Ralph Reed's Other Cheek
When the casino-rich Coushatta tribe of Louisiana began a lobbying blitz in 2001 to block three other tribes from opening competing casinos, they hired two of Washington's top influence brokers,...
View ArticleBetting on Red
Under any other circumstances, a federal case over the possessive "s" wouldn't seem like a big deal. But when it pits Larry Klayman—a gadfly lawyer best known for digging up dirt on the Clintons during...
View ArticleUBS's Offshore Shell Game
UPDATESeptember 12, 2012: The New York Times reports today that the IRS will pay whistle blower Bradley Birkenfeld $104 million for his assistance in helping the agency pursue UBS and divulge the...
View ArticleTake Two Kickbacks...
So your doctor says it's time to consider that hip replacement. Trouble is, more than a dozen firms make artificial hips, and there've been plenty of recalls—no small inconvenience when the recalled...
View ArticleAll Checks, No Balances: Campaign Finance Sells Out
For much of the past decade, the Business Industry Political Action Committee has been a powerful force in helping tilt elections for corporate-friendly candidates. The blue-ribbon business group, made...
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Inside the NRA's Koch-Funded Dark-Money Campaign
"This election is going to be won on the ground," Chris Cox, the National Rifle Association's top lobbyist, told me early last year as the gun lobby prepared to launch its all-out campaign to defeat...
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"Your Fight Has Become Our Fight"
Plus: How the National Rifle Association sold its grassroots firepower to the Koch brothers, Karl Rove, and conservative donors.1967The NRA declares it "is not affiliated with any manufacturer of arms...
View ArticleThis Vulture-Fund Billionaire Is the GOP's Go-To Guy on Wall Street
When Republicans make their pilgrimages to Wall Street for money to help take back the Senate next year, there may be no hotter ticket than a party at Paul Singer's. The 69-year-old hedge fund...
View ArticleHow Newt Gingrich’s Language Guru Helped Rebrand the Kochs' Message
For the Koch brothers' donor network, the 2012 elections were a keen disappointment. Not only did they lose what Charles Koch had famously billed as the "mother of all wars" to oust Barack Obama, but...
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