The Newsom administration’s decisions have repeatedly benefited the energy clients of the firm of his close lobbyist friend Jason Kinney.
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
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
Biden’s “Nightmare” Climate Advisor is Connected to Energy Transition Team Members
A quarter of Biden’s energy transition team – including team head Arun Majumdar – have close ties to Ernest Moniz and the energy industry.
The Power Behind the Politicians
How can we find out who is bankrolling the politicians and organizations standing in the way of a full and fair vote count?
Rep. Chris Jacobs seeks to preempt key New York labor law, which could benefit his personal real estate business
Jacobs is seeking to preempt the Scaffold Law, a workplace safety law that the real estate industry has been trying to kill for decades.
Kirkland & Ellis: The Law Firm Behind the Trump-Barr Power Grab at the DOJ
Attorney General Bill Barr’s alarming expansion of political control at the DOJ in advance of the election is also a story of corporate capture: a single law firm, Kirkland & Ellis, has a revolving door monopoly on the highest ranks of the Department of Justice that deserves far more scrutiny.