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'Foreign Agents' explores the U.S. citizens lobbying for foreign governments
4 months, 1 week ago

'Foreign Agents' explores the U.S. citizens lobbying for foreign governments

NPR  

'Foreign Agents' explores the U.S. citizens lobbying for foreign governments DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. One of the things you write about is that companies that were representing foreign governments, particularly dictatorial foreign governments, where they could loot untold millions and maybe even billions from their own national treasuries, could pay money to the lobbying companies, and then …

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TikTok is turning its users into lobbyists, just like Uber did.
54 years, 11 months ago

TikTok is turning its users into lobbyists, just like Uber did.

Slate  

ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, does not want Congress to force a sale of its crown jewel. As ByteDance throws every weapon it can against the bill, a key element of its strategy has emerged: deputize its army of TikTok “creators” to become informal lobbyists, asking them to plead the company’s case. “You’re giving a middle finger to …

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California lawmakers can’t take lobbyist donations — unless they’re running for Congress
10 months ago

California lawmakers can’t take lobbyist donations — unless they’re running for Congress

LA Times  

State Sen. Susan Rubio has a powerful position in Sacramento. Rubio has received nearly $43,300 in contributions from registered state lobbyists in her campaign to replace retiring Rep. Grace F. Napolitano in California’s 31st Congressional District. Two state legislators running for Congress have not received any lobbyist donations: Sen. Bob Archuleta, who is also running for Napolitano’s San Gabriel Valley …

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Commentary: Why are lawmakers luring tech lobbyists to wine country before social media, crypto votes?
2 years, 5 months ago

Commentary: Why are lawmakers luring tech lobbyists to wine country before social media, crypto votes?

LA Times  

California lawmakers will soon end their summer recess and return to Sacramento for the final, most consequential month of the legislative year. For a $35,000 donation to a foundation affiliated with the Legislature’s “tech caucus” — a bipartisan group helmed by Democratic Assemblymember Evan Low from Silicon Valley — companies can pick a topic they want to brief lawmakers on …

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Biden’s Bank Regulation Nominee Is Facing A 'Red Scare McCarthyism' Campaign
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden’s Bank Regulation Nominee Is Facing A 'Red Scare McCarthyism' Campaign

Huff Post  

Saule Omarova speaks during a September 2018 Senate banking committee hearing titled "Fintech: Examining Digitization, Data, and Technology." The Senate Must Defeat Communist Saule Omarova For Comptroller of the Currency - The Capitol Switchboard is call today & tell your Senators to vote NO on Communist Saule Omarova, President Biden’s nominee for Comptroller of the Currency https://t.co/vrgewQVvTU — Richard Viguerie …

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