Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein in Washington, D.C., on August 23, 2016. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. By Michael Tracey Former 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein told TYT that she will urge members of her now-defunct campaign to comply with a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation examining alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. As TYT previously reported, Stein’s …
Jill Stein Staffer Undecided on Whether to Share Communications with Senate
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein answers questions during a press conference at the August 23, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. By Michael Tracey Dennis Trainor Jr., a former senior staffer for Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s 2016 presidential campaign, says he is weighing whether to comply with a directive to turn over correspondence related to the …
Eli Lilly Did It Again. Here’s How.
Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks, September 2017. Image via https://lillypad.lilly.com. By Jonathan Larsen Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical giant, had a starring role in a 2011 Senate report on exactly the issue Congress is grappling with this week: tax cuts and jobs. The report found that Eli Lilly repatriated $8 billion in profits after successfully lobbying for a 2004 tax holiday—and then …
Warren Blasts FedEx and UPS as Evidence GOP Tax Bill Won’t Create Jobs
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks at a rally opposing the Republican tax plan on November 1, 2017, outside the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. By Steve Horn Several congressional Democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), are pointing to findings by TYT in a series of reports on the employment policies of FedEx and UPS as evidence that the Republican …
Tax Bill Benefits Clients of Former Top McConnell Aide
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in July of 2017. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. By Jonathan Larsen Companies that retained the lobbying services of a longtime chief of staff and “dear friend” of Sen. Maj. Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), appear poised to benefit from the tax bill going before Congress this week. Kyle Simmons served as McConnell’s chief of …
NAACP Already Receiving Reports of Voter Suppression in Alabama
Alabamians line up to vote in the 2008 presidential election in Birmingham, Alabama. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images. By Ken Klippenstein The NAACP’s poll monitoring team is already getting reports of voter suppression in the Alabama special election today, TYT Investigates has learned. According to Deuel Ross, assistant counsel at the NAACP’s Legal Defense & Educational Fund, they have received reports …
TYT Investigates Coverage: Alabama Senate Race
Alabama Secretary of State on Ballot Access: “We’re Gonna Be Fine” Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, whose office oversees elections, told TYT Sunday that ballot access in Tuesday’s special Senate election between Roy Moore and Doug Jones should be “fine” and that he has implemented changes to reduce long wait times seen in previous elections. Merrill has continued to support Moore, …