Dark money

• WASHINGTON -- In May, the conservative nonprofit group Crossroads GPS, founded by famed political strategist Karl Rove and other leading Republican operatives, ran a television ad showcasing a fictional mother who had supported Barack Obama in 2008.
(Huffington Post)
• Lauren Berns was browsing Talking Points Memo when he saw an ad with President Obama's face. "Stop the Reckless Spending," the ad read, and in smaller print, Paid for by Crossroads GPS.    Berns was surprised.
(Raw Story)
• WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service is considering changes to the rules on nonprofits that now let certain political groups run attack ads while not publicly disclosing the identities of their donors, according to a July 17 letter.
(Huffington Post)
• The explosion of anti-choice legislation coincides with a flood of unaccountable money in our electoral system, and Republicans are fighting hard to keep it that way.
(DAILY KOS)
• 1. The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros.): $64.1 million in 4,404 theatres [Week 2] The big story at the box office this weekend isnt about any movies individual success, but that as a whole no one made money.
(The AtlanticWire (blog))
• We know youll be shocked to hear this, but veepstakes speculation is not an exact science.
(Opensecrets.org)
• The Dark Knight Rises composer Hans Zimmer has composed a song dedicated to the Aurora, Colo., shooting victims. Zimmer posted the track Aurora on his Facebook page Friday.
(New York Post)
• Warner Bros, the studio behind The Dark Knight Rises, are donating a substantial amount of money to help victims of the Colorado shooting. Collecting a whopping USD 160.
(MoneyControl.com)
• Weve put the IRS in charge [without the tools it needs].
(Mother Jones)
• Warning: Dark Knight Rises spoilers ahead! So youre heading to the theater this weekend.
(MTV)