Sludge
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A non-partisan, independent news outlet exposing the moneyed interests that control U.S. politics.
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One of Israel’s newest foreign agents has promised to geo-target pro-Israel ads at American churchgoers, develop a mobile VR “10/7 Experience” exhibit, and recruit pro-Israel celebrity spokespersons including Steph Curry, Tim Tebow, and Chris Pratt. readsludge.com/2025/10/06/isr…
Israel’s New U.S. Influence Campaigns Target TikTok, Churches, and ChatGPT readsludge.com/2025/10/06/isr…
NEW: Following the bot army backlash, Israel ramps up propaganda with 3 US firms: $6M Gen Z campaign by Brad Parscale, "Esther Project" that pays influencers, and a VR "10/7 Experience" deployed at churches. readsludge.com/2025/10/06/isr…
Virginia AG Jason Miyares, ahead in the money race, is deeply tied to Leonard Leo's network—and has received $4 million from RAGA, bankrolled by one of Leo's groups. New: readsludge.com/2025/10/02/the…
NEW: Virginia AG Jason Miyares, deeply tied to the Leonard Leo network, has received $4 million+ from Leo-backed groups for his re-election. In 2023, he intervened to block a DC probe into Leo's nonprofits. readsludge.com/2025/10/02/the…
NEW: The EPA office overseeing toxic chemicals and pesticides is run by three former chemical lobbyists, and is about to welcome a fourth as its new leader. readsludge.com/2025/09/26/lob…
ByteDance will hold bigger-than-expected stakes in the new TikTok companies that will allow U.S. operations, per Reuters. Months before the election last year, TikTok hired lobbying firm Ballard Partners, run by one of Trump's top campaign bundlers. readsludge.com/2025/09/08/tru…
Big Tech sponsored trips for congressional staffers to Aspen, Silicon Valley, and other spots to hear about AI from their executives over August recess. readsludge.com/2025/09/24/con…
NEW: House and Senate staffers were given sponsored trips over the August recess to attend conferences on AI policy and company tours with the likes of Google, Meta, Palantir, and SpaceX. readsludge.com/2025/09/24/con…
A satellite imaging company aims to map every inch of the globe on a daily basis, providing government clients with "near real-time analysis" and AI decision-making. Howard Lutnick, its former board member and recent investor, oversees it. readsludge.com/2025/09/19/lut…
Howard Lutnick's family-owned firm is a key investor in Satellogic, a satellite imagery company whose new strategy is to bag U.S. defense and intelligence contracts, whose partners include SpaceX and Palantir, and which has long ties to China. readsludge.com/2025/09/19/lut…
NEW: Howard Lutnick's family-owned firm Cantor Fitzgerald is a key investor in Satellogic, a satellite imagery company seeking more U.S. defense contracts as it works for a Chinese state-tied data company. readsludge.com/2025/09/19/lut…
NEW: Democratic PR firm SKDK says it’s dropping its work with the Israeli government one day after Sludge reported it was under contract to build a social media bot program to “flood the zone” with pro-Israel messaging. readsludge.com/2025/09/17/fol…
NEW: Democratic firm SKDK has agreed to run a bot farm on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and other social media sites for the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to "flood the zone" with pro-Israel messages. readsludge.com/2025/09/15/dem…
NEW: The next generation of Trumpworld lobbyists is cashing in. Children and niblings of Trump allies — including Chris LaCivita Jr. (pictured), Jackson Hines, and Katie & Caroline Wiles — are landing lucrative lobbying jobs in D.C. 🧵
NEW: Children and niblings of Trump allies including RFK Jr., Chris LaCivita, and Susie Wiles are landing lucrative lobbying jobs, helping clients like Novo Nordisk and GEO Group secure wins from Trump's administration. readsludge.com/2025/09/15/tru…
"In this post we name some of these corporate ICE profiteers and deportation barons — from Peter Thiel’s Palantir to Jeff Bezos’s Amazon, from GEO Group to Avelo Airlines, from Bank of America to AT&T — that everyone should know about." littlesis.org/news/the-billi…
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