-A major area that is not being investigated is how the Democratic Party contracted out its campaign to corporate-conflicted consulting firms who raise money with strings attached, plan the agendas, create the language and the slogans and even direct the schedules of the candidates. There is story after story that doesn’t pass the smell test for reporters to dig into. They can get a taste of what they can uncover by going to the last major feature on this subject at the Intercept in 2021 by Ryan Grim. Very timely, very important, very ignored.
-What about more assessments of the quality of the political ads and the imbalance between money spent on TV/radio as compared to the ground game of getting out the vote? Obviously the consultants like their 15% cut and that means ads, not ground game. Lots of good material here to dig into.
-In a vortex of burgeoning PAC campaign donations, it’s not surprising that corporate crime, power, fraud, and control is not exactly part of congressional candidates’ policy agenda. Readers might be interested in knowing the various gradations of mention of corporate crime issues and who has been softer on corporate crime than other candidates, etc.
See:
Public Citizen President Rob Weissman’s testimony on corporate fraud
Public Citizen Report: Canceled Corporate Enforcement by Rick Claypool
-Israeli soldiers have been shooting stray dogs for target practice in Gaza while they are killing over 600,000 Palestinian civilians over the past two and a half years. The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof reports that Israeli prison guards are training dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners who have been kidnapped from the West Bank and Gaza. One would think that the ferocious animal welfare group PETA would speak up, along with ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.) Silence is all we hear from them. It’s easy to guess why. But why don’t you ask them directly?