Lobbies & Special Interests

Major Israel Donor Smears and Obama Lobbying Led to Ellison's Defeat for DNC Chair

Nina Turner tells Paul Jay that anti-Muslim attacks led by some big donors to the DNC, along with active lobbying by Obama, defeated the progressive wing's candidate for the chair of the DNC.

March 2, 2017
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New Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Tied to Russian Oligarchs, Money-Laundering Bank

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Economist James Henry says the Senate failed to seriously investigate the networks of Trump's new billionaire cabinet member.

March 1, 2017
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With Transparency Rule Eliminated, Extractive Industries Can Hide Billions in Payments to Foreign Governments

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Corinna Gilfillan of Global Witness says the change will prop up big oil's corrupt business model.

March 1, 2017
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Big Pharma Quietly Enlists Leading Professors to Justify $1,000-Per-Day Drugs

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As it readies for battle with President Trump over drug prices, the pharmaceutical industry is deploying economists and health care experts from the nation’s top universities. In scholarly articles, blogs and conferences, they lend their prestige to the lobbying

February 23, 2017
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A Champion of the People or Wall Street? Trump Pushes to End Dodd-Frank & Consumer Protection Agency

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As the Trump administration enters its second month, Republican lawmakers have begun a legislative attack on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was created in response to the economic crisis a decade

February 21, 2017
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Pro-Israel interests upped contributions, lobbying in 2016

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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began establishing their face-to-face diplomatic relationship with a meeting today. But the broader ties between the U.S. and Israel date back decades, and have been bolstered by

February 16, 2017
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