FIRMS SEVER TIES WITH CHINA CLIENTS: Several of K Street’s top firms are no longer working for Chinese companies that are linked to the Chinese military, Daniel reports, after PI reported last week that several members of Congress were considering banning the firms from meetings with their offices…
COVID Fear Isn’t the Kitchen Sink – But It’s Close…
Most people think when they vote for a federal politician -a House or Senate representative- they are voting for a person who will go to Washington DC and write or enact legislation. This is the old-fashioned “schoolhouse rock” perspective based on decades past…
Feds File Criminal Case Against Illinois ComEd, Implicates House Speaker Mike Madigan…
Early last year, when federal investigations into public corruption dominated the headlines, a longtime ally of House Speaker Michael Madigan gave a little advice to a ComEd vice president, according to an explosive court document filed Friday. Lobbyist Mike McClain allegedly told the utility executive that, “I would say to you don’t put anything in […]
Democratic Lobbyists Bristle at Party’s Attack on K Street…
Democratic lobbyists find themselves in a tough spot, eager for their party to recapture the White House in 2020 but also bristling at the top-tier candidates’ attacks on K Street. The influence world’s ranks are packed with lobbyists with ties to Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill or who work for issues or industries aligned with […]
And We Wonder Why DC Is So Broken: 430 Former Members of Congress Are Lobbyists, Government Influencers…
Former politicians regularly monetize their experience and contacts by becoming lobbyists, consultants, and joining other endeavors to influence government activities. Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and senior contributor at Breitbart News, explained the ubiquity of this phenomenon in episode three of his eponymous investigative video series. In the latest edition of The […]
Democrats Are Cozying Up to Corporate Lobbyists Despite Purity Pledges…
When former Navy officer Gil Cisneros mounted his campaign for retiring Rep. Ed Royce’s House seat in Southern California, he found a clear way to distinguish himself from his Republican rival. While Young Kim, a former state lawmaker, took in donations from high-profile corporate PACs, including those of Chevron, ExxonMobil and Koch Industries, Cisneros, a […]
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: You Elected Them to Write New Laws. They’re Letting Corporations Do it Instead…
Each year, state lawmakers across the U.S. introduce thousands of bills dreamed up and written by corporations, industry groups and think tanks. Disguised as the work of lawmakers, these so-called “model” bills get copied in one state Capitol after another, quietly advancing the agenda of the people who write them. A two-year investigation by USA […]
Saudi Officials Offered Super Bowl Tickets to CNN’s Tapper, Fox News Brett Baier…
The Most Repulsive 3 Minutes Ever Broadcast on TV…
MUST READ: MSNBC and Daily Beast Feature UAE Lobbyist David Rothkopf with No Disclosure: a Scandalous Media-Wide Practice by Glenn Greenwald…
On Thursday, the Daily Beast published an article about the Saudi/US relationship by David Rothkopf, a long-time member in good standing of the U.S. Foreign Policy elite. Until last year, he was the editor-in-chief of the establishment journal Foreign Policy, named to that position in 2012 when it was owned by the Washington Post. He’s […]