Two nonprofits, recently incorporated in Delaware, have spent $260,000 on ads and mailers backing Rep. Eliot Engel. The groups are not required to reveal their donors.
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Verizon and AT&T Partner With Pro–Police Militarization Lobbying Group
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.
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Spotify Is Doing to Podcasting What Facebook and Google Did to Blogs
By acquiring the most popular shows, Spotify wants to dominate the industry, and make it impossible for newer voices to emerge.
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CFPB Attorney Who Helped Water Down Payday Lending Rule Operated a High-Cost Auto Lender
Christopher G. Mufarrige ran a Buy Here Pay Here used car lot in Texas before joining CFPB and working on payday lending regulations.
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Mapping Corruption: Donald Trump’s Executive Branch
An inquiry into how the Trump administration transformed Washington
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Remote Control
A civil rights lawsuit highlights how Comcast’s monopoly crushes media diversity.
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Mind the Trust Gap
The story of scarce face masks during a pandemic points to a greater failing: Government has placed corporate greed above the public good.
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Trump First Proposed a Payroll Tax Cut Six Months Ago
And here’s why it doesn’t make sense as an economic response to the coronavirus.
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Mike Bloomberg’s Belly Flop Was a Great Moment for Democracy
And it showed the power of progressive messaging to counteract billions.
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Progressives Take On District Attorney in L.A. County Election
Los Angeles is the latest city where criminal justice reformers are running against traditional law-and-order incumbents.
