The National Sheriffs’ Association, which counts the telco giants as ‘platinum partners,’ lobbies Congress to make the Defense Department’s 1033 military equipment transfer program permanent.
Donald Shaw
Donald Shaw is a money-in-politics reporter and a co-founder of Sludge.
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Centrist Democrat Backs Bailout Plan Pushed by His Private Equity Donors
New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer is backing a plan from one of his top private equity donors to expand a Federal Reserve bailout program.
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The Democrats Who Want to Bail Out the Oil Industry
Backed by oil and gas PACs, some Democrats are calling on the government to buy oil to support the industry.
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Dems’ Health Insurer Bailout Follows Bundled Checks From the Industry’s Lobbyists
Health insurance lobbyists have collected nearly a quarter of a million dollars for the DCCC so far this cycle.
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Did Joe Pizza Tell Trump About Hydroxychloroquine?
Mr. Pizza, whose wife was serenaded by Trump at Mar-a-Lago, is a hydroxychloroquine dealer.
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Biden Sides With Big Pharma Against Affordable Coronavirus Vaccine Plan
Unlike Sanders and other Democrats, Joe Biden has not embraced a key executive authority: cutting the cost of a possible coronavirus vaccine and other pharmaceuticals developed with federal research dollars.
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A Billionaire Heiress and a Bernie-Backed Progressive Face Off in California Primary
Sara Jacobs, heiress to the Qualcomm fortune, is leading in the polls thanks in part to a super PAC funded entirely by her billionaire grandparents.
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Richard Neal Is Number One in Corporate PAC Donations
Neal, who chairs the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, got money from PACs of several corporations that had negative effective tax rates in 2018.
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Iowa Democratic Party Consultants Have Deep Clinton Ties
The state party turned down outside help from security experts as it paid longtime political consultants who built their careers working on the campaigns of Hillary Clinton.
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The Members of Congress Who Profit From War
Here are the senators and representatives who own stock in Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and other top defense contractors.