ICYMI: Not only did Darline Graham inherit Lindsey Graham's Senate seat, she also inherited his leadership PAC. According to research by @issueonereform.bsky.social, 96% of members of Congress have a leadership PAC, including 99 out of 100 senators. www.fec.gov/data/committ...

Several corporate lobbying giants that are listed as sponsors of Freedom 250 failed to disclose donations to the President Trump-backed group, a potential violation of federal lobbying law. NEW in @notus.com www.notus.org/money/freedo...

Freedom 250 Sponsors Failed to Disclose Donations — A Potential Lobbying Law Violation

Corporate giants such as Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil and United Health Group could run afoul of the Lobbying Disclosure Act.

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Democrat Russ Feingold & Republican Chris Shays helped pass a law in 2002 to ban large "soft money" contributions to political parties. In a @bostonglobe.com op-ed, they now raise alarms about the corruption risks associated with large super PAC contributions www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/27/o...

Maine’s super PAC case could reshape campaign finance - The Boston Globe

Maine's limits on super PAC contributions challenge the legal assumption that unlimited donations are somehow free from corruption.

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“This legislation would require individuals who receive pardons to disclose any significant financial gifts made in connection with their clemency…It also confirms federal bribery laws apply to the President and Vice President.” No Payoffs for Pardons bill. www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Leader Schumer, Senator Blumenthal, Rep. Morelle & Senate Democrats Seek To End Unprecedented Presidential Corruption, Stop “Pay-To-Play” Pardons | Senate Democratic Leadership

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Representative Joe Morelle (D-NY) led the...

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Can contributions to super PACs be capped to prevent corruption and the appearance of corruption? @issueonereform.bsky.social explains what you need to know ahead of oral arguments tomorrow in a legal case known as Dinner Table Action issueone.org/press/tomorr...

TOMORROW: Federal Court Case About Limiting Corrupting Influence of Super PACs - Issue One

BOSTON – On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit will hear oral arguments in a legal challenge to a ballot measure passed by 75% of Maine…

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The four main party-aligned super PACs focused on control of Congress raised $714.6 million between January 2025 and June 2026, @issueonereform.bsky.social analysis of new FEC filings shows. Affiliated dark money groups account for more than $1 of every $4 raised issueone.org/articles/top...

NEW from @issueonereform.bsky.social: The top super PACs focused on control of Congress have raised nearly $200 million and counting from secret donors ahead of the 2026 midterms issueone.org/articles/top...

When super PACs (which must disclose their donors) get money from groups that don't disclose their donors that leave people in the dark as to who is funding them. Another example of this increasingly common problem in #MISEN via the Detroit News www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

Dark money group emerges to bankroll pro-Stevens ads in Senate race

The group A Stronger Michigan is mostly funded by Center Forward, a nonprofit organization that has ties to major corporations and industry groups.

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Number of the day: $230,000. That's how much big tech & AI companies are collectively spending on federal lobbyists PER DAY, according to an @issueonereform.bsky.social review of new filings issueone.org/articles/lob...

Lobbying Disclosures Reveal Big Tech Spends More Than $230,000 per Day to Buy Influence - Issue One

Update, July 21, 2026, 6:00 p.m.: This analysis has been updated to include the second quarter filing from TikTok USDS, which wasn’t previously available on the Senate’s website. This filing…

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More than 12 hours after a mandatory filing deadline, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC — the majority American-owned entity created to avoid the TikTok ban — has not yet filed its second quarter lobbying report It the first quarter, this entity spent $620,000 on federal lobbying.

New lobbying disclosures examined by @issueonereform.bsky.social reveal Big Tech spends more than $226,000 per day to buy access and influence in Washington issueone.org/articles/lob...

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic spent a record $1.97M on lobbying during Q2, new docs show — an average of about $19,500 PER DAY That's more money than in any other quarter since it first hired federal lobbyists in 2024. lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...

Artificial intelligence research and development company OpenAI invested more in federal lobbying in Q2 than it has in any other quarter since it first hired lobbyists in Nov 2023 — $1.2 million. In the first half of 2026, OpenAI spent $2.22 million on lobbying — more than $12,000 PER DAY

Nothing says thank you after a favorable regulatory or enforcement action like massive super PAC contributions. www.levernews.com/the-winklevo...

The Winklevoss Twins Gave Trump $20 Million After Regulatory Win

The crypto investors donated $20 million in bitcoin to Trump's super PAC weeks after his administration moved to abandon a federal enforcement action against their crypto exchange.

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The Lever@levernews.com · 2w ago

🚨 SCOOP: The Winklevoss Twins funneled $20 million of bitcoin to a Trump-aligned super PAC just after Trump officials moved to vacate an action against the brothers’ crypto exchange, according to new documents. Details at LeverNews [dot] com - pass it on

Russian-American private equity investor Konstantin Sokolov — who was recently appointed by the U.S. State Department to chair the TRIPP+ Enterprise Fund — gave $1 million to President Trump's super PAC on June 10th, new FEC docs show docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

Among those who made massive contributions to President Trump's super PAC in June... Dr. Krishna Tripuraneni, a South Florida gastroenterologist who made headlines in 2015 when he pleaded guilty to income tax evasion after under-reporting $18 million in income

How much pressure are lawmakers under to raise campaign cash? Lots. An @issueonereform.bsky.social review of new FEC filings shows the typical House member in a competitive reelection race raised more than $1 million during the second quarter. That's roughly $11,000 PER DAY.

But wait, there's more: New @issueonereform.bsky.social Report Highlights 12 Ways President Trump Sells Influence and Profits from the Presidency issueone.org/articles/the...

The Corruption Chronicles: July 2026 Edition - Issue One

President Donald Trump has sold access and influence to domestic and foreign interests, and used the presidency to enrich himself and his family, including through multiple cryptocurrency ventures, in...

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Zach Everson@zacheverson.com · 3w ago

In case you were wondering if making billions off crypto would suffice for Trump—

Reminder: In 2025, Trump launched a cryptocurrency memecoin that serves as an attractive vehicle for those seeking to curry favor with the president. Anyone who purchases this memecoin is putting $$ directly into Trump's pockets — Americans and foreign nationals alike 🧵

By @issueonereform.bsky.social's count President Trump has attended at least 12 fundraising events at Trump properties for his super PAC since being elected in Nov 2024. The most recent one was the day before Trump's 80th birthday, as Bloomberg reported last month news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

MAGA Dinner, UFC Event Are Tough Tickets for Lobbyists to Get

MAGA Inc. and administration insiders will be out in force in Washington on President Donald Trump’s birthday weekend, with events ranging from a super PAC dinner to mixed martial arts at the White Ho...

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Nobody wants foreign money in U.S. elections. The bipartisan Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act — which unanimously passed the House yesterday — gives Americans much-needed confidence that our adversaries cannot buy influence in state and local ballot measures. issueone.org/press/issue-...

Issue One Praises Bipartisan Passage of the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act - Issue One

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act (H.R. 3535) to ban foreign money in state and local ballot measures — a reform the Federal…

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Journalists: please, please get ready for this in ADVANCE. We know Trump's going to claim "new evidence shows the 2020 election was stolen". You've got 3 days to write a story that confronts that lie head-on before he says it - pre-write this like an obit. America is begging you: plan ahead. 1/

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

it's even dumber than you think

For years, the FEC has been urging Congress to ban foreign money in state and local ballot measures. Thanks to the leadership of Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) & Jared Golden (D-ME), the House of Representatives voted tonight to pass a bipartisan bill that does that issueone.org/press/issue-...

Issue One Praises Bipartisan Passage of the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act - Issue One

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act (H.R. 3535) to ban foreign money in state and local ballot measures — a reform the Federal…

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This week a bipartisan group of sitting and retired state and federal judges, did what their profession trains them not to do: speak out in public about what is happening to the courts. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

A road trip to save democracy? These judges say it's worth a shot

Bipartisan judges are touring the Midwest to warn citizens about the dangers of a politicized judiciary.

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Breaking from @votebeat.org: Trump has fired all three remaining commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission, leaving the only federal agency that touches election administration without any leadership. www.votebeat.org/national/202...

Trump fires all commissioners of federal election agency

Months before the midterms, the only federal agency dedicated solely to election administration is now unable to do anything.

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On paper donors can give no more than $7,000 to a federal candidate. But thanks to SCOTUS' recent NRSC ruling and one weird trick, donors may now be able to give $1.6 million to parties to spend in coordination with candidates. I discuss with @opensecrets.org www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/07...

NYT reported Trump made $636 million on his meme coin alone while American investors lost $3.8B The American people are paying the price for his bizarre self-dealing & that should alarm every single one of us A timeline of Trump’s crypto corruption👇 www.democracydefendersfund.org/crypto -TN

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CREW@citizensforethics.org · 4w ago

Trump is bragging about letting crypto execs off the hook just days after we learned that he made $1.4 billion from crypto and memecoins last year, while the people who bought his memecoin lost $3.8 billion

Contribution limits are designed to guard against corruption and the appearance of corruption. But thanks to a new SCOTUS ruling last week, a donor can now give more than $300K this year alone to a party committee like the NRSC or DSCC to help a specific candidate issueone.org/press/suprem...

Supreme Court Opens New Avenue for Big Money to Buy Favor with Candidates - Issue One

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision today in the major campaign finance case known as National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, also called NRSC…

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JUST POSTED: An updated tally is in, and the count of Trump followers turned financial losers is even bigger than first thought. Much bigger. 988,905 buyers of $TRUMP memecoin have lost a total of $3.81 billion. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...

Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin

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