“Donations” on The Daily Caller

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Starbucks hopes customers will be willing to pay at least $5 more when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe. (more)

There’s no question National Public Radio, like most other nonprofit organizations, can legally hide its donors from the public – or, in politically correct terms, keep them anonymous. But, the question critics are asking is, when NPR is getting taxpayer money, should it be allowed to hide certain donors’ identities from the public? (more)

Twenty-four members of National Public Radio’s editorial staff released an open letter Thursday night denouncing the behavior and remarks of the publicly-funded radio network’s senior executives. (more)

In a letter Thursday, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine announced that he had selected Patrick Gaspard to serve as the political party’s new executive director. (more)

Tea Party Express, a California-based political action committee that ran dozens of ads for conservative candidates in the last election cycle, received thousands of dollars in donations from a woman who has been dead for nearly four years, according to a report from the Center for Responsive Politics. (more)

Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely from hosting his MSNBC show after it was revealed that he recently contributed money to three Democratic campaigns. (more)

Outside groups supporting Republican candidates in House and Senate races across the country have been swamping their Democratic-leaning counterparts on television since early August as the midterm election season has begun heating up. (more)

On the surface, the RNC's financial problems aren't that bad. Yes, the party is raising less than it has in previous years, but they don't control the WH or Congress. And with a little more than $8M on hand after debts, the RNC actually has more to spend than the DNC, which has just over $7M after accounting for debts. (more)

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The share of Democratic supporters donating to Charlie Crist’s U.S. Senate campaign has multiplied since the Florida governor left the GOP in April to run as an independent, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. (more)

PHOENIX (AP) — Retirees and other residents from all over the country were among those who donated nearly $500,000 to help Arizona defend its immigration enforcement law, with most chipping in $100 or less, according to an analysis of documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. (more)

For the first time in a decade, Republican candidates for Congress are raising more than Democrats from small donors. (more)

The world’s top-earning hedge fund managers have bankrolled almost exclusively Democratic campaigns, according to Silla Bush of The Hill: (more)

According to the Center for Responsive Politics and financial disclosures, over the last twenty years of oil-giant BP’s political action committee, the largest recipient has been President Obama. (more)

As polling showed Brown closing in on Democrat Martha Coakley late in the race, out-of-state money gushed into his coffers, according to Brown’s 4,461-page campaign finance report, filed with the Federal Election Commission. (more)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Drug and medical product makers and other health care companies say they’ll give more than $15 million in products and cash to help Haiti’s earthquake victims. (more)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Businesses and business charities have pledged more than $48 million to the earthquake relief effort in Haiti. That includes more than $10 million from two investment banks. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. cell phone users have contributed more than $5 million in $10 increments to the Red Cross for Haiti disaster relief, by far the largest outpouring of support via mobile devices in history. (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A fundraising campaign devoted to caring for a large collection of Abraham Lincoln artifacts, including the last portrait Lincoln sat for, raised nearly $7 million in its first six months, Indiana State Museum officials said Wednesday. (more)

Bank of America Corp. will give $1 million and the Walmart Foundation $600,000 to help victims of the earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday, the company and the foundation said Wednesday. (more)

Massachusetts Republican candidate for senator, Scott Brown, raised more than $750,000 from contributors today, according to his Web site. The fundraising is part of the 24-hour “Red Invades Blue” money bomb effort planned by the campaign for Monday. (more)