Politics
Election Denial Is Not a Problem for Bipartisan Caucus
One in five GOP members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus voted to support legal challenges to the 2020 election results.
The Lobbyists Who Make Filing Your Taxes a Nightmare
Some of Intuit's lobbyists at a top D.C. firm recently held a swanky fundraiser for Senate Democrats.
New App Helps You Opt Out of Corporate Media
The OptOut news aggregation app, launched last month, aims to level-up the distribution of independent journalism and more uncompromising content.
Biden Requests Record Defense Budget Even Before Congress Boosts It
President Biden proposed a record $813 billion in defense funding, which experts called a boon to weapons contractors developing nuclear weapons.
ICYMI: Republicans Heart Putin
gazing into the soul of the Republican Party's deepening admiration for the Russian dictator
Navy Seeks to Quietly Mothball Billions Worth of Faulty Ships
The expensive Littoral Combat Ships, only seven years old, were expected to serve for 25 years.
Tech Industry Groups Push to Stall Antitrust Bills After Record 2020 Donations
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 […]
Manchin and Sinema Donors Gave Millions to Republican PACs
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 […]
Big Business PACs Gave Millions to Dem Party as Biden Agenda Collapsed
The PACs of Business Roundtable member companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and NextEra Energy donated millions to the DCCC and DSCC last year.
Biden Boosts Gas Exports, Profiting Reps With Pipeline Stocks
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.
Beatty and Gottheimer Funnel Private Equity Donations Through Pop-up Committee
The reps had campaigned to overturn a Trump-era tax hike on the wealthiest Americans.
House Democrats’ New Anti-Progressive PAC Is Funded by Corporate Lobbyists and PACs
Over half of the funds raised by Team Blue PAC in the second half of last year came from corporate PACs.
Manchin Sits on Foundation Board With Lobbyists
Joe Manchin, one of the errant Democrats blocking President Biden’s agenda in the Senate, is well known for having close ties to the Big Business political influence machine. He’s a former state chairman and national director of the corporate political influence group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and a top recipient of PAC money from […]
