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June 11, 2022

National groups dropping tons of cash into local district attorney races to thwart Dems seeking justice reform

Local district attorney races have gained attention because those offices are often at the center of debates over law enforcement…
February 4, 2014

‘Ready for Hillary’: Clinton allies launch black outreach program

theGRIO REPORT - 'Ready for Hillary' hopes these moves both illustrate to Clinton that she people truly want her to…
February 26, 2013

Bloomberg spends big bucks on race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.

theGRIO REPORT - Mayor Bloomberg has been a passionate voice for stricter gun laws for years and especially in the…
November 14, 2012

Bill Burton behind the Super PAC that succeeded: Priorities USA

theGRIO REPORT - While outmatched in funding by their Republican counterparts all throughout the election cycle, Priorities has a lot…
September 28, 2012

Artur Davis appears in anti-Obama Super PAC ad

VIDEO - Former Obama ally, Democrat-turned-Republican Artur Davis, has appeared in advertisement supporting Mitt Romney for the 2012 election....
September 14, 2012

Samuel L. Jackson to star in foul-mouthed Obama ad

theGRIO REPORT - Actor Samuel L. Jackson is slated to film a provocative political ad laced with f-bombs in support…
September 5, 2012

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel shifting to pro-Obama super PAC

WASHINGTON (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is stepping down from his role as a national co-chair of President Barack…
May 17, 2012

Romney: Obama focused on 'character assassination'

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Nebraska billionaire who considered a plan to resurrect incendiary comments by President Barack Obama's former…
May 17, 2012

Billionaire won't air Obama-Wright campaign ads

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The billionaire said to be weighing a proposal to resurrect incendiary comments by President Barack Obama's…
May 17, 2012

GOP Super PAC considering campaign linking 'metrosexual' Obama and Jeremiah Wright

theGRIO REPORT - The film would in some ways reshape the entire presidential campaign. Mitt Romney has stayed away from…
April 4, 2012

ALEC and AUL: Buying our democracy at wholesale

OPINION - While a lot of attention has rightly been focused on Super PACs, there's another type of organization that…
March 22, 2012

New PAC aimed at black and Latino voters in key states

theGRIO REPORT - A new liberal political organization to seeking to build a coalition of minority voters and white liberals…
March 9, 2012

Small donors still the backbone of Barack Obama's election hopes

OPINION - President Obama's campaign had raised roughly $105 million, 80 percent of which was made up of small donations…
March 8, 2012

Why Bill Maher is no Rush Limbaugh

OPINION - The comparison of Rush Limbaugh and Bill Maher is a false equivalency which is a patented tactic of…
March 5, 2012

Rodell Mollineau leads major Obama Super PAC

theGRIO REPORT - Rodell Mollineau, a 35-year-old African-American political strategist, is the president of American Bridge, one of the two…
February 24, 2012

Bill Maher donates $1 million to Obama Super PAC: Will more celebs give big bucks?

theGRIO REPORT- HBO talk show host and comedian Bill Maher announced Thursday he would donate $1 million to Priorities USA,…
February 1, 2012

Rev. Al Sharpton in heated exchange with Gingrich supporter, Rick Tyler (VIDEO)

VIDEO - Rev. Al Sharpton and Rick Tyler, a strategist for the Gingrich-backing super-PAC, Winning Our Future, entered into a…
January 19, 2012

Stephen Colbert and Herman Cain to campaign together in South carolina

In case you didn't think Herman Cain's failed quest for the GOP nomination was already absurdly comedic, the ex-Godfather's Pizza…
January 13, 2012

2 black fraternities form super-pac for Obama

Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson were members of black fraternities that helped them learn essential organizational…