The Tea Party Freak-Out Obscuring the Truth About Secret Right-Wing Money

A defanged IRS means never having to say you’re accountable.

By Karoli Kuns / The Washington Spectator | June 30, 2015

In the United States, money spent on candidates, politics, or public policy is protected speech under the First Amendment. What happens when protected speech is wrapped in a cloak of secrecy?

How to reconcile Citizens United, which gave corporations the same rights as individuals with regard to political speech while shielding them for any accountability for that speech?