Private equity and mega-banks are targeting the electric, gas and water utilities we all depend on.
The Iraq War ‘spinmeister’ and high-powered lobbyists behind Pegula’s stadium shakedown
A war propagandist from the Bush administration and well-connected Albany lobbyists are working to extract $1.4 billion in subsidies from New Yorkers.
How elite, oil-backed think tanks worked to lift the ban on US crude oil exports
Brookings Institution, CSIS, and seven other influential think tanks funded by the oil industry pushed to expand US oil exports, typifying a relationship admitted to by ExxonMobil lobbyists years later.
Gig work front group run by lobbying firm Mercury falsely claimed support from Buffalo community organizations
Uber and Lyft-backed group falsely claimed that several community groups in Buffalo endorse its effort to deny workplace protections to app workers in New York.
Buffalo News’s anti-tax screed fails to disclose ties to group lobbying against taxing the rich
The Buffalo News is a “major investor” in – and publisher Tom Wiley sits on the board of – a group lobbying against taxing the rich.
$7 mil millones en efectivo para los fondos buitre en el nuevo plan de ajuste de la Junta de Control Fiscal
El nuevo plan de ajuste de la Junta de Control Fiscal de Puerto Rico incluye $7 mil millones en pagos en efectivo, mientras que los pensionados se enfrentan a recortes
$7 Billion in Cash for Vulture Funds in Oversight Board’s New Debt Adjustment Plan
The Oversight Board’s new plan of adjustment for Puerto Rico includes $7 billion in cash payments for Wall Street vulture funds while pensioners face major cuts.
Google Invests Billions in India as Modi and Allies Stage Corporate Takeover of Agriculture
In profiting from its India investments while not condemning the Modi government’s human rights abuses, Google & US Big Tech are validating the repression of protesters.
Creditors stalk Puerto Rico government’s real estate properties, including the Land Authority’s farms
Wall Street firms are turning to new and aggressive tactics to extract maximum profits from Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy process.
Acreedores al acecho de las propiedades inmuebles del gobierno, incluyendo las fincas de la Autoridad de Tierras
Las firmas de Wall Street están recurriendo a tácticas nuevas y agresivas en sus intentos de extraer ganancias en el proceso de quiebra de Puerto Rico
Newsom Delivers for Energy Clients of Lobbyist he Celebrated at French Laundry
The Newsom administration’s decisions have repeatedly benefited the energy clients of the firm of his close lobbyist friend Jason Kinney.
Energy Giant NRG Splurges on Powerful NY Lobbyists in Pursuit of Astoria Fracked-Gas Plant
NRG has paid an army of powerful lobbyists hundreds of thousands of dollars to push a proposed fracked-gas plant against community opposition.
Biden draws foreign policy team from military- and tech-tied consulting and private equity firms
Several of President-elect Biden’s foreign policy cabinet members, advisors, and White House staff come from arms industry-tied WestExec Advisors and Pine Island Capital