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Lobbying to Influence Legislation Including Farm Bill Tops $500 Million
13 de mayo, puesto en línea por Newswire EditorFrom almost the moment the 2018 food and farm bill was signed into law, agribusinesses and industry groups have spent more than half a billion dollars lobbying on issues that include the next food and farm bill, according to new research by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The UCS (…) -
Intuitively Shredding Democracy
11 de mayo, puesto en línea por Abby ZimetBecause it's an election year and lying white guys gonna lie, Repubs are feverishly working to cheat their way to power by getting rid of all the pesky "voters," real or imaginary, who don't like them. In their demented campaign for "election integrity," they're hounding "illegals" - who already (…) -
CPC Chair Jayapal, Renters Caucus Chair Gomez Call on Administration to Advance Fair Housing for All
10 de mayo, puesto en línea por Newswire EditorCongressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Congressional Renters Caucus Chair Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) are leading 26 of their colleagues in calling on the Administration to immediately release the final “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) rule proposed by the U.S. (…) -
Trump’s Brazen Collusion with Big Oil
9 de mayo, puesto en línea por Newswire EditorThe Washington Post is reporting that Donald Trump told a group of oil industry executives that if they raised $1 billion to support his presidential campaign, he would institute a range of policies favorable to their corporate interests. Separately, Politico reports that oil industry leaders (…) -
They Walk Among Us: Mississippi Goddamn, Still
8 de mayo, puesto en línea por Abby ZimetAs the dystopian movie Civil War sets records depicting the "colorful horrors of the American future" on its current trajectory, we saw the same mindless, time-honored rancor play out at "Ole Miss being Ole Miss," where a pack of rabid, jeering, shit-for-brains frat bros with white-supremely (…)