Channel: Cronyism – Washington Free Beacon
Harry Reid Secured Subsidies for Aides’ Donors
Corporate donors to a green energy nonprofit operated by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s (D., Nev.) former staffers and a current campaign operative have received billions of dollars in federal...
View ArticleReid Landed Federal Posts for Partners at Law Firm Funding Aides’ Group
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) recommended for powerful federal posts three partners at a Nevada-based firm that donates to a nonprofit run by his current and former aides. Reid...
View ArticleFormer Employees: Reid-Backed Firm Lied to Get Stimulus Cash
The Senate’s top Democrat is proud of securing taxpayer backing for a green energy company accused by former employees of fraudulently obtaining federal grant money, his office said this week. Two...
View ArticleDish Network May Lose Its $3 Billion Taxpayer-Funded Subsidy
DISH Network is in jeopardy of losing its over $3 billion subsidy from the federal government that allowed the company to buy up half of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) wireless licenses...
View ArticleGreen Energy Firm Accused of Ripping Off Treasury to Get More Taxpayer Money
A green energy company accused by two former employees of filing fraudulent applications for federal grant money will receive additional subsidies to research geothermal energy, the Department of...
View ArticleDem Senate Recruit Advised Federal Energy Regulators While Employed by Green...
A Pennsylvania Democrat’s expected U.S. Senate run could renew scrutiny of her role in crafting green energy and environmental policies while she helped run, and was paid by, companies that received...
View ArticleHedge Fund-Financed Green Group Discloses $50M in Grants
A foundation funded by opaque financial vehicles poured nearly $50 million into leading liberal and environmentalist groups in 2013 and 2014, according to newly released tax filings. The Sea Change...
View ArticleDem Super PAC’s Top Aides Evade Lobbyist Hiring Ban
A leading Democratic super PAC says it will no longer employ lobbyists in the wake of a scandal involving contributions to the group, but one of the executives who announced the move directs a...
View ArticleString of Felons Worked With Nonprofit Cofounded by Bill Clinton
Numerous former board members and trustees of a charity group cofounded by Bill Clinton have been accused of or convicted of insider trading, campaign finance violations, and other illegal schemes. The...
View ArticleGreen Energy Investors Look to Cash in on Paris Talks
A group of millionaires and billionaires that includes major investors in green energy are using the international climate talks kicking off this week to push for more government subsidies for the...
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Paul Ryan Slams Ex-Im Bank as ‘Crony Capitalism’
By David Lawder (Reuters) – Republican congressman Paul Ryan on Wednesday slammed the U.S. Export-Import Bank as a purveyor of "crony capitalism" that mainly helps a few large companies, and said...
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Pelosi Subsidies Benefit Husband’s Investment in Dem Mega-Donor’s Company
The top Democrat in the House of Representatives steered more than a billion dollars in subsidies to a light rail project that benefitted a company run by a high-dollar Democratic donor and in which...
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Obama Donor Blocks Access to Hagan Stimulus Records
An incumbent senator voted for a massive taxpayer stimulus that just happened to benefit businesses owned by that senator’s immediate family members. That same senator later recommended someone to...
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Obama Operative Joins Taxpayer-Backed Solar Company
A top official at President Barack Obama’s personal advocacy group will join a major Obama donor’s solar firm, the company announced on Wednesday. Obama operative Jon Carson will be a top executive at...
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‘Leviathan’ Review
"The best one-liner in Leviathan comes in the opening credits," the New Yorker’s Anthony Lane noted in his review of the Russian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Oscars....
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Foreign Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State-Owned Russian Oil Company
A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and...
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Ex-Im Official Secures Millions for Indian Solar Company, Then Joins Its Board
As a controversial federal agency prepares extensive taxpayer support for green energy companies in India, one such company has hired a former top official at the agency who has helped it secure...
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DISH Manipulates Federal Rules, Gets Billions in Discounts for Wireless Licenses
DISH Network, whose co-founder is a major Democratic donor, cashed in on a $3.3 billion taxpayer-funded discount to purchase wireless licenses from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on...
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Congress Looking Into White House’s Role in FCC’s Net Neutrality Regulations
The secrecy surrounding the Obama administration’s plans for regulating the Internet has prompted a congressional inquiry into whether the independent Federal Communications Commission or the White...
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Tom Steyer’s Deep Ties to Oregon Corruption Scandal
Top advisers to the billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer helped run a green group, financed in part by Steyer himself, that is at the center of a corruption scandal that could force the Democratic...
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