Billions of federal taxpayer dollars to gp to for-profit companies in order to implement Trump’s executive order
Political Lobbying articles on Democracy Chronicles
Political lobbying is a legal practice of petitioning the government enshrined in the Constitution but has been supersized in the modern era by well-financed lobbies having outsized impact on government decision making. Efforts to highlight and correct the oversized impact that the powerful few have over government will be highlighted in this section. Also see our sections on American democracy and Money Politics.
How Mass Incarceration Damages Democracy
Corrections industry influence, felony disenfranchisement and prison gerrymandering undermine democracy
Private Prison Lobby Sees Only Profit Under Trump
A great interview on how the current immigration crisis is tied to a successful year for private jails
Corruption Leads to Halt of $100M US Alcohol Study
Revealing the secretive way that employees negotiated with beer and liquor companies to underwrite the effort
K-O-C-H Killing Our Children’s Heritage
Being a rich greedy subversive traitor does not make you a great man, it doesn’t matter if you make the stock market go up while you are destroying people’s lives. What a legacy, he was known for being a rich A—hole.
Few Answers in Bizarre Case of Russian Influence at the NRA
Someone needs to get to the bottom of a Russian oligarch’s funding of the NRA gun rights group
How Bank Lobbyists Get Away With Showering Lawmakers With Gifts
Members of Congress meeting with lobbyists to discuss legislation to deregulate the country’s largest banks
Some seek return to Congressional earmarks to encourage action
Some frustrated observers suggest that a return to earmarks would grease the wheels for appropriations bills
A look at the key players in the American gun lobby battle
The mass shooting at a Florida high school in February has reignited the long-running debate over gun laws
Activists Using Novel Tactics to Stop Gun Lobby Money Stream
Interrupting the revenue stream of politicians from certain lobbying sources could make them defy the NRA