Corporate Backers of the Blue: How Corporations Bankroll U.S. Police Foundations
Companies that say they stand with protesters have been funding police foundations for years.
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Grassroots NY Challengers Take on the Pandemic and the Big Money Machine
With the state's public financing system not yet in place, New York candidates going up against entrenched incumbents face new fundraising challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
AOC Attacked by Super PAC Funded by Primary Opponent’s Husband
Mailers and digital media opposing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are being distributed by a super PAC that has received the majority of its funding from Stephen Dizard, the husband of her primary opponent, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.
NY Candidate and Pharma Heir Faces Questions on Drug Pricing Independence
After months of questions from local activists, Adam Schleifer, running in the NY-17 Democratic primary, tells Sludge he supports a Senate bill that sets price restrictions on drugs developed with public funding.
Klobuchar Worked With Law Enforcement Group to Increase Police Budgets
The possible Democratic vice presidential pick sought to dramatically increase the budget for a key cop-hiring program created by Joe Biden’s 1994 crime bill.
‘Dark Money’ Groups Back Engel Against Progressive Challenger Bowman
Two nonprofits, recently incorporated in Delaware, have spent $260,000 on ads and mailers backing Engel. The groups are not required to reveal their donors.
Dark Money Pours Into West Virginia Ahead of State Supreme Court Election
A Republican Party group funded by the shadowy Judicial Confirmation Network is among the groups spending big ahead of West Virginia's Supreme Court elections.
‘Bloomberg Loophole’ Paves the Way for Rich Donors to Ignore Contribution Limits
After Mike Bloomberg transferred a leftover $18 million from his campaign to the Democratic National Committee, watchdog groups are calling on the Federal Election Commission to close the loophole allowing unlimited donations to a party—but the agency still has no meetings scheduled.
Verizon and AT&T Partner With Pro-Police Militarization Lobbying Group
The National Sheriff's Association, which counts the telco giants as "platinum partners," lobbies Congress to make the Defense Department's 1033 military equipment transfer program permanent.
‘Liberate' Rally Organizers Worked to Criminalize Anti-Pipeline Protests
The Save Our Country coalition, which supports “liberate” protesters, is deeply tied to ALEC, a conservative group that has helped to pass laws in eleven states ratcheting up penalties for protesting near oil and gas pipelines.