She’s a Prophet. She’s a Theocrat. She’s the Most Powerful Lobbyist You’ve Never Heard Of. – Mother Jones

Government, she tells her tour patrons, exists "to enforce the divine law of God's love." Abildness doesn't push fire and brimstone, but a utopia where all are "healed" and ruled by love of God. "It sounds less menacing, almost like peace and love," says André Gagné, a theology professor at Montreal's Concordia University. "But in the end, it's still subverting democratic institutions to get your will done because you have a particular vision of society."…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/abby-abildness-lobbyist/

Harlan Crow's Minions Are Keeping Your Rent High

"Harlan Crow isn't just corrupting our judiciary – he is actively fuelling the rental housing crisis through his support for one of America's biggest corporate landlord lobby groups. For too long, the slick landlord propagandists at NMHC have falsely portrayed themselves as the only "experts" who can solve the housing crisis. It's time the public sees NMHC for what they truly are – a greedy and predatory band of rent-gougers who exist only to make elites like Harlan Crow even richer."

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/harlan-crow-s-minions-are-keeping-your-rent-high

How a top US business lobby promised climate action – but worked to block efforts | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Business Roundtable aims to weaken efforts that would enable investors to hold companies accountable for their climate promises…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/19/top-us-business-lobby-group-climate-action-business-roundtable

How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action

…Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat and strident critic of big oil's public relations tactics, accused API of "lying on a massive industrial scale" about the climate crisis in order to stall legislation to combat global heating…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/19/big-oil-climate-crisis-lobby-group-api

Trump’s stockpile chief put focus on biodefense. An old client benefited. - The Washington Post

Robert Kadlec's office at HHS made a deal to buy up to $2.8 billion of smallpox vaccine from a company that once paid him as a consultant, a connection he did not disclose on a Senate questionnaire when he was nominated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/before-pandemic-trumps-stockpile-chief-put-focus-on-biodefense-an-old-client-benefited/2020/05/04/d3c2b010-84dd-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html

DNC Superdelegate Pushing Brokered Convention Is GOP Donor

WILLIAM OWEN, a Tennessee-based Democratic National Committee member backing an effort to use so-called superdelegates to select the party’s presidential nominee — potentially subverting the candidate with the most voter support — is a Republican donor and health care lobbyist. Owen, who runs a lobbying firm called Asset & Equity Corporations, donated to Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and gave $8,500 to a joint fundraising committee designed to benefit Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky in 2019.
https://theintercept.com/2020/02/27/dnc-superdelegate-convention-gop-donor/

These Emails Show a Trump Official Helping Her Former Chemical Industry Colleagues — ProPublica

A lobbyist turned senior Agriculture Department official repeatedly shared information with her former industry on policy and enforcement. “It’s highly inappropriate conduct,” said one ethics expert.....
https://www.propublica.org/article/these-emails-show-a-trump-official-helping-her-former-chemical-industry-colleagues

Moscow Mitch received donations from lobbyists for nation's most problematic voting system vendor

A cyberattack on the U.K.'s Labour Party, ahead of December elections, is a reminder that the favorite hobby of autocratic foreign regimes is attacking institutions in democratic countries. It's a reminder that there are 356 days before the presidential election in the U.S., and that Moscow Mitch McConnell continues to refuse to bring up House-passed legislation to protect our elections.....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/11/12/1898931/-Moscow-Mitch-received-donations-from-lobbyists-for-nation-s-most-problematic-voting-system-vendor

Dem senators call for probe into EPA officials over memo language - The Hill

Two Democratic senators are calling for another probe into the head of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) air office after comments from an old lobbying client were incorporated verbatim in an EPA memo....
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/442350-dem-senators-push-investigation-of-epa-officials-after-borrowing

Pro-Israel Lobby Caught on Tape Boasting That Its Money Influences Washington - The Intercept

An undercover Al Jazeera investigation informs the conversation about the Israel lobby's influence in Washington kicked off by Rep. Ilhan Omar's tweets...
https://theintercept.com/2019/02/11/ilhan-omar-israel-lobby-documentary/

Trump Chooses David Bernhardt, a Former Oil Lobbyist, to Head the Interior Dept. - The New York Times

While Ryan Zinke, the former interior secretary who left office in January, announced historic rollbacks of public-land protections, Mr. Bernhardt developed the plans behind the scenes. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/climate/david-bernhardt-interior-zinke.html

Lobbyist Documents Reveal Health Care Industry Battle Plan Against “Medicare for All” - The Intercept

Industry groups are reprising an old strategy to take down new enthusiasm for universal health care...
https://theintercept.com/2018/11/20/medicare-for-all-healthcare-industry/

Kavanaugh Celebrates Nomination with Facebook Lobbyist - YouTube

Brett Kavanaugh celebrated his confirmation over the weekend at a party at the home of Facebook’s top lobbyist....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivr-pF1ZciA

These Trump Staffers — Including an ex-NRA Lobbyist — Left Their Financial Disclosure Forms Blank - ProPublica

The Interior Department acknowledges that many of its employees' forms "were not reviewed and certified properly." ....
https://www.propublica.org/article/these-trump-staffers-including-an-ex-nra-lobbyist-left-their-financial-disclosure-forms-blank

Lobbyist linked to EPA chief’s condo rental lobbied agency on behalf of several clients, firm discloses - The Washington Post

Updated disclosure forms by J. Steven Hart's former law firm show that, contrary to his previous denials, he did lobby the Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of several clients.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/06/01/lobbyist-linked-to-epa-chiefs-condo-rental-lobbied-agency-on-behalf-of-several-clients-firm-discloses/

Former top government ethics official: Payments companies made to Trump lawyer Michael Cohen were like nothing I've ever seen - Business Insider

Former Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub said Tuesday that the payments a handful of companies made to President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer were unlike anything he's ever seen. ....
http://www.businessinsider.com/walter-shaub-on-payments-to-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-2018-5

EPA's Scott Pruitt went on $100K Morocco trip partially arranged by lobbyist - USA TODAY: Report

Embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing new criticism after it was revealed his controversial trip to Morocco was partially arranged by a lobbyist and cost $100,000—more than double what was previously reported. ....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/01/epa-administrator-scott-pruitts-morocco-trip-lobbyist/570857002/

Top Trump Fundraiser Caught Working for Assad Ally - The Daily Beast

He's reportedly 'closer to the president than perhaps any other lobbyist in town.' So why is Brian Ballard taking cash from a member of Assad's inner circle? ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-trump-fundraiser-caught-working-for-assad-ally

A Former Coal Lobbyist Will Now Be #2 At The EPA - BuzzFeed News

The confirmation of Trump's pick for second-in-command at the EPA comes amid growing scrutiny of the agency's head, Scott Pruitt. ....
https://www.buzzfeed.com/zahrahirji/andrew-wheeler-epa

Scott Pruitt’s condo landlord reportedly had to kick him out and change the locks - VICE

It was supposed to be temporary, and on a night-by-night basis, while he got settled into Washington ....
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/ne94zz/scott-pruitts-condo-landlord-reportedly-had-to-kick-him-out-and-change-the-locks