Trump's admin has dropped or dismissed 165 corporate enforcement cases, according to the latest Public Citizen tracker. Companies have been let off the hook for fleecing consumers, flouting civil rights laws, violating workplace safety, and more. readsludge.com/2025/07/29/tru…

NEW: AIPAC-funded Reps. Virginia Foxx and Josh Gottheimer have introduced legislation to block federal student aid to universities engaging in BDS boycotts of Israel. readsludge.com/2025/07/30/aip…

A new bipartisan bill would block federal aid for colleges that boycott Israel or Israeli companies. They could still boycott any other country or companies based anywhere else, just not Israel or Israeli companies. readsludge.com/2025/07/30/aip…

AIPAC Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Virginia Foxx have introduced a bill to strip federal aid to universities that engage in BDS or limit involvement with Israeli institutions. — via Sludge

NEW: A Senate committee narrowly advanced a bill that would ban members of Congress, the president, and the vice president from trading or owning stocks and digital assets—after a carve-out ensuring President Trump would not have to divest. readsludge.com/2025/08/01/sen…

NEW: Billionaire TikTok investor Jeff Yass gave $16 million to Trump’s super PAC in the first half of the year. Trump delayed TikTok’s ban three times while Yass’s firm kept its stake in ByteDance. readsludge.com/2025/08/01/tik…

Trump's Super PAC has raked in cash from Pennsylvania billionaire and TikTok investor Jeff Yass as the president has continually postponed enforcement of a ban on the popular social media app unless its spun off from its Chinese ownership. Via Sludge readsludge.com/2025/08/01/tik…

NEW: Senate Democrats sent a letter calling for urgent aid delivery in Gaza—then more than a dozen voted for the sale of more weapons to Israel, which is blocking humanitarian NGOs. Some of the lawmakers are getting an influx of AIPAC campaign donations. readsludge.com/2025/08/04/sen…

AIPAC backed Adam Schiff's primary and general election last year in California with a $5 million donation. Now he's rounding up Senate Democrats to say they care about delivering aid in Gaza, while they vote to sell more offensive weapons to Israel. readsludge.com/2025/08/04/sen…

NEW: A network of Democratic spam PACs run by consultants tied to the DCCC raised $678 million while delivering just 1.6% to actual campaigns. The consultants made a killing. readsludge.com/2025/08/05/the…

Seattle voters approved a renewal of the city's pioneering Democracy Vouchers program, with 56% in favor. A new book found that the program, formed to counter Big Money in elections, has improved donor participation and diversified the candidate pool. readsludge.com/2025/05/13/new…

NEW: As the Trump admin doled out new corporate tax breaks and rolled back regulations this year, donors who gained in the crypto and fossil fuel industries showered money on Trump's MAGA Inc. super PAC. readsludge.com/2025/08/06/bil…

Crypto companies and investors like Andreessen Horowitz gave more than $42 million to Trump's super PAC as he expanded his crypto business ventures and took a sequence of actions promoting digital assets. readsludge.com/2025/08/06/bil…

Pipeline firm Energy Transfer and its billionaire CEO Kelcy Warren gave $25 million to Trump's super PAC. The Trump admin has rescinded methane leak regulations, expedited fossil fuel permitting, and more, implementing the industry's lobbying wishlist. readsludge.com/2025/08/06/bil…

NEW: House Democrat Cleo Fields bought stock in an Ethereum investment firm and tech companies expanding into stablecoins while voting for the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts to deregulate crypto. readsludge.com/2025/08/07/cle…

This summer, while he was helping Republicans deregulate crypto, House Democrat Cleo Fields was investing in an Ethereum investment firm and tech companies working on stablecoins. readsludge.com/2025/08/07/cle…

NEW: Senate Democrats' campaign arm quietly received donations in the first half of this year from lobbyists for Palantir, Andreessen Horowitz, and SpaceX, according to a new filing. readsludge.com/2025/08/08/dsc…

The DSCC received six figures in bundled donations from lobbyists for crypto investors Andreessen Horowitz. Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to advance the GENIUS Act, the major stablecoin bill pushed by a16z and the crypto industry. readsludge.com/2025/08/08/dsc…