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Haley Stevens' campaign has paid nearly $200k to a fundraising firm that also runs a Google- and Amazon-backed nonprofit that flies congressional staff to meet with AI lobbyists. She's not the only Dem paying them—so are Coons, Rosen, Heinrich, the DSCC, etc. readsludge.com/2026/07/29/d...

NEW: Haley Stevens and other Democratic campaigns are paying fundraising consultants who run a Google- and Amazon-backed nonprofit that gives Google, Meta, Palantir and other AI companies direct access to the staff writing AI legislation. readsludge.com/2026/07/29/d...

Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires readsludge.com/2026/07/25/c...

James Carville was senior advisor to a corporate lobbying firm—one touting its services to "reduce negative press"—that was paid more than half a million dollars by the crypto industry as crypto super PACs spent against progressives in Democratic primaries.

James Carville is attacking progressives and democratic socialists who won Democratic primaries, earning appearances on Fox News and Newsmax. He hasn't mentioned: he was an advisor to a Democratic lobbying and PR firm paid over half a million dollars by the crypto industry.

New: James Carville, who has been calling to purge the left wing of the Democratic Party, was a senior advisor to a lobbying shop that was paid more than half a million dollars by a crypto industry group as crypto money poured in to knock out progressives.

NEW: Former Trump officials are already lobbying the agencies they just left. A Sludge review of Q2 disclosures found multiple revolving-door hires already lobbying their old agencies—after the White House declined to issue any ethics pledge. readsludge.com/2026/07/23/f...

Former Trump Officials Are Lobbying the Agencies They Just Left readsludge.com/2026/07/23/f...

NEW: Former Trump officials are already lobbying the agencies they just left. A Sludge review of Q2 disclosures found multiple revolving-door hires already lobbying their old agencies—after the White House declined to issue any ethics pledge. readsludge.com/2026/07/23/f...

The House GOP is readying a vote on a bill to ban stock trading by members of Congress that good-government groups call a "fig leaf" for ethics. The Stop Insider Trading Act from Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) would allow lawmakers to keep their millions of dollars in shares in oil, bank stocks, and more.

NEW: A dark money group led by pharma and weapons industry lobbyists has funneled $10.9 million to the super PAC backing Haley Stevens in Michigan's Senate Democratic primary, nearly all of its money so far. readsludge.com/2026/07/20/d...

AI Companies Are Funding the AGs Investigating Them readsludge.com/2026/07/17/a...

AI companies are donating millions to the campaign groups of state AGs investigating them. Elon Musk's xAI is both suing California AG Rob Bonta, seeking to block a new AI transparency measure in the state, and being investigated by Bonta over sexually explicit deepfakes generated by Grok.

New: AI companies are funding the attorneys general who police them. OpenAI, Google, Meta, Amazon, xAI, and Anthropic have poured more than $2 million into the Democratic and Republican AG committees, even as AGs investigate and sue them.

Follow-up to yesterday's story: Billionaire hedge fund investor Daniel Och, whose earmarked contributions funded AIPAC's record donation to Hakeem Jeffries' joint fundraising committee, also donated $50,000 in June to Republican Sen. Susan Collins, per new FEC filing.

NEW: Hakeem Jeffries recently received AIPAC PAC's largest ever earmarked contribution to his joint fundraising committee. Today, he came out against cutting billions in Israel aid. readsludge.com/2026/07/14/j...

The 'Dark Money' Web Behind the Biden-Harris Campaign Is Finally Coming Into View readsludge.com/2026/07/13/t...

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New tax filings reveal the dark money web behind the Biden-Harris campaign: $173M funneled through three shadowy nonprofits into Future Forward, the biggest dark money political machine in 2024. readsludge.com/2026/07/13/t...

NEW: Tax filings reveal a hidden web of obscure, interconnected nonprofits that moved $173 million into the record-breaking “dark money” operation backing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2024. readsludge.com/2026/07/13/t...