#lobbying

Haiti Turns to Roger Stone To Lobby Trump Administration https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/world/americas/haiti-roger-stone-migration.html #Politics #WorldNews #Lobbying

Who would have expected Alphabet to put loopholes into the AI safety laws it writes? Truly shocking. In other news, NPR discovered how big tech companies have "helped" shape regulation for the past 3 decades. #AI #regulation #lobbying https://www.npr.org/2026/09/18/nx-s1-5968878/ai-chatbots-safety-regulation-google

Unser Fazit: Transparenz gibt es erst auf Druck der Medien. Die Meldungen sind Selbstdeklarationen der Parteien, die Eidgenössische Finanzkontrolle (EFK) überprüft nur eine Stichprobe. Neu publiziert die EFK, was diese Kontrollen ergeben. Das war früher geheim. Erstritten haben das der Beobachter, das WAV Recherchekollektiv und der frühere EFK-Direktor Michel Huissoud. https://lobbywatch.ch/ubs-bestraft-die-fdp/ 6/6 #lobbying #efk

Die UBS zahlt SVP, Mitte & GLP 786'000 Fr. – die FDP geht leer aus. Grund laut Quellen: Sie unterstützen nur Parteien, die den Bankenplatz verteidigen. Keller-Sutter tut das offenbar zu wenig. Aber das ist nur eine von drei Geschichten, die der neue Bericht zur Parteienfinanzierung 2025 der Eidgenössischen Finanzkontrolle erzählt. https://lobbywatch.ch/ubs-bestraft-die-fdp/ 1/6 #lobbying #efk

Die Partei mit den meisten Spenden ist die SP. Aber weil in der Erhebung der Finanzkontrolle die Einnahmen der Kantonalsektionen oder externer Komitees fehlen, sind diese Zahlen nur schlecht vergleichbar und geben «kein Gesamtbild über […] das Vermögen einer Partei». 2/6 #lobbying #efk

Banken, Versicherungen und Wirtschaftsverbände steckten zusammen 4,4 Millionen Franken in die Parteien, 53 Prozent aller offengelegten Spenden. Davon gingen 96 Prozent an FDP, SVP, Mitte und GLP. Grösste Geldgeberin war Economiesuisse mit 1,6 Millionen an dieselben vier Parteien, satte 1,2 Millionen davon an die FDP. 3/6 #lobbying #efk

Ins Auge stechen auch zwei Spenden des Tabakkonzerns Philip Morris. Er zahlte der FDP und der SVP insgesamt 105’000 Franken und untermauert seine Stellung als ein zentraler Akteur im Tabak-Lobbying. Mehr dazu findet sich ein unserer Recherche vom letzten Jahr: https://lobbywatch.ch/schweiz-bleibt-ein-paradies-fuer-die-tabakindustrie/ 4/6 #lobbying #efk

Zu denken gibt auch die Rückkehr der Gönnervereine. Das sind Vereine, die zwischen der Partei und der Spender:in stehen und die ursprüngliche Spender:in anonymisieren. Auch Lücken im Transparenzgesetz werden rege genutzt: sie erlauben, dass wohl Firmen, aber nicht die dahinterstehenden Familien im Register der Eidgenössischen Finanzkontrolle (EFK) auftauchen. 5/6 #lobbying #efk

"The Labour Party […] is a centralised, bureaucratic organisation that plays a key role in UK democracy whether or not the Labour Party is in government. The right [of the party] never truly ceded control over the Labour Party machine, even when Corbyn was in power. As observers from across the political spectrum have documented, key players on the Labour right worked behind the scenes to undermine him throughout his tenure." Burnham "has flip-flopped enough times for the Labour machine’s apparatchiks to accept he is no threat to their project. "Perhaps more importantly, Burnham lacks a coherent base that might hold him to account were he to tack to the right once in office. He doesn’t have strong links with the unions or any social movements. He is relatively popular among the Labour membership, but the Party has been so centralised under Starmer that members now play a much-diminished role – and Burnham is unlikely to change this. "In short, as with Starmer, there will be no one to challenge him if he reneges on commitments. Equally, there will be no one to defend him if the Labour machine turns on him. "The challenge Burnham faces is unresolvable within the current political settlement. For as long as Labour exists as a cartel, divorced from a mass base, it will remain a playground for lobbyists and consultants. These interests will fight tirelessly for their preferred policies – policies that directly contradict the interests of the majority of people in the UK. And any leader who attempts to democratise the Labour Party and take on these vested interests will be eliminated by the Labour machine. "The only way to square this circle is to build power outside the Labour Party". Grace Blakeley: https://graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-labour-machine-always-wins #triangulation #cooperation #cartel #lobbying #promotion #parties #acceptance #ThirdWay #TonyBlair #Starmer #Burnham #UKPol #UKPolitics #LabourParty

🇪🇺 Europe's Most Evil Lobbying Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dFADsZ0MF8 (who will it be? guess...) #bigMeat #MeatCapital #capitalism #lobbying #corporate #EU #UE #EuropeanUnion #factoryFarming #BigAg #lobby #CopaCogeca #dystopia #MeatMafia #tobacco #smoking

Eric Adams Booed While Lobbying for Data Center in Small Wisconsin Town #TechnologyAndPolicy #Lobbying #DataCenters #CancerDetection #AIForGood https://truthout.org/articles/eric-adams-booed-while-lobbying-for-data-center-in-small-wisconsin-town/

#TaylorFarms Spent Big on #MAGA and Anti-Regulatory #Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak https://www.wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbreak-taylor-farms-maga-donations-lobbying/

Andy Burnham: Kick Palantir out of our NHS! Rumours are Andy #Burnham wants to kick out Palantir from #OurNHS But Palantir’s army of lobbyists won’t give up without a fight - like when they sued Mayor of London for blocking their £50mil #MetPolice deal #Petition text Put patients before #corporate #lobbyists End #Palantir’s contracts with #NHS & #police. Protect our #private #data https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Kick-Out-Palantir-eoi?utm_medium=mastodon_fediverse #CorporateTerrorism #privacy #medical #BigData #corruption #lobbying #DemocracyNOW

Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/23/lobbyists-uk-environment-ministers-ecosystems-chicken-poultry-faming #Farming #Rivers #Pollution #Environment #Lobbying #Politics #UkNews #Food #MeatIndustry

#TaylorFarms Spent Big on #MAGA and #AntiRegulatory #Lobbying Before #Diarrhea Outbreak The company donated more than $3.6 million to #conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the #MAGAInc. #SuperPAC. by Kate Taylor, Jul 21, 2026 "The lettuce supplier at the center of the turbo diarrhea outbreak has spent millions of dollars to sway sentiment around #FoodRegulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans, according to public filings. "Taylor Farms donated more than $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., the Trump-centric super PAC, and $1.1 million to other super PACs dedicated to electing Republicans. "From 2020 through the end of 2024, the company donated more than $1.6 million to conservative PACs, including a total of $850,000 to #AFPAction, an anti-regulation super PAC with ties to the #Koch network. "#BruceTaylor, the chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms, is also a longtime donor to Republican causes. Since 2020, Taylor has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates, including contributions to Texas senator #JohnCornyn and Tennessee senator #MarshaBlackburn." Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbreak-taylor-farms-maga-donations-lobbying/ Archived version: https://archive.ph/zUBU5 #KochBrothers #KochNetwork #Capitalism #Crapitalism #USPol #CyclosporaOutbreak

@fname@kamloops.social They're hoping all the #lobbying & big political donations against #foodregulation & #foodsafety will shield them from liability.

Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak https://www.wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbreak-taylor-farms-maga-donations-lobbying/ #Business #Lobbying #FoodSafety

Revealed: how #Europe’s most powerful #farming lobby killed EU’s #pesticide law https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/how-europe-most-powerful-farming-lobby-copa-cogeca-killed-eu-pesticide-law #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #lobbying #nature #biodiversity #agriculture

‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/03/dont-kill-music-anthony-albaneses-favourite-bands-beg-pm-to-stop-ai-companies-from-stealing-their-work #copyright #AI #music #creativeindustries #musicians #lobbying #auspol #auslaw

#GDPR / #Cookies: You CAN NOT make it up: #Google, #Germany and #France are now lobbying to keep (!) the Cookie Banners in the EU, when the European Commission has proposed to replace them with a simple signal. #Lobbying against the vast majority of voters worked. Details: https://noyb.eu/en/eu-member-states-and-google-suddenly-want-keep-cookie-banners