Tag: lobbyists
Republican party raking in millions from Trump-tied foreign agent and lobbyist...
Most of the lobbyists raising money for the RNC and joint fundraising committee are from Trump-connected lobbying firms that brought in record revenues in 2019.
State of money in politics: Billion-dollar ‘dark money’ spending is just...
The dark money landscape is more than just direct spending, hundreds of millions more is being funneled through other kinds of groups that don’t fully disclose their donors.
With the Super Bowl around the corner, NFL money blitzes Washington
A massive, culturally significant business can’t afford to stay on the sidelines of American politics and rather than waiting on a Hail Mary pass, the NFL takes control of their fate through lobbying and its PAC.
Where there’s smoke, there’s Boehner
But the crassness of this Boehner cannabis pitch somehow symbolizes, to me anyway, how low too many of our craven, so-called public servants are willing to stoop for an almighty buck once they’re out of office.
‘Lobbyists are here. Goldman Sachs is here. Where’s labor? Activists?’ Tlaib...
"Democratic leadership signs off on these events. The new class isn't having it."
Donald Trump vs. the Koch brothers: A major rift – or...
Steve Bannon is back, almost – and is likely pulling Trump’s strings in his supposed feud with the Koch brothers.
After long career bailing out big banks, Obama Treasury Secretary Tim...
"Your economy, rigged to redistribute wealth to the top."
Oil companies and lobbyists say they’re ready to solve climate change....
But when one examines the fine print of the deal – and the financial benefits flowing to some of the people touting it – the effort looks much less utopian.
The $24 million reasons Dems back America’s worst banks
In a world where Republicans have already been bought and paid for, there is no room for Democrats who act in bad faith.
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.