Michael Beckel

Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.

"Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals"

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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...

NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!

I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.

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Discrepancies in campaign finance filings for President Trump's inauguration should concern lawmakers, FEC Without a quorum to conduct business, the FEC cannot act as a timely enforcer of campaign finance regulations or conduct important activities such as auditing Trump’s inaugural committee.

One thing the FEC hasn't been able to do since it hasn't had a quorum for nearly 5 months: Audit the inaugural committee of President Trump, which underreported its receipts by ~$3M and improperly attributed multiple contributions thereformcompass.substack.com/p/trump-inau...

Meet the Faces of Democracy: Wendy Sartory Link - Issue One

The latest "Meet the Faces Of Democracy" Q&A from @issueonereform.bsky.social features Wendy Sartory Link of Palm Beach County, Florida. She discusses the importance of community outreach & the need for consistent federal funding of elections infrastructure issueone.org/interviews/m...

Discrepancies in campaign finance filings for President Trump's inauguration should concern lawmakers, FEC Without a quorum to conduct business, the FEC cannot act as a timely enforcer of campaign finance regulations or conduct important activities such as auditing Trump’s inaugural committee.

Discrepancies in campaign finance filings for Trump's inauguration should concern lawmakers and the FEC thereformcompass.substack.com/p/trump-inau...

weird how these responsible tech giants only respond after the media starts asking questions

Trump's Shell Game Threatens American Security We're pushing to make anti-corruption a top priority on the political agenda to fight authoritarianism, strengthen the rule of law and protect democracy.

Read the Dekleptocracy substack: "When a phantom foundation with no address, no registration and a founder who might not exist, wires $100 million to the president's crypto company, America has a problem"
dekleptocracy.substack.com/p/trumps-she...

America Exposed - Issue One Executive Summary For decades, presidents and Congress treated cybersecurity as a bipartisan imperative. Republican and Democratic administrations alike recognized that defending America’s digital inf...

Alarming trend: The Trump admin has begun dismantling the very cybersecurity infrastructure Republicans helped build. Read more from @issueonereform.bsky.social issueone.org/articles/ame...

Donations for Turning Point USA pour in after founder Charlie Kirk’s death Fundraising efforts ramp up to open new chapters of influential far-right group as Kirk’s widow takes over as CEO

Big money appears to be flowing into Turning Point USA in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, reports Peter Stone for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pay-For-Play Immigration — With Carveouts While announcing a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa workers, the Trump administration outlined the path to lucrative exceptions for its allies.

While announcing a new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa workers, the Trump administration outlined the path to lucrative exceptions for its allies.

www.levernews.com/pay-for-play...

America Exposed - Issue One Executive Summary For decades, presidents and Congress treated cybersecurity as a bipartisan imperative. Republican and Democratic administrations alike recognized that defending America’s digital inf...

Congress has an Article I responsibility to fund federal cybersecurity programs.

What lawmakers do in the coming months will determine whether the United States rebuilds its cyber posture — or hands victory to our adversaries, explains @issueonereform.bsky.social

issueone.org/articles/ame...

America Exposed - Issue One Executive Summary For decades, presidents and Congress treated cybersecurity as a bipartisan imperative. Republican and Democratic administrations alike recognized that defending America’s digital inf...

The Trump admin has begun dismantling the very cybersecurity infrastructure Republicans helped build.

Agencies have been gutted, experienced leaders pushed out, and core cyber deterrence strategies scrapped.

Read more from @issueonereform.bsky.social issueone.org/articles/ame...

Donations for Turning Point USA pour in after founder Charlie Kirk’s death Fundraising efforts ramp up to open new chapters of influential far-right group as Kirk’s widow takes over as CEO

How much money has Turning Points USA raised from opaque, conservative-aligned donor-advised funds and dark money orgs? Lots.

E.g.: The Bradley Impact Fund has given $23.6 million since 2014 & Donors Trust has given $4 million since 2020

h/t @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

YouTube video by Safeguarding Democracy Project UCLA Law The Risk of Federal Interference in the 2026 Midterm Elections

Miss @rickhasen.bsky.social's Safeguarding Democracy Project's hour-long webinar earlier this week on "The Risk of Federal Interference in the 2026 Midterm Elections"? A recording is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=es09...

Answer: “Presidency Boosts Trump’s Net Worth By $3 Billion In A Year”

Trump Media General Counsel Sold Every Share He Could—Becoming Second Insider To Cut Stake Scott Glabe sold the last of his vested shares for $500,000 on Wednesday but still holds rights to more than 300,000 restricted stock units.

💸NEW: "Trump Media General Counsel Sold Every Share He Could—Becoming Second Insider To Cut Stake"

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After yesterday's horrific assassination of activist Charlie Kirk, co-chairs of our ReFormers Caucus Amb. Tim Roemer and Rep. Charles Boustany share their devastation and call for a bipartisan rejection of political violence. https://tinyurl.com/27fsxsen

My Statement to the American People on The Death of Charlie Kirk Charlie Kirk is dead.

Important words from former DC police officer Michael Fanone in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk
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We condemn this abhorrent act of violence. This is not how we do our politics. https://issueone.org/press/violence-has-no-place-in-our-communities-and-must-be-rejected/

Our Constitution created three co-equal branches to protect democracy for ‘We the People.’ This Constitution Day, we’re reminding Congress: their oath requires serving as a check against executive overreach.

Stay tuned on Sept. 17 to see our plan to #CheckTheExec. http://checktheexec.org

Transparent Election Initiative A bipartisan team of former Montana officials have unveiled an oddly simple yet startlingly robust legal mechanism for u

Montana may have found a powerful way to undo Citizens United — not through Congress, but by redefining corporate power at the state level.

More from the Transparent Election Initiative: https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/transparent-election-initiative/

Our Constitution created three co-equal branches to protect democracy for ‘We the People.’ This Constitution Day, we’re reminding Congress: their oath requires serving as a check against executive overreach.

Stay tuned on Sept. 17 to see our plan to #CheckTheExec. http://checktheexec.org

"How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City" #ELB NYT: In New York City, social clubs backed by China undermined a congressional candidate who once challenged the regime on Chinese television. They helped unseat a state senator for attending a banque...

“How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City” electionlawblog.org?p=151760

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Help @issueonereform.bsky.social and the Transparent Election Initiative get the word out about a novel reform idea that could undo Citizens United at SXSW!

Take a moment and vote for our panel today!

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What if one state could take on Citizens United — and win? Montana’s bold plan could cut off dark money at the source. Vote for our #SXSW panel to spotlight this reform: tinvurl.com/sxswcitizensunited

'Corporate Crime Pays' Under Trump as His Agencies Drop Enforcement Against 165 Companies | Common Dreams "The Trump administration is protecting lawbreaking corporate insiders from accountability instead of protecting America

Since taking office, Trump has halted or ended 1/3 of investigations and enforcement actions against Big Tech giants — including Meta, Tesla, and Google.

These same tech companies have spent over $1.2B to influence Trump during and since the 2024 election.

Everything is for sale.

Seattle Renews Its Unique Approach to Public Campaign Financing The democracy vouchers program hands residents $100 to donate to local candidates and it’s credited with broadening civic involvement. Voters on Tuesday extended it by 10 years.

Seattle is renewing a unique campaign finance approach: “We promised the country that we would show them a new way of doing elections, and I feel like we have to live up to that by continuing to improve this program,” says a local political consultant.

Trump Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was bystander outside Capitol on Jan. 6, White House says The White House said E.J. Antoni was in town for meetings unrelated to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

NEW: Trump Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was bystander outside Capitol on Jan. 6, White House says

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A stock trading ban in Congress would help ensure that members are working on behalf of the people — not lining their own pockets. It's the right thing to do.