1.0Citizens for Self-Governancehttps://selfgovern.comMark Mecklerhttps://selfgovern.com/author/mark/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://selfgovern.com/government-overreach-fec-bloggers/">Government Overreach Strikes Again: The FEC Recommends Cracking Down On Bloggers</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://selfgovern.com/government-overreach-fec-bloggers/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Government Overreach Strikes Again: The FEC Recommends Cracking Down On Bloggers” — Citizens for Self-Governance" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://selfgovern.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/blogging-shutterstock_173150201-1024x682.jpg1024682In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in last year’s McCutcheon v. FEC, the FEC is now furiously trying to stifle speech in other ways.  Most notably, they are considering ways to regulate blogs by imposing burdensome regulations equivalent to spending caps in political speech. To understand their scurrying, you first have to understand the McCutcheon […]