No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge organizers say the bundler’s personal contribution breaks the spirit of the pledge.
Donald Shaw
Donald Shaw is a money-in-politics reporter and a co-founder of Sludge.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Pharma-Funded ‘Dark Money’ Group Hosts House Staffers for California Junket
The staffers, several of whom work for reps on the subcommittee overseeing pharmaceuticals, met with executives from drug companies Merck and Genentech.
Posted inLaw and Justice
McConnell Speeds Up Confirming Judges After Hefty Donation From Conservative Legal Activist
Federalist Society board member C. Boyden Gray recently gave his largest contribution ever to McConnell’s joint fundraising committee.
Posted inPolitics
Kyrsten Sinema, the Only Anti-Net Neutrality Dem, Linked to Super PAC Run by a Comcast Lobbyist
The super PAC has made independent political expenditures to support Sinema’s elections, and Sinema has directed donations to it through a PAC she used to chair.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Super PAC Backing ‘Middle-Class Joe’ Is Led by Lobbyists, Corporate Consultants, and Democratic Fundraisers
This week, Unite the Country announced its top staffers, most of whom either work for major corporations or run groups funded by corporate interests.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Will Senator Reed Stand Up to His Defense Donors on Yemen?
Jack Reed’s campaigns and leadership PAC have taken $362,400 from four defense contractors that have sold 90% of the American weapons bought by Saudi Arabia. Now he has a key role in negotiations around banning the companies’ Saudi sales.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
As It Cultivates a Socially Responsible Image, Juul Sends Lobbyist to ALEC’s Annual Meeting
Juul says it wants to “make a meaningful, positive impact on our communities,” but by participating in the influential right-wing state legislative lobby it is working with a group that helps corporations violate the public interest.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Congressional Black Caucus Institute Takes CoreCivic Cash, Boosts Policies That Help Private Prisons
As it benefits from the corporate coffers of private prison giant CoreCivic, the institute advocates privatized reentry programs from which the company profits.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wealthy, White, and Over 50: The Demographics of the Democrats’ Biggest Presidential Donors
Sludge and Data for Progress analyzed the Democratic presidential candidates’ donors by income, race, gender, age, and ideology.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Representative Gottheimer Asks Regulators to Deregulate Banks He’s Invested In
At the behest of a big-bank trade group, Gottheimer rallied 16 of his fellow Democrats to join him in urging financial regulators to gut a provision of Dodd-Frank that protects insured depository institutions from risky trading.
