Gambling site Kalshi is spending big on a lobbying campaign to allow people to bet on the end of the American republic.
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Democratic National Convention Chair’s Firm Helps Companies Block Labor Laws
Dewey Square Group, where Minyon Moore leads State and Local Affairs, was paid millions of dollars last year by a Lyft-funded industry group fighting state labor protections.
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Progressive and Moderate Wings Collide in Rhode Island House Race
Aaron Regunberg has left-wing endorsements; Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, more centrist ones. But Matos is fending off a series of scandals.
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Wall Street Stokes Culture War to Fight Swipe Fee Reform
The credit card industry is attempting to whip up right-wing hysterics to fight a bipartisan financial reform.
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Democratic Senate Hopeful’s Company Resists FTC Investigation
Maryland’s David Trone’s liquor store chain enmeshed in antitrust case
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Investment Industry Donors Bankroll Sinema in Q2
Donors at Blackstone, the Carlyle Group, and other investment firms have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Sinema’s leadership PAC, which has been spending on upscale events and private flights.
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The Climate Denialist Think Tank That Might Produce the Next FTC Commissioner
It turns out that radical ideology IS allowed at the FTC.
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Jim Jordan Misfires in Attacks on Lina Khan
House Judiciary Committee Republicans didn’t follow Jordan in his assaults on Khan’s ethics. Some Republicans even praised her.
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Federal Highway Safety Regulator Torpedoes Massachusetts Right-to-Repair Legislation
The federal regulator cites concerns over hacking, but that argument is an industry pretext.
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Lina Khan Faces an Inquisition
An upcoming House Judiciary Committee hearing is an attempt to force her to stand down on fighting corporate power, or face the consequences.
