They're Paid Up #Lobbyists

#HousingLobby

#PoliticsJoe

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zuUEX4AHEv0&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1HQg%3D%3D

This is just one example of ‘think tanks being funded by people with vested interests. In this case it is ‘just' nuclear power. They have become a blight on society, represented by the media (and the BBC in particular) as disinterested experts. They are no such thing - and they are a canker on public debate. See the UK Lawyers for Israel for example = funded by Israel yet purporting to be independent.

https://www.theferret.scot/britain-remade-links-industry-lobbyists/

#Lobbyists #UkPol #Poison #Distortion

CalMatters: These public documents are hidden from view. Two California lawmakers want to change that. “Two California lawmakers are trying to open up legislative documents that are technically public records, but difficult for even the most seasoned Capitol insiders to access. The documents are letters registered lobbyists and advocacy groups send the Legislature to support or oppose bills. […]

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

#Trump #corruption #lobbyists #finances

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg