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Elon Musk and David Sacks had a fancy dinner party in Los Angeles earlier this month to talk politics and Joe Biden.

Guests included Rupert Murdoch, Steven Mnuchin, Peter Thiel, Travis Kalanick and Michael Milken.

Just posted at Puck.

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As President Biden courts young voters and bucks negative perceptions of his handling of the economy, one economic issue looms large over the upcoming election: a historic lack of affordable housing. trib.al/ChiKNI1

A rare glimpse into behind-the-scenes details of how a big-money lobbying effort takes shape. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Reading @jezebel in my cubicle in my twenties made me want to be a writer, so I'm thrilled to share my first article for them on a vitally important topic: ravioli portions. jezebel.com/raviolis-day-o…

The advocacy market continues to evolve with more and more emphasis on combining public affairs activity with shoe leather lobbying - see my quote here in a story in The Hill Hill by Taylor Giorno.

thehill.com/lobbying/46219…

The Federal Trade Commission voted to bar companies from using noncompete agreements which keep employees from taking a new job with a competitor or starting a competing business.

@JohnYangTV sits down with Taylor Giorno to learn more.

President Biden’s re-election campaign says it plans to continue using TikTok for at least the next year, despite the president signing a law that would ban the platform nationwide if its parent company doesn’t sell it in that timeframe. nbcnews.com/politics/joe-b…

.Taylor Giorno from @theHill joined Gordon Deal this morning with what to know about the FTC ban on noncompete agreements.   #AmericasFirstNews
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And just like that, Liverpool is out of the title race... 😔

SCOOP: Looks like Trump has been using a GOP compliance firm as a go-between to pay lawyers, allowing him to keep some of the attorneys he’s paying hidden from the public. It’s an $8 million mystery—and experts say it’s probably illegal. Me The Daily Beast
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NEW: The U.S. Chamber, Business Roundtable and other biz groups have sued the FTC to block its ban on noncompete agreements.

The FTC voted 3-2 Tuesday to pass the new rule, which would bar new noncompetes and wipe away existing agreements covering 30M workers. thehill.com/business/46177…

NEW: TikTok US & ByteDance combined to spend over $7 million on a mix of lobbying + advertising in an effort to try to stop Congress from passing TikTok legislation

ByteDance lobbyists targeted Congress & Joe Biden exec office
Senate likely to vote today
cnbc.com/2024/04/23/byt…

#BREAKING : The FTC voted 3-2 to ban non-compete agreements that prevent tens of millions of employees from working for competitors or starting a competing business after they leave a job. trib.al/zrvzIeH

Taylor Giorno on the FTC's vote to ban most noncompete agreements: thehill.com/business/46154…

Scooplet: Rep. Ritchie Torres is urging U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to reconsider raising price stamps by almost eight percent, arguing it would have a “disparate” impact on those battling inflation and especially senior citizens
thehill.com/business/46155…

NEW: ByteDance spent over $2.6 million on in house lobbying alone during the first quarter, according to new figures.

It’s the second most they’ve ever spent on in house lobbying efforts. It came as the House TikTok legislation passed.
cnbc.com/2024/04/22/ora…

FEC commissioner Trey Trainor wants you to know his yard now sports a Ted Cruz sign.

Two weeks ago, two gov't watchdogs asked the FEC to investigate Cruz's podcast deal for potentially violating campaign-finance laws:

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