Donald Shaw
@donnydonny
Reporter at @sludge, an independent, anti-corruption newsroom
The DCCC raised millions in the first half of the year from lobbyists for Trump-aligned firms including Palantir, Anduril, Andreessen Horowitz, and SpaceX. readsludge.com/2025/07/22/whi…
The DCCC set a record for fundraising from lobbyists in the first half of the year. Meanwhile, Democrats’ public approval stands at a historic low. readsludge.com/2025/07/22/whi…
Very impressed with @jamestalarico on the @joerogan podcast. This is the kind of conscious, elevated discussion we need more of in politics imo, and in Christianity as well. open.spotify.com/episode/5GGtWM…
“Trump administration officials say the White House has no plans to crack down on pesticides in farming…” Wonder why.. 🤔
NEW: Trump's EPA appears on the verge of handing a big win to a controversial mining project once represented by Susie Wiles and underwritten by Howard Lutnick’s investment firm. readsludge.com/2025/07/15/min…
NEW: JD Vance’s financial disclosure shows he holds a stake in a venture fund backing defense firms that won multimillion-dollar contracts soon after the Trump-Vance inauguration. readsludge.com/2025/07/10/van…
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A pesticide lobbyist is now the top pesticide policy official at the EPA. readsludge.com/2025/07/08/tru…
Welcome to the Upside-Down... The Trump administration has tapped a longtime pesticide lobbyist for a top EPA role regulating pesticides, reports @donnydonny at @Sludge readsludge.com/2025/07/08/tru…
TBT: Hakeem Jeffries spent the early months of the Trump admin raising millions in bundled donations from the top lobbying firm for Elon Musk's SpaceX and Peter Thiel's Palantir. readsludge.com/2025/02/24/dcc…
The Senate created a new tax break for metallurgical coal that could be a sweetener for coal baron Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV). New from @donnydonny readsludge.com/2025/07/02/coa…
The OBBB’s special tax break for met coal production could benefit Sen. Jim Justice, who has a $50 million+ stake in a met coal company. New at @sludge: readsludge.com/2025/07/02/coa…
NEW: Trump vowed to block Nippon Steel’s takeover of U.S. Steel on the campaign trail, calling it a threat to American workers. Then two of his biggest campaign bundlers lobbied him on behalf of the Japanese company, and he backed down. readsludge.com/2025/06/30/tru…
NEW: More than fifteen years after Wall Street bonuses helped precipitate a global financial meltdown, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is still working to protect bank executives’ massive compensation packages from reform. readsludge.com/2025/06/27/cha…
Lawmakers cheering Iran bombing are quietly profiting through defense stocks. New from @sludge @ppolitics readsludge.com/2025/06/24/mem…
NEW: Republicans who slammed Biden’s Yemen strikes as unconstitutional are now cheering Trump’s unauthorized bombing of Iran. readsludge.com/2025/06/23/gop…