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The sheer number of articles in national outlets documenting Rep. Richard Neal's coziness with corporate donors is pretty astounding.
Just today, there's this from @ddayen and @DRBoguslaw on the revolving door between his office and K St: https://prospect.org/politics/richard-neal-inner-circle-corporate-lobbyists-real-estate/
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Just today, there's this from @ddayen and @DRBoguslaw on the revolving door between his office and K St: https://prospect.org/politics/richard-neal-inner-circle-corporate-lobbyists-real-estate/
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. @BMarchetich on how Neal was to the right of Bill Clinton on health care in the 1990s -- and to the right of the labor movement on trade with China.
Love the dek -- He's "doing the work," folx
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/08/richard-neal-corporate-america-democrats
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Love the dek -- He's "doing the work," folx
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/08/richard-neal-corporate-america-democrats
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Yesterday, I published a piece on how Neal, who voted for a bill putting Puerto Rico under austere mainland budgetary oversight is mum on how to improve the law.
He has received $10k this cycle from BlackRock, a major Puerto Rican bondholder. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-morse-richard-neal-puerto-rico-debt-crisis_n_5f4b3cc5c5b64f17e13ecb06?q1g
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He has received $10k this cycle from BlackRock, a major Puerto Rican bondholder. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-morse-richard-neal-puerto-rico-debt-crisis_n_5f4b3cc5c5b64f17e13ecb06?q1g
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I might've also mentioned that when Neal voted for PROMESA, he had received $2,500 from the PAC of MassMutual that cycle, another massive Puerto Rico bondholder.
After the June 9 vote, they chipped in another $5k and continue to give heavily. https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2015/09/10/why-massmutual-has-become-one-of-puerto-rico-s.html
After the June 9 vote, they chipped in another $5k and continue to give heavily. https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2015/09/10/why-massmutual-has-become-one-of-puerto-rico-s.html
Columnist @ryanlcooper says the establishment's circling of the wagons behind Neal is "everything wrong with the Democratic Party."
https://theweek.com/articles/934497/massachusetts-primary-everything-wrong-democratic-party
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https://theweek.com/articles/934497/massachusetts-primary-everything-wrong-democratic-party
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And of course, @andrewperezdc, @davidsirota, @jul1arock and @WalkerBragman have written countless stories, including:
--How Neal stalled a bill closing the carried interest loophole https://sirota.substack.com/p/under-neal-a-wall-street-tax-break
--Neal trying to halt an ad saying he takes corp $ https://sirota.substack.com/p/rep-richie-neal-sends-threatening
--How Neal stalled a bill closing the carried interest loophole https://sirota.substack.com/p/under-neal-a-wall-street-tax-break
--Neal trying to halt an ad saying he takes corp $ https://sirota.substack.com/p/rep-richie-neal-sends-threatening
I have a discouraging observation though.
After being on the ground in #MA01 over two days, I rarely hear voters -- either who support Neal or Morse -- mention his alleged corruption ...
After being on the ground in #MA01 over two days, I rarely hear voters -- either who support Neal or Morse -- mention his alleged corruption ...
... All Neal's supporters focus on the clout his chairmanship gives him and how it benefits the district through things like the construction of Union Station in Springfield.
Neal opponents are progressives who are more likely to cite Morse's support for the Green New Deal, M4A.
Neal opponents are progressives who are more likely to cite Morse's support for the Green New Deal, M4A.
Local press outlets have covered the corporate donations in the final stretch.
Here's one example: https://www.gazettenet.com/Alex-Morse-Richard-Neal-raise-big-money-ahead-of-primary-35852536
And here's an LTE: https://www.gazettenet.com/Alex-Morse-Richard-Neal-raise-big-money-ahead-of-primary-35852536
But I have to think that their focus on horse race stuff is part of why this stuff hasn't penetrated.
Here's one example: https://www.gazettenet.com/Alex-Morse-Richard-Neal-raise-big-money-ahead-of-primary-35852536
And here's an LTE: https://www.gazettenet.com/Alex-Morse-Richard-Neal-raise-big-money-ahead-of-primary-35852536
But I have to think that their focus on horse race stuff is part of why this stuff hasn't penetrated.
Last but not least, @donnydonny had a report today on how Bay State Health, a hospital and Neal donor that got big money from the CARES Act (a law Neal proudly claims credit for authoring), furloughed workers in response to $ strains of the pandemic. https://readsludge.com/2020/08/31/neals-cares-act-bailed-out-hospitals-but-not-hospital-workers/
