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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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Patient Zero
Tom Scully is as responsible as anyone for the way health care in America works today.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Secretary Yellen, Where Are the Crypto Tax Regulations?
After almost two years, the Treasury Department hasn’t even started trying to force crypto companies to pay what they owe.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Lina Khan Haters Took a Premature Victory Lap
It turns out that the ethics official who recommended that Khan recuse herself from a case involving Meta is an owner of Meta stock.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Will Katherine Tai Prevail Over the Corporate Undertow?
The U.S. trade representative is one of Biden’s most inspired appointees. She faces fierce resistance as she tries to carry out her president’s trade agenda.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Attacks on Lina Khan’s Ethics Reveal Copious Amounts of Projection
Before the Federal Trade Commission chair got there, the agency was brimming with conflicts of interest, including from her loudest critics.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Tech Lobbying Is Coming From Inside the House
Emails from the U.S. trade representative’s office show a cozy relationship with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Clean-Power Group Supports Dirty Energy
The American Clean Power Association has endorsed fossil fuel initiatives and their allies in Washington.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Tech Lobbyists Explain How They Took Over Washington
An amazing research paper unearths how the tech industry invented the concept of digital trade and sold it to government officials.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can K Street’s Most Pro-Biden Firm Save TikTok?
SKDK, co-founded by Biden consigliere Anita Dunn, has taken on TikTok as its client.
