Eric Petry
@eepetry.bsky.social
Counsel in the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, working to address money in politics and public corruption. Opinions my own.
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Dark Money Hit a Record High of $1.9 Billion in 2024 Federal Races
Spending by groups that do not disclose their donors has increased and become harder to trace.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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These consequences of the Court's interventions show why judges are poorly suited to evaluating the complex policy considerations involved in regulating campaign spending. Lawmakers are much better suited to the task, and it's time for Congress to act!
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
These consequences of the Court's interventions show why judges are poorly suited to evaluating the complex policy considerations involved in regulating campaign spending. Lawmakers are much better suited to the task, and it's time for Congress to act!
The question isn’t hypothetical: the president now oversees regulators with power over his own business interests. That’s a structural threat to democratic accountability that Congress can and should fix.
June 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The question isn’t hypothetical: the president now oversees regulators with power over his own business interests. That’s a structural threat to democratic accountability that Congress can and should fix.
I broke down how this kind of self-dealing is possible and what reforms are needed in this Brennan Center report:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Uncovering Conflicts of Interest and Self-Dealing in the Executive Branch
The new administration could use federal contracts, tariffs, regulations, taxes, and other levers of government to benefit campaign donors, high-level officials, and the president himself.
www.brennancenter.org
June 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I broke down how this kind of self-dealing is possible and what reforms are needed in this Brennan Center report:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...