trumpism Grifty conservative PACs raised millions pushing racist Obama conspiracies to elderly, low-income supporters, then kept almost all of it Cory Doctorow
china Offshore illegal GOP campaign megadonors receive record FEC fines after The Intercept reveals their crimes Cory Doctorow
elections America for sale: 38% of all election funding comes from 0.0001% of Americans (2,210 people account for 25% of the total) Cory Doctorow
politics GOP officials won't let the FEC stop bosses from forcing employees to give to PACs Cory Doctorow
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
corruption Meet the deep-pocketed Biden Bros: lobbyists for arms dealers, for-profit health-care, Azerbaijani oligarchs, Comcast Cory Doctorow
Business Sept 20: More than 900 Amazon employees pledge to walk out over climate inaction Cory Doctorow
california Fur industry paid protesters to attend California and New York hearings on a fur ban Cory Doctorow
corruption Payday lenders switched their trade show to a Trump hotel and sent Trump at least a million bucks, then he gave them carte blanche to make billions preying on poor people Cory Doctorow
climate Congressional Democratic establishment wants to replace "Green New Deal" with a climate committee of oil money recipients Cory Doctorow
Democrats Congressional Democrats' first bill aims to end gerrymandering, increase voter registration and rein in campaign finance Cory Doctorow
elections Koch is abundant and low value: how the super-rich are buying American politics Cory Doctorow
corruption Chinese surveillance/tech giant Alibaba joins ALEC, will start co-authoring US legislation Cory Doctorow
illinois Hereditary ultraestablishment Democrat Dan Lipinski funded by railroad industry, whose safety regs he has held at bay Cory Doctorow
Democrats Progressive Democrats are using small-money donations to outraise establishment opponents with deep-pocketed millionaire backers Cory Doctorow
