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February 3, 2022
Russia pouring millions into foreign influence and lobbying targeting the U.S. amid escalating Ukraine conflict
As tensions escalate between Russia and Ukraine, Russia is pouring millions of dollars into foreign influence operations and propaganda.
Russian interests reported spending about $182 million on lobbying, foreign influence operations and propaganda in the U.S. since 2016.
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Beijing Winter Olympics’ corporate sponsors are also big lobbying spenders
The 2022 Winter Olympics kick off in Beijing this week backed by the sponsorship from deep-pocketed corporate partners with histories of heavy lobbying spending in the U.S.
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FTC sues to block Lockheed Martin’s acquisition of Aerojet following companies’ lobbying push
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Aerojet Rocketdyne aggressively lobbied the federal government for approval of the companies' merger.
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National parties and their super PACs enter 2022 with record war chests
National political party committees and super PACs affiliated with party leadership started 2022 with a record $517 million in the bank, a substantial increase from the same time in previous election cycles.
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Lyft emerges as fundraising heavyweight in Massachusetts ahead of vote on gig work ballot initiative
Gig work-based companies such as food delivery apps and rideshare services are pouring millions into supporting a Massachusetts ballot initiative.
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Amid rebrand as Meta, Facebook set a new lobbying spending record in 2021
Meta, the new name adopted by Facebook in a recent rebrand, spent over $20 million on lobbying in 2021, breaking the $19 million record it set the year before.
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** Kyrsten Sinema courted Republican fossil fuel donors with filibuster stance (The Guardian) ([link removed])
“Sinema isn’t up for re-election this year, but she’s fundraising full-tilt,” Sheila Krumholz, the executive director of OpenSecrets, told the Guardian. “By her comment to oil-industry attendees last week, she clearly knew her vote to protect the filibuster would please them.”
** ‘The mother lode’: Cities and counties across America clamor for slice of new infrastructure funds (The Washington Post) ([link removed])
More than 1,000 municipal entities spent some $49.9 million on federal lobbyists in the last half of 2021 — the months when the infrastructure bill was nearing passage and directly afterward — according to data tracked by OpenSecrets.
** The donor king of Chicago: Ken Griffin splashes midterm cash (Politico) ([link removed])
Griffin’s quick start on midterm giving follows $64.9 million in super PAC donations in 2019 and 2020, including $37 million that went to the Senate Leadership Fund. It made Griffin the fourth-biggest super PAC donor in the nation for that election cycle, according to OpenSecrets.
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