MORE FILE PHOTO: Representative Matt Gaetz, (R-FL), speaks during a hearing in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 29, 2020. Photo by Graeme Jennings/REUTERS
Josh Barro and Ken White discuss reports of a federal investigation into Congressman Matt Gaetz. What are the legal issues here? Was it smart for Gaetz to give a prime time interview about it on television? And why was this news apparently leaked? Plus: the Trump campaign set some donors up for recurring donations in a way that was dense and confusing. Is that fraud, and could some donors have a good case to sue the campaign?
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Corporate America is clashing with GOP leaders over Georgia Republicans’ bill to overhaul voting laws, representing another break between the two forces that have long been closely aligned.
A slew of corporations have denounced the legislation over measures that civil rights groups argue that would restrict voting access for people of color. Delta Air Lines and Coca Cola, both headquartered in Georgia, are among some 100 companies to release statements opposing the bill. Major League Baseball moved its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver in response to outcry over the law.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) a top beneficiary of political donations from business interests made headlines this week when he issued a warning to corporate America to “stay out of politics.” He noted he wasn’t referring to political contributions.
Tomlinson: Republicans now want business leaders out of politics
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the Capitol in February 2021.Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post / The Washington PostShow MoreShow Less
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott gives an update on the state s efforts to provide water and other resources to communities around Texas in the aftermath of last week s winter blast at Port San Antonio on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021 .Marvin Pfeiffer, San Antonio Express-News / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
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Texas State Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mount, talks with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as the 87th legislature reconvenes, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. On their left is a portrait of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
A sham candidacy fueled with dark money has 11 Florida members of Congress and fair-elections advocates calling for an investigation into state Sen. Jason Brodeur s 2020 election.
Brodeur represents Senate District 9, which covers all of Seminole County plus southwest Volusia County, after having won a three-person race in November 2020.
But Brodeur s race carries some of the hallmarks of a South Florida Senate race that s led to the arrests of a former state senator, Frank Artiles, and a third-party candidate who told investigators Artiles paid him to run as a spoiler.
Brodeur, a Republican, defeated Democrat Patricia Sigman with with 50.3% of the vote, while a no-party affiliation candidate named Jestine Iannotti finished a distant third.
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Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg thinks that capitalism is damaging to both human health and to the planet. And after reading his new book, At What Cost: Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health, it is hard to disagree. The food we eat is filled with toxins. The planet is heating up uncontrollably. And that was true long before 2020: since last year, we have learned the hard way that liberal capitalist societies like ours are barely capable of addressing their most basic responsibility, protecting public health.
Dr. Freudenberg, who is a public health professor at the City University of New York School, has written a riveting and inspiring call-to-arms. In his new book, he describes concrete ways that people can address the problems wrought by modern capitalism. Although our conversation occurred before President Joe Biden signed his COVID-19 stimulus relief package into law, it is relevant to both that event and future efforts at reform.