David Moore

The Lobbyists Who Make Filing Your Taxes a Nightmare

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Some of Intuit's lobbyists at a top D.C. firm recently held a swanky fundraiser for Senate Democrats.

From Sludge
On April 22, 2022
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New App Helps You Opt Out of Corporate Media

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The OptOut news aggregation app, launched last month, aims to level-up the distribution of independent journalism and more uncompromising content.

From Sludge
On April 7, 2022
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Biden Requests Record Defense Budget Even Before Congress Boosts It

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President Biden proposed a record $813 billion in defense funding, which experts called a boon to weapons contractors developing nuclear weapons.

From Sludge
On March 29, 2022
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Navy Seeks to Quietly Mothball Billions Worth of Faulty Ships

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The expensive Littoral Combat Ships, only seven years old, were expected to serve for 25 years.

From Sludge
On March 25, 2022
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Gizmodo Media Workers Go On Strike, Ask Readers Not to Visit the Company’s Websites

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The action comes after the GMG Union contract, seeking negotiations on wages and healthcare standards and more, expired at midnight.

From The Brick House Cooperative
On March 1, 2022
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Tech Industry Groups Push to Stall Antitrust Bills After Record 2020 Donations

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On Feb. 3, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed its second tech antitrust bill in as many months, part of the upper chamber’s efforts to address anti-competitive practices among big technology companies. The bipartisan Open Markets App Act (S. 2710) would focus on companies that run app stores with more than 50 million users in the […]

From Sludge
On February 22, 2022
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Manchin and Sinema Donors Gave Millions to Republican PACs

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Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema stood out last year by holding up their party’s signature Build Back Better Act, a package of social spending and climate measures that would have raised taxes on large corporations and people making at least $10 million a year. Manchin eventually came out against it, saying that he […]

From Sludge
On February 15, 2022
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Big Business PACs Gave Millions to Dem Party as Biden Agenda Collapsed

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The PACs of Business Roundtable member companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and NextEra Energy donated millions to the DCCC and DSCC last year.

From Sludge
On February 10, 2022
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Biden Boosts Gas Exports, Profiting Reps With Pipeline Stocks

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Lawmakers purchased stock in gas and oil pipeline companies last year as the U.S. became the world's top exporter of liquid natural gas.

From Sludge
On February 8, 2022
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House Democrats’ New Anti-Progressive PAC Is Funded by Corporate Lobbyists and PACs

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Over half of the funds raised by Team Blue PAC in the second half of last year came from corporate PACs.

From Sludge
On February 1, 2022
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Biden’s Million-Dollar Inaugural Donors Lobbied Against His Agenda

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The Business Roundtable increased its lobbying spending last year by 70% over the previous year as its members pushed for the infrastructure bill.

From Sludge
On January 25, 2022
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Corporate Consultants Voted for New Lobbyists on the DNC

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Executives at well-connected corporate consultancies voted to approve DNC Chair Jaime Harrison's slate of "at-large" members, which included several new corporate lobbyists.

From Sludge
On January 18, 2022
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Ossoff to Intro Bill to Ban Members of Congress and Their Spouses From Trading Stocks

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Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is planning a bill to ban stock trading by federal lawmakers and their spouses, but it faces an uphill battle this year.

From Sludge
On January 11, 2022
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