An Ex-Google Lobbyist Who Backed Jim Jordan Is Leading Big Tech’s Bid to Court the Left
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other tech executives testified before the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee on July 29, 2020. Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.How is Big Tech navigating the Biden era? Consider the newest industry…
Top Lobbying Firm Is Still on the Payroll of Saudi Center Implicated in Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder
Mohammad bin Salman attends a meeting of the G20 member countries in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019.Balkis Press/Abaca/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Last Friday, the Biden administration released a four-page intelligence report that concluded…
Amazon Has Become a Prime Revolving-Door Destination in Washington
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The Trump Administration Orders an Al Jazeera Affiliate to Register as a Foreign Agent
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The US Justice Department on Monday declared that the Al Jazeera Media Network—the international news organization based in Doha—”is an agent of the Government of Qatar.” The DOJ has ordered the network’s…
Trump’s Energy Department Recommends Throwing Money at Uranium Mines
Signs on the gates of an abandoned uranium mine in Red Water Pond, Navajo Nation. Washington Post/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Thursday morning, Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced “an array of policy options to restore America’s leadership in nuclear energy” by reducing the nation’s dependence…
A Health IT Firm Pitched Itself Directly to Kushner, Pence, and Azar. They Had Help From a Trump-Linked Lobbyist.
President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner as he speaks at a coronavirus briefing on April 2, 2020.Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire) For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A Baltimore company last month managed to pitch surveillance technology for monitoring coronavirus cases around the country directly to Vice President Mike…