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For those who don’t know, “The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is a pro-Israel lobbying group that advocates its policies to the legislative and executive branches of the United States. It is one of several pro-Israel lobbying organizations in the United States, and has been called one of the most influential lobbying groups in the U.S. … cont’d in Wikipedia

#AIPAC #AmericanIsraelPublicAffairsCommittee #lobbying #USPol #DNC #influence #money #leadership

The Hill: Anthropic launches new corporate PAC to ramp up election spending. “Anthropic PBC filed a statement of organization Friday to form ‘AnthroPAC.’ The Hill has learned it will be funded exclusively and voluntarily by employees, a common strategy for technology companies to throw money into races. It is expected to be bipartisan and give money to candidates on both sides of the aisle and […]

The Self Lobbyist

Before there were professional lobbyists, aspiring influencers had to visit the capital city to get heard. Most did not have the funds.

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=178

#tiereddeemocraticgovernance
#lobbyist #lobbying

Group Pushing #AgeVerification Requirements For #AI Sneakily Backed By #OpenAI

OpenAI hasn't been shy about spending money #lobbying for favorable laws and regulations. But when it comes to its involvement with #childSafety advocacy groups, the company has apparently decided it's best to stay in the shadows -- even if it means hiding from the people actually pushing for #policy changes.

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/02/0345206/group-pushing-age-verification-requirements-for-ai-sneakily-backed-by-openai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

WSJ: Lobbyists Easily Destroyed Any Semi-Serious Antitrust Enforcers Left In MAGA

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/02/wsj-lobbyists-easily-destroyed-any-semi-serious-antitrust-enforcers-left-in-maga/

Julia VioletaGris Rodriguez présente une allocution de Faika El-Nagashi, directrice du Forum Athena

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tradfem.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/julia-violetagris-rodriguez-presente-une-allocution-de-faika-el-nagashi-directrice-du-forum-athena/

Axios: Scoop: New pro-AI group preps $100M midterm blitz to boost Trump’s agenda . “A new pro-AI political operation is jumping into this year’s midterms with a plan to spend more than $100 million, the latest push by a big-money group to promote a deregulation agenda.”