“We are taking on the big-money interests who have an army of lobbyists trying to defeat Medicare for All.” Documents obtained by the Washington Post Monday showed that lobbyists helped three state lawmakers draft op-eds this year attacking Medicare for All, a revelation Sen. Bernie Sanders highlighted as further evidence that the healthcare industry is “terrified” of the push […]
A group of White House budget officials allied with Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney are reportedly teaming up to form a “firewall” against House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, an effort legal experts and lawmakers condemned as obstruction of Congress and further evidence that the administration is attempting to conceal evidence of […]
“The president pledged to drain the swamp, instead it appears he’s catering to the alligators.” Offering what one observer called “a crystal clear picture of how money buys influence in U.S. politics,” leaked audio obtained Tuesday by consumer watchdog group Allied Progress showed executives from some of the largest payday lenders in the U.S. boasting about how they have […]
“It was bad enough Trump and Barr were wasting resources on this. But now they are fully weaponizing DOJ for political purposes.” Raising fresh concerns that President Donald Trump is weaponizing the Justice Department for his own political and personal gain, Attorney General William Barr’s “administrative review” of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe—which […]
