By
Andy Kroll
Internal
records show how a Switzerland-based businessman oversaw millions in
contributions to the tea party group.
Documents
obtained by Mother Jones—including emails, financial records, and
fundraising pitches—show that CTCA, in addition to Stephenson, gave money to
FreedomWorks, and that Stephenson's son, Shawn, a Switzerland-based businessman,
had a central role in overseeing the Stephenson family's support of
FreedomWorks. The goal, Shawn Stephenson noted in a September 2010 email, was
"creating a tsunami of change directed at DC that is and will be historic." But
the documents also reveal that the Stephensons and CTCA expected real returns
for the money they pumped into FreedomWorks. [READ MORE]
The
deadliest ebola outbreak in history swept across Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and
Nigeria, while yet another man, this time in Maine, murdered his wife and children with a gun. Fast
food workers took McDonald's down a notch with a victory in
court, and gun owners testified against the NRA's push to keep guns in
the hands of stalkers and abusers. Mother Jones compiled a list of America's most hated banks and Big Oil argued
that fracking will save Ukraine from Russia. Paul Ryan refused to talk about just how much his
anti-poverty plan was going to cost. Leaked docs obtained by Mother
Jones revealed that Mitch McConnell only opposed the
stimulus after a top Tea Party group leaned on him, and a Texas Senator wants to file a bill forcing mandatory one-hour
adoption seminars on Texas women. [READ MORE]
By
Stephanie Mencimer
A
federal judge has ordered the District of Columbia to stop
enforcing its restrictions on carrying handguns on the streets of the nation's
capital. The decision also forced the District government to allow out-of-state
concealed carry and open carry permit holders to wield their weapons within
steps of the White House. [READ MORE]
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