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Newsom Delivers for Energy Clients of Lobbyist he Celebrated at French Laundry

By Derek Seidman and Donald Shaw, Sludge
January 12, 2021

The Newsom administration’s decisions have repeatedly benefited the energy clients of the firm of his close lobbyist friend Jason Kinney.

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Energy Giant NRG Splurges on Powerful NY Lobbyists in Pursuit of Astoria Fracked-Gas Plant

By Derek Seidman
December 17, 2020

NRG has paid an army of powerful lobbyists hundreds of thousands of dollars to push a proposed fracked-gas plant against community opposition.

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Biden draws foreign policy team from military- and tech-tied consulting and private equity firms

By Rob Galbraith
December 7, 2020

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

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Biden’s “Nightmare” Climate Advisor is Connected to Energy Transition Team Members

By Rob Galbraith and Derek Seidman
November 18, 2020

A quarter of Biden’s energy transition team – including team head Arun Majumdar – have close ties to Ernest Moniz and the energy industry.

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The Power Behind the Politicians

By Gin Armstrong and Rob Galbraith
November 4, 2020

How can we find out who is bankrolling the politicians and organizations standing in the way of a full and fair vote count?

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Rep. Chris Jacobs seeks to preempt key New York labor law, which could benefit his personal real estate business

By Rob Galbraith
November 2, 2020

Jacobs is seeking to preempt the Scaffold Law, a workplace safety law that the real estate industry has been trying to kill for decades.

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Kirkland & Ellis: The Law Firm Behind the Trump-Barr Power Grab at the DOJ

By Kevin Connor
October 30, 2020

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.

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Puerto Rico’s Act 22 Investors Bet on a Pierluisi and Romero Government

By Abner Dennis
October 29, 2020

Wealthy elites benefiting from Puerto Rico austerity through the Act 22 tax break are betting on a Pierluisi and Romero government.

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Los Inversionistas de la Ley 22 Apuestan a un Gobierno de Pierluisi y Romero

By Abner Dennis
October 29, 2020

Las élites beneficiadas por la austeridad en Puerto Rico a través de las exenciones contributivas de la Ley 22 apuestan a un gobierno de Pierluisi y Romero.

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Five Ways to Research Your University’s Fossil Fuel (and Other) Investments

By Derek Seidman
October 21, 2020

Colleges and universities are good at hiding what specific industries and corporations they invest in, but here are some ways that divestment campaigns can find out this information.

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Puerto Rico Debt Vultures Give Big to 2020 Candidates as Fiscal Board Appointments Loom

By Abner Dennis
September 29, 2020

Wall Street vulture firms invested in Puerto Rico’s debt are donating big to 2020 candidates who choose the new Fiscal Board appointments.

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Los Buitres de Wall Street Donan en Grande a los Candidatos del 2020 al Acercarse los Nombramientos de la Junta de Control Fiscal

By Abner Dennis
September 29, 2020

Firmas buitres de Wall Street con inversiones en la deuda de Puerto Rico están donando en grande a los candidatos 2020 que designarán los nuevos miembros de la Junta.

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Cuomo fundraises with Finger Lakes billionaires as austerity cuts drive upstate NY cities towards crisis

By Rob Galbraith
September 3, 2020

NY governor is raising money from billionaires on promises not to raise their taxes and instead slash state funding for poor cities

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