Lee Fang
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‘Pink Slime’ Journalism Finds a Home in Texas’ News Deserts
Metric Media has created 56 local news websites across Texas. The company claims to be nonpartisan, but its stories amplify Republican politicians.
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There hasn't been a full accounting of how little major corporations, including the largest in Silicon Valley, pay in taxes. The tech and telecom industries are the big winners of the Trump years. New report from @tech_inquiry lays out stunning details
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Sen. David Perdue Led Dollar Tree’s Outsourcing Effort into China
The Georgia Republican’s campaign rhetoric around China contrasts sharply with his business record.
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Sen. David Perdue's campaign rhetoric around China contrasts sharply with his own business record, disclosures reveal
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In Victory for Lobbyists, Trump Administration Loosens Drone Export Rules
The administration’s recent decision to loosen drone export policies is the culmination of years of lobbying by defense contractors that stand to profit and by governments that want to use those systems in ways that could undermine human rights.
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POGO investigation shows push by industry to allow sale of U.S. military drones around the world
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Islamophobic Undertones of Attacks on Muslim Congressional Challenger to Pelosi - Islamophobia Research & Documentation Project
"Islamophobic Undertones of Attacks on Muslim Congressional Challenger to Pelosi" - What easier way to discredit a Muslim man running...
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Tony Bobulinski, reportedly a business associate of Hunter Biden, was an investor in Adult Friend Finder.
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Tony Bobulinski
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Tony Bobulinski, one of the investors purportedly involved in the Hunter Biden-China deals, who issued statements yesterday appearing to confirm a lot of the Trump allegations, was ordered to pay $659k in a different legal dispute as recently as last week
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The Journalist Who Broke Open Trump's Taxes On Why He Doesn't Care Who The Source Is
David Barstow, the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-author of the bombshell New York Times investigation of Donald J. Trump’s taxes, was asked whether he cared who had anonymously m
Pittsburgh-area apartment complex The Alden South Hills seeking large-scale evictions
The 1,050 unit complex was previously owned by White House advisor Jared Kushner from 2011 to March 2017
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Jared Kushner-owned apartment complex in Pittsburgh seeking mass evictions of tenants over late rent checks
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Google AI Tech Will Be Used for Virtual Border Wall, CBP Contract Shows
Google Cloud will be used in conjunction with Anduril Industries’ surveillance tech on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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New: Google's AI tech will be used for virtual border wall built by Anduril Industries
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Chevron gives another donation to Mitch McConnell's Senate Leadership Fund, bringing its total donation to $2.6 million. The Bay Area-based oil giant is definitely among the largest corporate donors to the GOP/Trump cause over the last four years.
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Ted Cruz Is Running as a Populist. Here’s His Little-Known History as a Corporate Lobbyist.
Between his two stints in public service, then-lobbyist Ted Cruz used his connections from government work to help Google and other corporate clients.
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Ted Cruz before entering the Senate worked for Google to lobby the Texas gov to suppress one of the first unfair competition antitrust inquiries into the company in 2010.
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As Paul Singer Donated Millions to Republican Governors Association, Public Funds Flowed Into His Hedge Funds
Funds were invested despite the fact that Singer’s flagship hedge fund has been badly underperforming the market over the past decade.
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As Paul Singer donated millions to Republican Governors Association, public funds flowed into his hedge funds interc.pt/3794OgQ by Matthew Cunningham-Cook
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The China Ambassador’s Son Who Got Rich in Trump’s Swamp
Move over, Hunter Biden. Meet Eric Branstad, the China ambassador’s son who got rich in Trump’s swamp.
Neighbors for a Better SF
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The new PAC of SF real estate, tech and banker money perfectly represents our current politics. Sends cash to No on Prop 15 to stop a tax hike on billionaire property owners to fund universal education, Yes on Prop 16 to legalize woke racial discrimination
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How and Why The Intercept Is Reporting on a Vast Trove of Materials About Brazil’s Operation Car Wash and Justice Minister Sergio Moro
Based on a massive archive of previously undisclosed materials, these stories reveal serious wrongdoing, unethical behavior, and systematic deceit among powerful officials — information the public has a right to know.
Charles Koch’s Big Bet on Barrett
For almost 50 years, the multibillionaire has been pushing for a court unfriendly to regulation of the market. He may be on the brink of victory.
Hunter Biden emails show leveraging connections with his father to boost Burisma pay
Hunter Biden discussed leveraging his connection to his father in a bid to boost his pay from a Ukrainian natural-gas company, according to an e-mail he sent around the time he joined the firm’s co…
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Strange the NYPost embeds a lengthy email from Hunter Biden explaining his strategy for expanding Burisma influence but in the story doesn't mention it includes him discussing pitching business in China, "assurances that the PRC money would come first"
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Natural Gas Industry Hires Family Members of Leading Politicians | Republic Report
In May of last year, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, now considered the favorite to win West Virginia’s open Senate seat, stood on a small platform in