#Lobbying

voice.wales

voice_wales

THREAD:Who is UKIP MS Neil Hamilton & Why Do His Political Ambitions Alarm anti-Racists?The Senedd member for the Mid and West Wales region likes to make out he’s not part

john_the_fisherman

john_of_the_mtn

After American forces killed Qasem Soleimani in January 2020, I thought we were going to war with a China-Russia-Iran coalition. As tensions mounted and Iran threatened retaliation, I considered joining

Lydia DePillis

lydiadepillis

NEW: I got a couple big FOIA requests back recently for correspondence between members of Congress and @USTradeRep about tariff exclusions. One thing jumped out: The lengths to which Polaris,

🏳️‍🌈 Izzy Rizinti 🏳️‍🌈

BellaRizinti

I think people are unaware of how organised the transphobes are in the UK. They've established online hate groups, groups that are attacking LGBTQ+ education in schools, groups attacking Stonewall,

Eric Garland

ericgarland

BREAKING: FOURTH, SECRET INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP FOUND POTENTIAL ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE FROM EGYPTIAN DICTATOR IN 2016https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/politics/trump-campaign-donation-investigation/index.html POTENTIAL FUSION OF CASH CAME

File411

File411

Novartis-Sandoz-ask yourself what’s the cocktail Trump keeps pushing?-who has the “almost” exclusive rights to the generic forms of said cocktail?Deferred Prosecution Agreement March 3, 2020https://www.justice.gov/atr/case-document/file/1256306/downl

Heshmat Alavi

HeshmatAlavi

THREAD1)Sen. @ChrisMurphyCt & other Democratic senators had a secret meeting with Iranian FM @JZarif during the Munich Security Conference last week.Me:Not surprised. Murphy is a regular at sessions held by

Grace Fernandes

FernandesGrace

Hearing @EdMarkey speak on the Senate floor about the need to put #PeopleOverPentagon reminded me why I joined this fight. On every piece of #genprev related legislation I lobbied him

Dr Nafeez Ahmed

NafeezAhmed

My @BylineTimes story exposing the murky financial nexus of climate science denial behind the Great Barrington Declaration really upset the declaration's key sponsor, the AIER. They started with an attack

Catharine Richert

CatRichert

THREAD: Back in February, I started reporting on a trio of brothers who used social media to spread disinformation and sow discord within the GOP, including in MN. The story

Colleen McCarty

Colleen_McCarty

[THREAD] I went to law school to be a prosecutor. I was attracted to the job because the prosecutor’s duty is to “do justice.” This is the commonly and dearly

American Sangh

Indosphere

So it appears Trump (and, surprise, Jared Kushner!) have pulled quite the rabbit out of the Middle East hat. My thoughts on what this means for India:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-uae-to-establish-diplomatic-t

David Avallone

DAvallone

A short story: a lesson I learned about victory, and about activism, from my Mother, Frances Avallone, State Coordinator of New Jersey Right to Choose for over two decades. Here

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EaglesElatis

#Thread It is the intended result of racism that non-Natives blame the #MMIWG crisis on Native men despite the fact that our men not only aren't even close to being

Sheila Gregoire--The Great Sex Rescue is here!

sheilagregoire

Now that Josh Duggar has been indicted on possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (child porn), some depicting toddlers, we must confront the sexualization of children in evangelicalism.Let's start with

MENAWA

menawapoco

For much of the Arab world, every week is #BannedBooksWeekOne case which has been in the news lately is Kuwait and the recent amendment to the print and publication law