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Republican Bill Would Kick Consumer Advocate Off FDIC Board

By David Moore and Donald Shaw, Sludge Days before Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were swiftly shut down by regulators and the Federal Deposit…

Major Rail Companies Steer Donations to Republicans After Ohio Train Derailment

By David Moore, Sludge Update, Mar. 15: One of the largest U.S. railroad companies, BNSF, contributed $2,500 from its PAC to Republican Rep. Sam Graves…
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Inside the Eastern State Penitentiary Union Drive

Produced and narrated by Kim Kelly Diana Mousetis: Is Eastern State Penitentiary haunted? I don't know. I think if I ever saw ghosts there I…

What You Need to Know About the Supreme Court’s Student Debt Case

Narrated by Maddy Clifford, Deputy Press Secretary of the Debt Collective Have you heard about the corporate-backed, right-wing network trying to sabotage your student debt…

Republicans Waging War on CFPB Have Received Millions in Donations from Banking Industry

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Weeks after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it was planning to cap credit card late fees…

Sinema’s Private Equity Donations Keep Flowing After Saving Tax Loophole

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Shortly after striking a deal to kill legislation that would have made it harder for investment managers to pay…
Kyrsten Sinema
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Millionaire Stock Trader To Lead House Labor Committee For GOP

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge North Carolina Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx has been a prominent critic of the Biden administration’s overturning of a…
Rep. Virginia Foxx

Schumer Freezes Antitrust Bills After Big Tech Lobbyists Bundled Millions

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Several bills to curb the market power of the world's largest tech companies are being stalled to death…

Before Her Party Switch, Sinema Was Flooded With Donations From Wall Street, Private Equity

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent, again complicating the ambitions…

Realtors’ Lobby Plows Political Cash into Efforts to Keep Rents Higher

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge The coronavirus pandemic and widespread job loss put the squeeze on renters, many of whom were already facing…

Three Billionaires Are Spending a Fortune to Re-elect Ron Johnson

By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Three billionaires who have benefited from tax cuts pushed through by Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson are funding…
Ron Johnson

Herschel Walker Is the Only Senate Candidate Giving Paid Speeches for Lobbyists

By David Moore and Donald Shaw, Sludge Georgia Republican Herschel Walker is the only candidate in the upcoming Senate elections who gave paid speeches to…
Herschel Walker