Question: This brings soft money and other much-criticized practices under scrutiny.
Soft money and other practices are under scrutiny.

Answer: yes

Question: Elsewhere, there are miniature palheiro dog kennels, and down by the river even the ducks have their own palheiro.
The ducks have a palheiro of their own but there are no palheiro dog kennels of any size.

Answer: no

Question: yes the victim is really seems like left out in the cold more or less doesn't it in a lot of well especially in things you pick up the paper and you read you know you think oh my goodness
When you pick up a paper you can read about the victim's story.

Answer:
yes