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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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Dark Money Group Sends Staffers to Tech and Pharma HQs to Kick Off August Recess

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By Donald Shaw Verified
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Center Forward, funded in part by the companies it sent congressional staffers to visit, paired the tours with policy briefings for aides who sit on the committees the companies lobby. By Donald Shaw, Sludge As the House cleared out of Washington for August recess, congressional aides working on major policy fights on Capitol Hill were being flown out to corporate headquarters by a dark money group with deep ties to industry.
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Dark Money Group Sends Staffers to Tech and Pharma HQs to Kick Off August Recess

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By Donald Shaw Verified
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As the House cleared out of Washington for August recess, congressional aides working on major policy fights on Capitol Hill were being flown out to corporate headquarters by a dark money group with deep ties to industry. The staffers took sponsored trips to companies with stakes in the lobbying battles, including a fusion startup seeking to power AI data centers and Big Pharma firms as they fight President Trump’s push to tie U.S. drug prices to lower prices overseas.
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Lobbying Filings Reveal What Companies Paid for Trump's Freedom 250

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By Donald Shaw Verified
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💡 Share this on X and Bluesky! Freedom 250 LLC, the entity behind many of President Trump's 250th-anniversary celebrations, publicly lists its sponsors but does not disclose how much they paid. New federal lobbying reports filed this week are now providing the first look at some of those contributions, revealing multimillion-dollar payments made by Chevron, RTX and United Airlines.
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