US Politics in Trump era Public date: 19.05.2020 20:05:49

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9 May 2020

Using Coronavirus, GOP Wins Long-Desired Bank Deregulation

Republican lawmakers and finance industry lobbyists are using the coronavirus pandemic to press regulators into rapidly waiving financial safeguards for community banks. And so far, banking regulators have obliged, lifting rules imposed after the 2008 crisis that limit risk-taking and require banks to undergo more strenuous audits.
Republican lawmakers and finance industry lobbyists are using the coronavirus pandemic to press regulators into rapidly...
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banks, corruption, covid-19, governance, republicans, trumps america
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27 Apr 2020

Small Business Rescue Money Flows to Major Trump Donors

Major donors to President Donald Trump’s presidential reelection campaign have won coveted loans from the Paycheck Protection Program, the new government effort to provide a lifeline to small businesses under duress because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Major donors to President Donald Trump’s presidential reelection campaign have won coveted loans from the Paycheck...
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aid package, corruption, covid-19, trumps america
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2 Apr 2020

Key Medical Supplies Exported From U.S. to Foreign Buyers

While much of the world moved swiftly to lock down crucial medical supplies used to treat the coronavirus, the U.S. dithered, maintaining business as normal and allowing large shipments of American-made respirators and ventilators to be sold to foreign buyers.
While much of the world moved swiftly to lock down crucial medical supplies used to treat the coronavirus, the U.S....
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capitalism, covid-19, ethics, governance
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10 Sep 2019

Koch Data Mining Sent Anti-Immigrant Ads to Targeted Voters

Last year, when many GOP candidates across the country turned to vicious anti-immigrant advertisements to turn out voters in the midterm elections, some turned to i360, Koch’s state-of-the-art data analytics company. The company is one of the several appendages of the Koch political machine — one that includes a suite of voter outreach organization, lobbying, and campaign messaging tools.
Last year, when many GOP candidates across the country turned to vicious anti-immigrant advertisements to turn out...
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conservatives, corruption, elections, fake news, immigration policy, koch brothers, republicans
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5 Jun 2019

Ginni Thomas, Wife of Clarence Thomas, Launches New Right-Wing Culture War

Conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas is launching yet another project to wage war on multiple fronts of America’s most heated cultural and political debates. This time, however, her plan will include a project to “protect President Trump” using at least two new campaign-related political entities, according to a presentation obtained by The Intercept and Documented.
Conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas is launching yet another project to wage war on multiple fronts of...
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conservatives, donald trump, scotus, ultra right
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14 May 2019

Congressional Staff Hosted at Anti-Medicare For All Retreat

At a luxury resort just outside of the nation’s capital last month, around four dozen senior congressional staffers decamped for a weekend of relaxation and discussion at Salamander Resort & Spa. It was an opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to come together and listen to live music from the Trailer Grass Orchestra, sip surprisingly impressive glasses of Virginia wine — and hear from health care lobbyists focused on defeating Medicare for All.
At a luxury resort just outside of the nation’s capital last month, around four dozen senior...
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conservatives, corporations, corruption, democrats, healthcare law
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13 Mar 2019

Intercept Investigation Leads to Record FEC Fines

It is illegal for foreign nationals to contribute money in connection with U.S. elections. However, APIC and Right to Rise USA attempted to use an odd loophole created by the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision to funnel overseas cash into American politics.
It is illegal for foreign nationals to contribute money in connection with U.S. elections. However, APIC and Right to...
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china, corruption, elections, jewish lobby, republicans
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10 Mar 2019

Defense Tech Startup Founded by Trump’s Most Prominent Silicon Valley Supporters Wins Secretive Military AI Contract

A startup founded by a young and outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump is among the latest tech companies to quietly win a contract with the Pentagon as part of Project Maven, the secretive initiative to rapidly leverage artificial intelligence technology from the private sector for military purposes.
A startup founded by a young and outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump is among the latest tech companies to...
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campaign promises, corruption, drain the swamp, trumps america
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17 Dec 2018

Messianic Jews Want U.S. to Pay Palestinians to Leave Israel

A pro-Israel activist group is quietly pushing lawmakers on Capitol Hill and key officials in the White House to embrace a plan that would entail paying Palestinian residents in the West Bank to move abroad. The plan is a bid to reshape the ethnic and religious population of territories controlled by Israel, according to the head of the group, called the Alliance for Israel Advocacy.
A pro-Israel activist group is quietly pushing lawmakers on Capitol Hill and key officials in the White House to...
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congress, foreign aid, israel, james comey, palestinians
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22 Sep 2018

State Department Team Led by Former Raytheon Lobbyist Pushed Mike Pompeo to Support Yemen War Because of Arms Sales

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faced internal opposition to U.S. support for the war in Yemen from State Department staff, according to a recent report. The staffers had become concerned by the rising civilian death toll in the war being carried out by Persian Gulf monarchies, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — not only owing to bombings of densely populated areas, but also a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the fighting, with up to 8.4 million people at risk of starvation.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faced internal opposition to U.S. support for the war in Yemen from State...
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corporations, corruption, military complex, military spending, warmongering
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20 Sep 2018

Paul Ryan’s Super PAC Is Flooding Congressional Races with Misinformation About Democrats

With voters sour on President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress, Republican lawmakers are facing daunting odds in the upcoming midterm elections — and they’re fighting back with misinformation. In a recent glaring example, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a Super PAC tied to House Speaker Paul Ryan, is hoping to turn the tide in an Illinois congressional race with a patently dishonest ad attacking a Democratic challenger.
With voters sour on President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress, Republican lawmakers are facing...
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elections, fake news, republicans
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22 Jun 2018

Scott Pruitt Has Spent a Total of $4.6 Million on Security, New Disclosures Show — Including $1,500 on “Tactical Pants”

Pruitt’s high spending on security has become the subject of mounting criticism and a host of official investigations: Several EPA  inspector general investigations have been opened, as well as an ongoing investigation by the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee. Records released under the Freedom of Information Act list expenditures totaling $288,610 on a range of security-related items. The EPA, according to three expense line items for April, spent a total of $2,749.62 on “tactical pants” and “tactical polos.”
Pruitt’s high spending on security has become the subject of mounting criticism and a host of official...
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5 Dec 2017

GOP’s List of Economists Backing Tax Cut Includes Ghosts, Office Assistants, Ex-Felons, and a Sprinkling of Real Economists

Touting support for their tax cut legislation, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, released a letter this week signed by 137 economists who say they strongly endorse the Republican legislation before Congress.  But a review of the economists listed on the letter reveals a number of discrepancies, including economists that are supposedly still academics but are actually retired, and others who have never been employed as economists. One might not even exist.
Touting support for their tax cut legislation, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the Senate Finance Committee, and...
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cheating, corruption, gop, tax policy
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28 Oct 2017

Trump’s IRS Chief Snuck Through With a Unanimous Vote in a Private Room Just off the Senate Floor

President Donald Trump on Thursday named former Ernst & Young LLP executive David Kautter to serve as the  interim head of the Internal Revenue Service after the current chief, John Koskinen, finishes his term on November 12. During his three decades of work at Ernst & Young, Kautter served  as the director of national tax practices at a time when his firm  was engaged in a massive effort to assist wealthy clients with tax  avoidance schemes.
President Donald Trump on Thursday named former Ernst & Young LLP executive David Kautter to serve as the...
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campaign promises, drain the swamp, tax policy, trump agenda, trump cabinet
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17 Oct 2017

Koch Brothers’ Internal Strategy Memo on Selling Tax Cuts: Ignore The Deficit

The billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch spent much of the eight years of the Obama presidency stoking fears about the budget deficit. Now that Republicans control all levers of power in Washington and the Koch brothers are poised to reap a windfall of billions of dollars through tax cuts, they have a new message: Don’t worry about the deficit.
The billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch spent much of the eight years of the Obama presidency...
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conservatives, corruption, deficits, koch brothers, republicans
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23 Sep 2017

How Exxon Mobil May Soon Have Greater Sway Over Science Used in EPA Policies

The list of potential candidates for the EPA's scientific advisory boards includes many oil and gas industry representatives and consultants. While industry has always had a voice on those panels, comments from the Trump administration and the potential new appointees suggest the balance may soon change in favor of greater power for regulated companies, particularly the oil and gas industries.
The list of potential candidates for the EPA's scientific advisory boards includes many oil and gas industry...
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campaign promises, drain the swamp, environment protection, governance, oil companies, trump agenda
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29 Jul 2017

Newt Gingrich, While Helping Shape Health Reform Repeal, Consults for Blue Cross Blue Shield

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich appears regularly in the media to talk about his ideas for the future of health care in America without mentioning one very important fact: His consulting company advises a health insurance company.
Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich appears regularly in the media to talk about his ideas for the future...
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conflict of interest, drain the swamp, healthcare law, republicans, trump advisers
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26 May 2017

Join The Intercept in Documenting the Conflicts of Interest of Hundreds of Trump Appointees

The reporters at the Intercept are compiling an ongoing list of Donald Trump appointees, and have found that many of their disclosures are incomplete and riddled with conflict of interest.
The reporters at the Intercept are compiling an ongoing list of Donald Trump appointees, and have found that many of...
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6 Apr 2017

Koch Brothers’ Operatives Fill Top White House Positions, Ethics Forms Reveal

If the billionaire Koch brothers turn to the White House for favors, they will see many familiar faces. Newly disclosed ethics forms reveal that a significant number of senior Trump staffers were previously employed by the sprawling network of hard-right and libertarian advocacy groups financed and controlled by Charles and David Koch, the conservative duo hyper-focused on entrenching Republican power, eliminating taxes, and slashing environmental and labor regulations.
If the billionaire Koch brothers turn to the White House for favors, they will see many familiar faces. Newly...
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drain the swamp, environment protection, koch brothers, regulations, tax policy, trump advisers, trump cabinet, ultra right
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8 Jan 2017

In Statehouses Won By Republicans, the First Move Is to Consolidate Power By Weakening Unions

Republicans stormed to power in state elections across the country in November on a promise to take on the establishment and return  government to the average citizen. But in state capitals where they gained control, they moved quickly to do something else entirely: They’ve consolidated their newfound power — and rewarded their corporate donors — by delivering death blows to a  longtime enemy: organized labor.
Republicans stormed to power in state elections across the country in November on a promise to take on the...
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27 Nov 2016

Some Fake News Publishers Just Happen to Be Donald Trump’s Cronies

The extraordinary phenomenon of fake news spread by Facebook and other social media during the 2016 presidential election has been largely portrayed as a lucky break for Donald Trump.. But a closer look reveals that some of the biggest fake news providers  were run by experienced political operators well within the orbit of Donald Trump’s political advisers and consultants.
The extraordinary phenomenon of fake news spread by Facebook and other social media during the 2016 presidential...
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12 Nov 2016

Donald Trump May Select an Architect of Bush’s Torture Program to Run CIA

Donald Trump may select Jose Rodriguez, one of the primary architects of the George W. Bush torture program, to run the Central Intelligence Agency, according to a law firm with close ties to Trump. Rodriguez, the former director of the National Clandestine Service, helped developed the CIA black sites, secret prisons operated in foreign countries where interrogators used a range of torture tactics, including the use of “waterboarding,” the simulated  drowning technique once used by the Khmer Rouge and Nazi agents to glean information from detainees.
Donald Trump may select Jose Rodriguez, one of the primary architects of the George W. Bush torture...
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8 Oct 2016

Excerpts of Hillary Clinton’s Paid Speeches to Goldman Sachs Finally Leaked

The excerpts, posted by WikiLeaks, appear in an internal campaign email that highlighted the most politically damaging quotes from each paid speech. She admits that she needs to have a public and a private opinion on policy which goes to the trust issue/
The excerpts, posted by WikiLeaks, appear in an internal campaign email that highlighted the most politically damaging...
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14 Sep 2016

Colin Powell Urged Hillary Clinton’s Team Not to Scapegoat Him for Her Private Server, Leaked Emails Reveal

“HRC could have killed this two years ago by merely telling everyone honestly what she had done and not tie me to it,” Powell wrote in a leaked email. The emails show Powell regularly corresponding with reporters and friends about the Clinton email server scandal, explaining that his situation was different. When Powell arrived at the State Department, the information technology system was badly dated, he argued.
“HRC could have killed this two years ago by merely telling everyone honestly what she had done and not tie me to...
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26 May 2016

Hillary Clinton, Debbie Wasserman Schultz Pick Influence Peddlers to Guide DNC Platform

Three professional influence peddlers, including a registered corporate lobbyist, have been chosen by Hillary Clinton and Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., to serve on the committee responsible for drafting the party’s platform. The 15-member panel has six members chosen by Clinton, five chosen by Bernie Sanders and four chosen by Wasserman Schultz.
Three professional influence peddlers, including a registered corporate lobbyist, have been chosen by Hillary...
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