We have obtained a list of more than 400 Trump administration hires, including dozens of lobbyists and some from far-right media.

by Justin Elliott, Derek Kravitz and Al Shaw
ProPublica, March 8, 2017, 2:44 p.m.

A Trump campaign aide who argues that Democrats committed “ethnic cleansing” in a plot to “liquidate” the white working class. A former ( Read more... )

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The Regulatory Capture Of The Press

There is a phenomenon called “regulatory capture” that describes how government regulators come to be controlled by those that they are meant to regulate. The same idea applies to the press. And it’s ( Read more... )

okay for those of you who decided to turn off teh television this weekend Trump made all sorts of drama by announcing via Twitter that the President of Taiwan had called and congratulated him on his win. Annnd we have not "officially" talked to Taiwan since like, 1970 when Nixon decided to BFF China. So it may be a tiny little snowball rolling ( Read more... )

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald J. Trump, who campaigned against the corrupt power of special interests, is filling his transition team with some of the very sort of people who he has complained have too much clout in Washington: corporate consultants and lobbyists ( Read more... )

Uruguay defeats Philip Morris test case lawsuit

Uruguay has won a landmark lawsuit against Philip Morris International, which was suing the South American country for its strict regulations on smoking in what was seen as a test case for the tobacco industry.Friday’s decision sets an important precedent for other countries considering implementing ( Read more... )

The lobbying reform that enriched Congress

Nine years after Congress tried to halt the revolving door, the influence industry is larger and filled with former members. This wasn't an accident.Congress was in no rush to reform itself in the early 2000s, even as more and more of its members decamped for the lobbying world and started collecting fat ( Read more... )

Lawmakers show surprising courage against Big Tobacco

The Legislature showed some guts last week in standing up to the tobacco lobby and its political money.

It could have shown more, however, by mustering the courage to raise taxes on cigarettes, cigars and chewing crud.

California's tobacco tax is among the lowest in the nation and hasn't been ( Read more... )

The Democratic National Committee has rolled back restrictions introduced by presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 that banned donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees ( Read more... )

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