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Dems Cash in After Defending Private Equity Firms at House Hearing

Dems Cash in After Defending Private Equity Firms at House Hearing

Reps. Gottheimer and Meeks formed a joint fundraising committee just days after defending private equity at a…

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The Members of Congress Who Profit From War

The Members of Congress Who Profit From War

It was shortly after midnight in Baghdad on Friday, Jan. 3, when a missile strike ordered by President Trump …

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CBO Health Panel Packed With Experts Tied to Anti-Medicare For All Groups

CBO Health Panel Packed With Experts Tied to Anti-Medicare For All Groups

One of the key steps in the federal legislative process occurs when the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), an…

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Massachusetts' Top Health Official Has Major Conflicts of Interest With Big Pharma

Massachusetts' Top Health Official Has Major Conflicts of Interest With Big Pharma

The biotech industry is booming in Massachusetts, and pharmaceutical companies are spending millions on lobby…

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Police Foundations Scrub Corporate Partners and Board Members From Their Websites

Police Foundations Scrub Corporate Partners and Board Members From Their Websites

Across the country, corporations and business elites partner with police foundations to funnel money from pri…

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Verizon and AT&T Partner With Pro-Police Militarization Lobbying Group

Verizon and AT&T Partner With Pro-Police Militarization Lobbying Group

As protesters outraged over police killings of black people were met with police violence, AT&T took to Twitt…

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Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally

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💡 Share this on X and Bluesky! The day before President Trump announced a 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs, sending markets exploding higher, his investment accounts quietly purchased hundreds of stocks near the market low, trades that were not publicly disclosed until more than a year later despite federal disclosure requirements.
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Big Bank Lobby Pumps Millions Into Corporate Dems’ Super PACs

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💡 Share this on X and Bluesky! Wall Street's largest banks have quietly been building a new dark money operation that's already funneled nearly $6 million into Democratic super PACs backing the party's most business-friendly candidates and incumbents, according to new Federal Election Commission records.
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Palantir Goes on a Democratic Lobbyist Hiring Spree

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💡 Share this on X and Bluesky! Palantir, the data analytics company whose software powers the Trump administration's deportation operations, has hired a former Democratic senator and a team of Democratic lobbyists with close ties to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, adding to a growing roster of Democrat-connected operatives the company has brought on in recent months. The company registered Avoq LLC as a lobbying firm effective May 1, according to a disclosure signed on June 15.
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