“Don’t let political operatives hide who’s funding their partisan political smears and attack ads!”

This particular comment is even shorter than that of Stephen Colbert.  We think it worth including in our list, however, for the sheer number of signers.  25,054 supporters of Public Citizen signed onto a petition to support the rulemaking and to call on the IRS to improve its proposed rules to prevent the influx of dark money from political operatives leading attack ads and political smear campaigns.  They are listed on a giant spreadsheet by state.

Public Citizen is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that has been actively engaging individuals and organizations in the discussions surrounding the 501(c)(4) proposed regulations.  As such, our readers will see its name appear again among other comments in our Top 25.