicians, government executives and the media. Founded in ...
Continue readingGOP Convention Report: Party Crashin’
Rep. Allen West (FL) at Republican Jewish Coalition event. Sunlight’s Party Time site is a great tool for journalists and... View Article
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