Top US firms that backed Voting Rights Act donate to groups working to undermine it

Watchdog data shared with Guardian shows contributions to Republican Attorneys General Association and others…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/us-companies-voting-rights-raga

 

Hawaii vs. Citizens United

Earlier this month, a nearly unanimous and bipartisan majority…of Hawaii’s state legislature voted to change the powers of corporations doing business in the state and no longer grant them the ability to spend on most political causes. 

 “Corporations are not people. They are granted powers and privileges by the state,” State Senator Jarrett Keohokalole told me this week, explaining the rationale of the bill he sponsored. “How can a creation of the state have inalienable rights? It doesn’t make any sense.”…

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/hawaii-corporations-political-money/687159/

Red State Supreme Court STUNS GOP with MAJOR Ruling

The beginning of the end for Citizens United and unlimited corporate cash in politics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zIjRjkgZxw 

 

Disney is freaking out as Kimmel Cancel creates HUGE Backlash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awXgU_4VDjY

 

Corporations are trying, and now failing, to hide job openings from US citizens

However, in order for applications for permanent residency to be successful, companies must certify their inability to find a suitable American candidate to take the position they're looking to fill with a foreign national. Unsurprisingly, that means some companies have been incentivized to hide job openings from U.S. citizen and resident applicants...

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5498346-corporate-america-has-been-trying-to-hide-job-openings-now-it-is-failing/ 

 

4 Corporate Handouts in the Big Beautiful Bill | ft. @Kaburbank​

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3IPURrEWHuM

Prominent CEOs start raising public concerns about the White House’s agenda

"President Trump has talked a lot about making our U.S. auto industry stronger, bringing more production here, more innovation in the U.S., and if his administration can achieve that, it would be one of ... the most signature accomplishments," the Ford CEO said at a conference this week. "So far what we're seeing is a lot of cost, and a lot of chaos."…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/prominent-ceos-start-raising-public-concerns-white-houses-agenda-rcna191890 

 

Opinion | Donald Trump Doesn’t Have the Support of Corporate America - The New York Times

As such, it was hardly surprising that just as when Mr. Trump faced a chilly reaction from hundreds of top executives when he spoke at my Yale Chief Executive summit in 2005, he appeared to face a similarly frigid reception when he spoke to the Business Roundtable this month, with no noticeable applause at any point during his "remarkably meandering" remarks, according to CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin, and with Mr. Trump assuming a subdued, if not hostile, posture. Chief executives are not protectionist, isolationist or xenophobic, and they believe in investing where there is the rule of law, not the law of rulers...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/23/opinion/ceo-trump-republican-support.html

Myth 2: "The Free Market " I 10 Economic Myths Debunked

PSA: When the powerful say they want a “free market,“ what they actually mean is a market controlled by corporations, Wall Street, and the wealthy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP3GlTMBKmU

Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis

The controversial arbitration system which allows corporations to sue governments for compensation over decisions they argue affect their profits is largely carried out behind closed doors, with some judgments kept secret. But, according to a global ISDS tracker which launches today, $114bn has so far been paid out of the public purse to investors – about as much as rich nations provided in climate aid in 2022...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/06/investors-awarded-billions-of-dollars-for-losses-related-to-climate-laws-analysis-finds

Corporations are forcing Americans to pay more for less – in their own words | Matt Stoller | The Guardian

Companies in the oil, hotel, meat and other sectors are price-gouging the US public. They're not hiding it, either…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/23/corporations-price-gouging-big-oil

This is the most important thing to understand about American politics

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9W6witbHSCU

Companies are using inflation to price-gouge Americans – and making it worse

Thanks to near-monopolies in many industries, corporations are seeing record profits as consumers struggle with high prices…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/11/companies-inflation-price-gouging

Chairman Whitehouse: Offshore Tax Evasion by Big Corporations, the Wealthy cheat American people

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, delivers an opening statement at a Budget hearing entitled, “Sunny Places for Shady People: Offshore Tax Evasion by the Wealthy and Corporations.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXbB7knoJRI

Companies paid top executives more than they paid in US taxes – report | Business | The Guardian

Analysis by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) found the collective net federal income tax bill of all 35 companies was negative $1.72bn over the five-year stretch – meaning they collectively received more money back from the government in refunds than they paid. 

 Over the same period, executive compensation for senior executives at these firms – including salaries, bonuses, perks, benefits, stock options and stock awards – stood at $9.49bn…

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/13/top-us-executives-salaries-versus-tax-payments

‘Huge tax breaks’: private equity prepares for a boon from Congress

Some of largest and most profitable companies in the US are primed to save billions of dollars from a congressional tax deal that critics say gives "billions in tax credits to the biggest corporations while giving pennies to middle-class children and families". And private equity funds could be among the deal's biggest beneficiaries, a Guardian analysis suggests…

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/01/corporate-tax-breaks-private-equity

Trump gave top US firms staggering tax cuts, with some paying $0 or less – report

Some of the US's most profitable corporations, including General Motors, Citigroup, and Netflix, have slashed their tax bills in the years since the passage of the Trump tax cuts, with nearly a quarter paying rates in the single digits and 23 paying nothing, a report has found...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/29/trump-tax-cuts-us-companies

‘Have their cake and eat it too’: inside US big business’s tax cut campaign

"Wealthy corporations and Republican lawmakers in Congress are holding the poorest children in this country hostage in exchange for billions in tax handouts," Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts, told the Guardian in a statement...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/12/corporation-tax-break-lobby

World’s 722 biggest companies ‘making $1tn in windfall profits’

Those profits have stoked accusations of "greedflation" – pushing through excessive price increases and driving up inflation...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/06/worlds-722-biggest-companies-making-1tn-in-windfall-profits

How the Corporate Takeover of American Politics Began | Robert Reich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbbgfnpJN9w