Tag: dark money
Pushing toxic chemicals and climate denial: The dark money-funded Independent Women’s...
IWF partners with many other Koch-funded activist groups that deny climate science and push the deregulatory agenda of corporations.
10 years ago, Connecticut got big money out of its elections....
The landmark public financing system is under threat.
You get what you pay for: If money is speech, can...
This is not the sort of democracy the Framers had in mind, but if there is no distinction between private wealth and political influence, it’s the sort we’d better get used to.
Pro-Gorsuch dark money raises doubts about judicial independence
Does Gorsuch have a conflict of interest?
Marc Short: Koch dark-money operative is Trump’s liaison to Congress
One thing seems clear already: the Kochs and their big-money allies seem poised to gain more influence than ever during a presidency they once tried to prevent.
Doing What the Feds Won’t on Corporate Political Disclosure
A tiny Washington nonprofit is trying to do what Congress and the SEC won't.
Leaked Documents Expose Worst Corruption Scandal in a Decade
Scott Walker may have done political favors for the lead industry in exchange for millions.
The Real Threat to American Sovereignty
Donald Trump is right to worry about American sovereignty. But the real threat to our sovereignty isn’t imports or immigrants. It’s global money influencing our politics.
Koch-Backed ‘Dark Money’ Groups Fined for Failing to Disclose Donors
Three conservative organizations agree to pay FEC combined $233,000.
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Is there a crack in Western support for genocide?
The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.
The far right’s tipping point
Over the last decade, the world has suffered bouts of political whiplash as right-wing populists and their opponents have battled it out at the ballot box.
New lawsuit claims Ziploc brand products misleading, increases risk of exposure to microplastics
Made from polyethylene and polypropylene, research shows that these materials release microplastics when microwaved and frozen "making them fundamentally unfit for microwave and freezer use."
DOGE developed error-prone AI tool to ‘munch’ veterans affairs contracts
“AI is absolutely the wrong tool for this.”
Where is the AI safety movement?
There’s the prospect of super intelligent AI outpacing human control altogether. So where are the humans in all this?