David Moore

NEW: Here is how much the crypto industry spent in the first half of 2025 to push legislative wins like the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts. It's on pace for a new high. First out at @Sludge: readsludge.com/2025/07/23/cry…

NEW: The crypto industry is on pace to spend a record amount on lobbying in D.C. as it bags major legislative wins, according to a Sludge analysis of disclosures through the first half of this year. readsludge.com/2025/07/23/cry…

More than half of registered Democrats disapprove of their party's congressional leaders' handling of their job, according to a new poll. The DCCC raised a record amount of lobbyist cash in the first six months of this year, we report: readsludge.com/2025/07/22/whi…

Read Myriam Gurba's interview with Lindsey Boylan, at independent cooperative Flaming Hydra. "We can also draw parallels between Cuomo’s Covid response and his workplace sexual harassment." flaminghydra.com/scaring-all-th…

An internal House Democratic staff memo from April, "Business as Usual," called on lawmakers to end regular order as a delay tactic against the Trump agenda. But House Dems did not fully adopt the plan. Meanwhile, corporate lobbyists were bundling $$. 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…

What safe drinking water and clear air were to the 20th century, shade could be to the climate-changed 21st. Read an excerpt from my new book (out today!) in @TheAtlantic: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Scores of House Democrats voted to pass major crypto industry-favored bills (the GENIUS and CLARITY Acts). The DCCC had accepted millions in donations from a lobbying firm for crypto investor, and Trump megadonor, Marc Andreessen. readsludge.com/2025/07/22/whi…

Palantir has showered $5 million since 2023 on the GOP-establishment Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute (@RonaldReagan), where its CEO Alex Karp delivers talks like “Why The Woke Left Lost.” readsludge.com/2025/07/21/pal…

Republicans may further gerrymander Texas and Ohio. Democrats briefly had the House and Senate seats to pass Rep. Zoe Lofgren's Redistricting Reform Act. But the bill, first intro'd in 2005, was not intro'd in the crucial period with 60 Senate seats. 🤔 davidrussellmoore.net/democrats-coul…

New - Palantir is a "diamond" sponsor of the Reagan library, whose defense policy center calls for innovation in national security. The Trump-tied firm's federal contracts are booming and its stock price has risen 800% since the start of last year. readsludge.com/2025/07/21/pal…

Sen. Jon Ossoff said, "America has the most corrupt political system in the Western world." The Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act (117th) would ban fundraising from lobbyists, close the revolving door, and more. He could round up some co-sponsors. readsludge.com/2025/04/15/con…

The bipartisan firm @Invariant doesn't just bundle donations for Democrats. Their staff also rotates into House GOP, after working for fossil gas clients like AltaGas. Lobbyist Berkley Lane joins Rep. Bob Latta of #OH05 in our latest: readsludge.com/2025/07/19/ene…