Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), February, 2018. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. By Alex Kotch Two recent employees from key groups financially supported by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch are creating a new office within the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that will provide economic data and analysis relating to FCC policy …
After Donation Administered by Federalist Society Leaders, GMU Hired Professors Tied to…the Federalist Society
Images via: law.gmu.edu; charleskochfoundation.org; David Koch photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for TIME. By Alex Kotch Although George Mason University’s law school responded to controversy over $30 million in donations by claiming the money has not affected its hiring decisions, at least 10 new faculty members have links to the right-wing legal organization whose leaders serve as administrators of two-thirds of those …
U.S. Embassy Officials in Mid East Dismayed by Jerusalem Embassy Move
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump on May 23, 2017, in Jerusalem, Israel. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO via Getty Images. A State Department source tells TYT that some U.S. diplomatic officials in the Middle East were privately dismayed by President Trump’s decision to move America’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, even before this week’s …
Secretive AEI Summit Features Militarists and Financial Deregulators, Reveals How Trump Base Has Lost
The Cloister at Sea Island resort; Sea Island, Georgia. Image via seaisland.com. By Alex Kotch At the annual, closed-door American Enterprise Institute (AEI) World Forum in spring 2016, government officials, wealthy CEOs, media personalities, and conservative scholars plotted ways to stop Donald Trump from winning the Republican nomination for president. Two years later, the 2018 forum appeared to have a much …
Meek Mill Sought Pardon Via Trump-Connected Lobbyist
Meek Mill with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf at a Philadelphia 76ers game in Philadelphia. Meek Mill attended the game immediately following his release from prison on April 24, 2018. Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images. By Ken Klippenstein Philadelphia-based rapper Meek Mill, who was released from prison last month, had an unlikely advocate in his fight for freedom: Kerry Casey, a …
Trump Aiming to Toss Ailing Gunmakers a Lifeline Worth Millions
By Michael Tracey The Trump administration is expected soon to enact a new regulation that could give the flagging U.S. gun industry an economic boost potentially worth millions of dollars, TYT has learned. After years of sky-high sales—driven by fears that Barack Obama would impose drastic gun control measures—gun manufacturers have experienced declining domestic demand since the election of Donald …
Lockheed Martin Touts Missiles Used In Syria Strikes
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford deliver a briefing on April 13, 2018 regarding a joint force strike on Syria with Britain and France. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. By Michael Tracey In an earnings call with investors Tuesday, Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson touted the “successful operational debut” of a …