He is spending prodigious amounts on lobbying and elections to ensure that crypto is lightly regulated in the future.
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Clock Ticking on Big Tech Accountability Bills
The industry, and a couple of nervous Democrats, want to keep the legislation forever off the Senate calendar. Chuck Schumer is the key decision-maker.
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Biden’s Main Legislative Accomplishment Is in One Man’s Hands
Mitch Landrieu is overseeing the bipartisan infrastructure law. His record does not inspire confidence in how that might be handled.
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Three More Senators Violated the STOCK Act
At least two more Democrats and a Republican senator failed to report stock transactions last year as a ban on congressional stock trading flounders in a Senate working group.
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Rollups: Monopoly on Tap
Reyes is the largest beer distributor in America, and rivals allege that it has used ‘strong-arm tactics’ to achieve dominance in California.
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Blowing the Truck Whistle
A carbon dioxide delivery driver’s long journey to expose issues that he says put his safety and integrity at risk
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Anti-Union Consultants Have No Place in the Democratic Party
Global Strategy Group is a good case study of the type of PR and advisory firm the Democrats could do without.
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose for Global Elites
Investors at the prestigious Milken Conference are confident that, recession or no, they’ll keep on making money.
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Bernie Sanders Puts Amazon’s Billions in Federal Contracts at Risk
A hearing featuring Amazon Labor Union’s Christian Smalls looked at whether the government should continue to use companies as contractors after they engage in union-busting.
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Private Equity Firms Want to Give Workers Ownership Stakes
Through a new nonprofit, buyout funds will grant shares to employees of their portfolio companies. Backers say it will boost investor profits, and give workers an ‘ownership mindset.’
