WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders say they would use their first month in the House majority to advance sweeping changes to future campaign and ethics laws, requiring the disclosure of shadowy political donors, outlawing the gerrymandering of congressional districts and restoring key enforcement provisions to the Voting Rights Act.
There only has been, and forever will be, seven ironclad rules for good, steamy literary sex (full disclosure: the shadowy and mysterious eighth rule added in 1988 specifically for the Seoul Summer Olympics only applies when you're detailing non-fictional accounts of time spent in a Turkish prison).
There is talk of new legislation to require disclosure of donors by shadowy groups, and of the need to re-examine donation limits.
We wish lawmakers had more spine, but the House still should approve the measure, which would impose disclosure mandates on the shadowy propaganda drives that will likely flood the hustings from deep-pocketed corporate, labor and special-interest groups.
Adding to the significance of the discovery, the Russian ads bought on Google do not appear to be the work of the Internet Research Agency, the shadowy Russian troll farm linked to previous disclosures by companies.
Far from being "a phantom" or "shadowy," the group will be required to make disclosure relating to donors and expenditures on May 15.
The threats are more shadowy, information moves at lightning speed, demand for public disclosure is pressing and confidence in institutions is frayed.
American voters would win either way: they might learn who is behind those millions, and the disclosure and tax requirements would reduce the shadowy money pouring into the campaign If the I.R.S. had stood up to this farce last year, it would have had a hugely beneficial effect on this year's campaign.
Whitaker earned $1.2 million over three years as the executive director and apparently sole employee of a shadowy conservative watchdog group that lodged a lot of complaints against Democrats, according to recently released financial disclosures.
Everything was grey and shadowy.
