- Companies that publicly condemned legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community send political contributions to state lawmakers who advanced anti-LGBTQ+ bills https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/06/companies-that-publicly-condemned-legislation-targeting-lgbtq-community-send-political-contributions-to-state-lawmakers-who-advanced-anti-lgbtq-bills/ 21 comments politics
- Conservative ‘dark money’ group raised record $50M in 2020 after election rebranding https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/12/conservative-dark-money-group-raised-record-50m-in-2020-after-election-rebranding/ 6 comments politics
- Mega donors start funding outside groups to influence 2022 https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/11/mega-donors-start-funding-outside-groups-to-influence-2022/?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2Fmega-donors-22%2F11%2F3%2F21 5 comments politics
- Phil Murphy still leads in N.J. polls despite being outspent https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/10/phil-murphy-still-leads-nj-polls-despite-being-outspent/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2Fnj-gov%2F10%2F13%2F21 7 comments politics
- Republicans split over who should challenge freshman Democrat in Kansas https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/07/republicans-split-over-kansas-3/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_gopks03-073020 5 comments politics
- Congress invests big in pharmaceutical, tech stocks https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/dc-lawmakers-stocks-pharmaceutical-tech/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_congress-stocks-042720 3 comments politics
- Shell companies hide Trump campaign's financial dealings as super PAC coordination rules kick in https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/shell-companies-hide-trump-campaigns-financial-dealings/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_trump-shells-afa-041720 11 comments politics
- McConnell falls behind in the money race as small donors flock to McGrath https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/mcconnell-falls-kentucky-small-donors-flock-to-mcgrath/ 1179 comments politics
- Newspaper publishers lobby for government aid amid ‘existential crisis’ https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/03/newspaper-publishers-lobby-government/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_newspaper-publob-033120 3 comments politics
- CPAC gets cozy with opaque groups and foreign sponsors https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/02/cpac-2020-gets-cozy/ 3 comments politics
- Sinking in the polls, Joe Biden also has a donor problem https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/02/joe-biden-nhprimary-donor-problem/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_biden-nhprimary-02%2F11%2F20 16 comments politics
- Michael Bloomberg obliterates self-financing records months into presidential bid https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/01/bloomberg-obliterates-self-financing-records/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_bloomberg-obliterates-01%2F31%2F20 22 comments politics
- Trump-connected lobbying firms brought in record revenues in 2019 https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/01/trump-administration-tied-lobbying-firms-saw-record-revenues-2019/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_trump-admin-lobbyist-01%2F29%2F20 3 comments politics
- Education field gives more to Bernie Sanders than other 2020 Democrats https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/10/education-reform-more-to-bernie-sanders/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_education-reform-bernie-10%2F25%2F19 10 comments politics
- Gun control groups outspend NRA in push for Senate vote on gun bill https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/08/gun-control-groups-outspend-nra-in-push-for-senate-vote-on-gun-bill/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F-gun-control-senate-082919 26 comments politics
- Racist comments cost Steve King the support of his party. Now his primary opponent is outraising him https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/07/steve-king-primary-opponent-is-outraising-him/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_steve-king-primaryq2-071619 153 comments politics
- Trump AG nominee William Barr is a longtime GOP donor https://www.opensecrets.org 4 comments politics
- Eric Swalwell is out: the 2020 Democratic field gets (slightly) smaller https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/07/eric-swalwell-is-out-the-2020/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=eric-swalwell-is-out-070819 8 comments politics
- Boeing executive out, Raytheon lobbyist in to lead Pentagon https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/06/raytheon-lobbyist-mark-esper-to-lead-pentagon/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_-mark-esper-to-lead-pentagon-061819 9 comments politics
- Foreign influence campaigns targeting the US raise disinformation concerns ahead of Ukrainian election https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/04/influence-campaigns-targeting-us-raise-disinformation-concerns-ukrainian-election/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F_disinformation-concerns-ukrainian-election-041819 3 comments politics
- Super PAC supporting Jay Inslee drops more than $1 million early in race https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/03/super-pac-jay-inslee-drops-1-million/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r_%2Fsuper-pac-jay-inslee-032519 5 comments politics
- Unprecedented spending by outside groups already fueling Trump’s 2020 bid https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/02/unprecedented-spending-by-outside-groups-already-fueling-trumps-2020-bid/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2Fspending-by-donald-trump-outside-grps-020619 9 comments politics
- For-profit prisons strongly approve of bipartisan criminal justice reform bill https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/12/for-profit-prisons-approve-of-bipartisan-criminal-justice-reform/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2Ffor-profit-prisons-criminal-justice-reform-122018 43 comments politics
- The Florida Senate Race Was The Most Expensive Ever https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/12/florida-senate-race-most-expensive/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F-florida-senate-expensive-120718 4 comments politics
- Political organizations use "report cards" to guilt voters to the polls https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/11/political-orgs-use-report-cards-to-guilt-voters/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F-report-cards%3D110218 3 comments politics
- $1 million mystery gift to Trump inauguration traced to conservative legal activists https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/05/mystery-gift-to-trump-inauguration-from-conservative-activists/ 3 comments politics
- ‘Dark money’ group backs Arizona Republican in special election https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/04/dark-money-group-backs-lesko-in-arizona-08-special/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2Faz08-darkmoney-041718 6 comments politics
- Two more senators ditch corporate PACs https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/02/two-more-senators-ditch-corporate-pacs/ 13 comments politics
- Web of secret money hides one mega-donor funding conservative court: Opposition to Merrick and Support for Gorsuch primarily came from one secret donor https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/11/web-of-secret-money-hides-one-mega-donor-funding-conservative-court/ 10 comments politics
- Magic Owner Richard DeVos Top Political Donor Among NBA Owners https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/06/among-nba-owners-betsy-devoss-father-law-tops-donors/ 49 comments nba
- GOP lawmakers in both the House an the Senate who voted to rollback internet privacy rules received more in campaign donations from the telecommunications industry than their peers who voted nay. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/03/vote-correlation-internet-privacy-res/ 9 comments politics
- Here's all the corporations that donate to congress. http://www.opensecrets.org 5 comments politics
- In 2008 3 of Obama's top 7 sources of donations were employees of Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and JP Morgan. https://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cid=n00009638 14 comments politics
- TIL Until 2010, hedge funds donated more to Democrats than Republicans. Since then they've switched and have donated overwhelmingly more to the GOP and look to do the same in 2016. https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=f2700 5 comments politics
- Outside groups have spent more on the 2012 election than the last 10 elections combined http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/cycle_tots.php?cycle=2012&view=a&chart=n#viewpt 73 comments politics
- Nearly $6 billion will be spent in the Nov election. Quite an economic stimulus, too bad it's not being spent on something worthwhile. http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/08/2012-election-will-be-costliest-yet.html 8 comments politics
- Colbert Super Pac: Americans for a Better Tomorrow,Tomorrow has raised $0. http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php?cycle=2012&a=1 3 comments politics
- Made this chart comparing the top presidential candidates' top campaign contributors. (Had to repost because the mods said it was of "little or no substance") http://www.opensecrets.org/index.php 16 comments politics
- OpenSecrets.org Launches 'Fueling Washington' Series Exploring Oil and Gas Industry's Political Influence - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/08/opensecretsorg-launches-fueling-was.html 20 comments worldnews
- Buying back the country http://www.opensecrets.org 5 comments politics
- Senators Supporting Ethanol Subsidies Reap Riches From Corn Interests http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/01/ethanol-lobby-finds-friends-foes.html 6 comments politics
- Who owns our government, by industry http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?indextype=i 41 comments politics
- Senate committee to Goldman Sachs: We're really mad at you, and -- uh -- thanks for the half million in campaign contributions http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/04/goldman-sachs-congressional-inquisi.html 5 comments politics
- $327,607,108 equals total amount members of Congress have received from the health industry over the past 20 years. Biggest recipient (6% of total) is Barack Obama http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2009/06/-name-office-party-health.html 17 comments reddit.com
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- Fact check: AOC has assets of less than $100,000 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/08/16/fact-check-aoc-has-assets-less-than-100-000/10307384002/ 1356 comments
- Triumph of the Drill: How Big Oil Clings to Billions in Government Giveaways – Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/oil-subsidies-renewable-energy-tax-breaks 928 comments
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- Amid Extreme Weather, a Shift Among Republicans on Climate Change - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/climate/republicans-climate-change.html 156 comments
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