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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
Daniel Newman
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December 06, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg has rigged the rules of Facebook political advertising, making him complicit in lies and voter manipulation. The result is the most powerful propaganda amplifier in history, boosting campaigns that traffic in falsehoods.
Alec Saslow
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Facebook must immediately start fact-checking all political ads to help protect the integrity of our democracy.
Daniel Newman
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November 20, 2019
"Unrig: How to Fix our Broken Democracy" is an upcoming graphic novel by MapLight President Daniel G. Newman. The book is part of the World Citizen Comics line from First Second of Macmillan Publishing.
Andrew Perez
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November 19, 2019
As health insurance, pharmaceutical and hospital companies fight to prevent more politicians from backing Medicare for All, the industry’s front group has turned to top Democratic consulting firms and pro-business nonprofits for help, according to its 2018 tax return.
Andrew Perez and Brittany Gibson
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November 15, 2019
America’s top drug lobby has continued bankrolling an influential Republican dark money organization spearheading the fight to defeat proposals to guarantee health care for all Americans.
Bergen Smith
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November 05, 2019
Michael Esposito, the lobbyist for a Chinese telecommunications giant whom President Trump has denied knowing, has given more than $70,000 to campaign committees supporting the Republican president.
Ann M. Ravel
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November 01, 2019
As digital political advertising continues to grow without legislative oversight, the disclosure that is so crucial to democratic decision-making is shrinking. Without disclosure, advertisers are able to target minority groups with propaganda to deliberately disenfranchise them or suppress voter turnout.