Leaked documents reveal how $750,000 in donations led to laws in Wisconsin.
Source: After key donations, GOP tried to keep poisoned kids from suing lead makers | Ars Technica
Category: Lobbying
Pharma Company Funding Anti-Pot Fight Worried About Losing Business, Filings Show
PHARMACEUTICAL EXECUTIVES WHO recently made a major donation to an anti-marijuana legalization campaign claimed they were doing so out of concern for the safety of children — but their investor filings reveal that pot poses a direct threat to their plans to cash in on a synthetic cannabis product they have developed.
Source: Pharma Company Funding Anti-Pot Fight Worried About Losing Business, Filings Show
AT&T lectures Google Fiber about challenges of broadband investment | Ars Technica
Google Fiber’s reported struggles cause AT&T to take a victory lap.
Source: AT&T lectures Google Fiber about challenges of broadband investment | Ars Technica
Eric Holder’s Longtime Excuse for Not Prosecuting Banks Just Crashed and Burned
New evidence supports critique that Holder, for a combination of political, self-serving, and craven reasons, held his department back from prosecuting big banks.
Source: Eric Holder’s Longtime Excuse for Not Prosecuting Banks Just Crashed and Burned
MPAA Lobbyist / SOPA Sponsor to Draft Democratic Party Platform – TorrentFreak
The Democratic Party has appointed a committee tasked with drafting the party’s platform. The 15-member panel includes MPAA lobbyist Howard L Berman, an attorney and former U.S. Representative who not only co-sponsored SOPA and tried to enshrine P2P network sabotage in law, but has also been funded by Hollywood throughout his career.
Source: MPAA Lobbyist / SOPA Sponsor to Draft Democratic Party Platform – TorrentFreak
Charter explains why it doesn’t compete against other cable companies | Ars Technica
FCC would block mergers between cable companies that compete, Charter CEO says.
Source: Charter explains why it doesn’t compete against other cable companies | Ars Technica
Hillary Clinton’s Energy Initiative Pressed Countries to Embrace Fracking, New Emails Reveal
Newly disclosed emails show Clinton State Department officials working alongside fossil fuel companies aggressively pushing for fracking even in countries where local objections were growing.
Source: Hillary Clinton’s Energy Initiative Pressed Countries to Embrace Fracking, New Emails Reveal
Trade Commission Report Reveals Few Benefits From the TPP and Ignores its Costs | Electronic Frontier Foundation
The White House has been curiously quiet on the Trans-Pacific Partnership front, following its earlier fanfare about the agreement when it was signed in February. Yesterday with the release of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)’s almost 800-page report on the TPP’s Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and on Specific Industry Sectors [PDF], we can expect the rhetoric to be ramped up again, in attempt to sell the agreement to an increasingly skeptical Congress and public.
Police and Prison Guard Groups Fight Marijuana Legalization in California
Police and prison guard groups are terrified that they might lose some of the drug war money to which they have become so deeply addicted.
Source: Police and Prison Guard Groups Fight Marijuana Legalization in California
Florida Attorney General Endorses Trump After Taking His Money and Backing Off Trump University Investigation
Pam Bondi’s bigger favor to Trump may have been her 2013 decision not to investigate Trump’s for-profit education chain after he made a big donation to her re-election campaign.
