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Press Release:Groups Demand The CLARITY Act Ethics Proposal Should Be Public—and Should Prevent Presidential Self-Dealing
The rumored crypto ethics deal is just another attempt to rubber stamp President Trump’s endless crypto grift at the expense of everyday people.
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Big Tech, Crypto, and Wall Street Money is Flooding the Midterm Elections
Both the finance and tech sectors have spent heavily on Congressional primary and runoff races across the country in this election year. Two intertwined political action committees (PACs) — Fairshake, which focuses on cryptocurrency, and Leading the Future, which focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) — and their affiliates have been especially active. Both PAC networks…
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Bloomberg: Trump’s 401(k) Proposal Shows Evidence of Phony Public Support
The advocacy group Americans for Financial Reform drafted the form letter that Bergson signed and worked with partner groups to disseminate it, said Ericka Taylor, the organization’s co-executive director. She said she was unsurprised by the scale of the response.
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The American Prospect: Crypto Democrats Are Ghosting the Industry
“There are more [Democrats] saying, ‘We don’t have to just accept the industry narrative here. We can talk about the very good reasons why these practices are anathema to politicians who are standing up to corruption.,’” Hays told the Prospect.
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NJ Spotlight News: Banking bill is latest step back from financial crash protections
“It’s a huge package,” Oscar Valdés Viera, senior policy analyst for private equity and capital markets at Americans for Financial Reform, a group opposed to the bill, said by phone. “Basically it lets big banks take big risks and operate with higher levels of debt and with higher leverage,” Valdés Viera said. “It’s all being…
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2026 Polling: Voters deeply concerned about private equity’s impacts and influence
The newest poll from the bipartisan polling team Lake Research Partners and Chesapeake Beach Consultingi shows that voters across the political spectrum are concerned about private equity companies gaining control over large parts of the economy and want strong guardrails in place to protect people.
