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8 Nov 2019, 3:00 am
K Street’s Newest Star Built Business on Dubious Claims of Trump Ties Laredo Morning Times – Beth Reinhard and Jonathan O’Connell (Washington Post) | Published: 11/1/2019 Since President Trump took office, the lobbyist Michael Esposito has been wildly successful, turning a family business that once focused on municipal transportation issues into one of the fastest-growing lobbying firms in Washington, D.C. [read post]
1 Nov 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal AP Exclusive: Middleman helped Saudi give to Obama inaugural AP News – Alan Suderman and Jim Mustian | Published: 10/29/2019 When President Barack Obama was reelected in 2012, a Saudi tycoon and his business associate sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to the U.S. to help pay for the inaugural celebration and get a picture with the president. [read post]
25 Oct 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal ‘C’est Moi’: Mitt Romney admits to running secret Twitter account under the alias ‘Pierre Delecto’ MSN – Allyson Chiu (Washington Post) | Published: 10/21/2019 For years, Pierre Delecto’s presence on Twitter largely went unnoticed. [read post]
18 Oct 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal After Arrest of Giuliani Associates, FEC Chair Says Commission Struggling to Enforce Rules The Hill – Justin Wise | Published: 10/14/2019 FEC Chairperson Ellen Weintraub lamented the agency’s inability to enforce campaign finance law, saying in an interview there “may well be a lot of money that is slipping into our system that we just don’t know about. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal Bernie Sanders Says He Will Slow His Campaign Pace After Heart Attack ENM News – Sydney Ember and Jonathan Martin (New York Times) | Published: 10/8/2019 U.S. [read post]
4 Oct 2019, 3:00 am
Hunter said she merely asked Weintraub for time to evaluate the document before it was included in the digest. [read post]
27 Sep 2019, 3:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alaska – Ben Stevens Once Left the Alaska Senate in Disgrace. [read post]
20 Sep 2019, 3:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alaska – Insurance-Focused Political Group Fined $5,500 After Decade of Failed Disclosure Anchorage Daily News – James Brooks | Published: 9/18/2019 The Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) voted to fine an insurance-focused PAC $5,500 to settle a complaint it failed to register with the commission for more than a decade and for two years accepted contributions that violated state law. [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 3:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Arizona – Some Push for Scottsdale to End Prayer at Council Meetings Amid Legal Showdown with Satanists Arizona Republic – Lorraine Lonhi | Published: 9/10/2019 A Scottsdale resident and activists petitioned a city commission to recommend replacing invocations with moments of silence at city council meetings. [read post]
6 Sep 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal Andrew Yang’s Speaking Fees, Including from JPMorgan, Raise Campaign Finance Questions: Experts ABC News – Armando Garcia | Published: 8/30/2019 Months after announcing his bid for the presidency as a Democrat, Andrew Yang was paid for a number of speaking engagements. [read post]
30 Aug 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal Barr Books Trump’s Hotel for $30,000 Holiday Party MSN – Jonathan O’Connell and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) | Published: 8/27/2019 Attorney General William Barr will hold a family holiday party for 200 people at Trump International Hotel in December that is likely to cost $30,000. [read post]
23 Aug 2019, 3:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Arkansas – Orthodontist Accused of Bribing Former Arkansas Lawmaker Courthouse News Service – Erik De La Garza | Published: 8/19/2019 A Florida-based orthodontist who operates several clinics in Arkansas was charged in a bribery and fraud scheme involving disgraced former state Sen. [read post]
16 Aug 2019, 3:00 am
Attorneys for the Birmingham and Huntsville airport authorities told the Ethics Commission that airport workers are not public employees because they are paid with funds generated by the airports, not with state, county, or municipal funds. [read post]
9 Aug 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal Campaigns Say They’ll Match Political Contributions. [read post]
2 Aug 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal Ex-McConnell Staffers Lobbied on Russian-Backed Kentucky Project Politico – Natasha Bertrand and Theodoric Meyer | Published: 7/31/2019 Two former top staffers to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have lobbied Congress and the Treasury Department on the development of a new Kentucky aluminum mill backed by the Russian aluminum giant Rusal, according to a new lobbying disclosure. [read post]
26 Jul 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal Appeals Court Judges Send Emoluments Suit Against Trump Back to a Lower Court New York Times – Sharon LaFraniere | Published: 7/19/2019 A federal appeals court delivered a setback to a lawsuit by congressional Democrats accusing President Trump of illegally benefiting from his business interests while in office, saying a lower court judge hearing the suit had not adequately considered questions about the separation of powers between the president and Congress. [read post]
19 Jul 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal Acting Labor Secretary Pizzella Lobbied for Russian-Connected Front Group, Worked with Jack Abramoff Center for Responsive Politics – Reid Champlin and Jessica Piper | Published: 7/12/2019 Patrick Pizzella will take the reins at the Department of Labor as acting secretary after Alex Acosta announced his resignation due to criticism for his light prosecution of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein more than a decade ago. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal 2020 Democrats Vow to Get Tough on Lobbyists The Hill – Alex Gangitano | Published: 7/7/2019 Democratic presidential hopefuls are taking aim at the lobbying world, vowing to enact sweeping reform proposals if they win election. [read post]
5 Jul 2019, 4:00 am
National/Federal 2020 Census Will Not Include Citizenship Question, DOJ Confirms Philadelphia Inquirer – Ann Marimow, Matt Zapotosky, and Tara Bahrampour (Washington Post) | Published: 7/2/2019 In a defeat for President Trump, his administration ended its effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census, saying it will begin printing forms that do not include the contentious query. [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 3:00 am
Claiming to Be Cherokee, Contractors with White Ancestry Got $300 Million Los Angeles Times – Adam Elmahrek and Paul Pringle | Published: 6/26/2019 An investigation by The Los Angeles Times demonstrates a failure in the efforts to help disadvantaged Americans by steering municipal, state, and federal contracts to qualified minority-owned companies. [read post]
