With Daniel Lippman
NEW SUBJECTS: Lobbying companies record a wave of records and terminations before Tuesday’s quarterly filing deadline. Here are some documents that stand out: An alliance of Hollywood production corporations, suppliers and corporations has hired Arshi Siddiqui, Geoff Verhoff and Brendan Dunn from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer
– Etsy, Eventbrite and Pinterest, meanwhile, have Kountoupes Denham Carr
NEW STUDY: MILITARY VOTES COULD DECIDE 2020 ELECTIONS
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HOW TO HELP THE MEN WHO HELPED GHOSNSSASRANCE: “The two American men accused of orchestrating the escape of former Nissan President Carlos Ghosn of Tokyo are making a final appeal to Trump’s leadership to refer them to a trial in Tokyo. Japan, reports David Yaffe. “-Bellany from “Bloomberg News”. After the federal government issued a trial of Japan’s request for legal extradition in Boston in September, representatives of former Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son Peter wrote to White House and State Department officials ingesting them to reject Japan’s request.
– “It’s a long-term strategy, but Michael Taylor presents himself to the U. S. government as a heroic patriot: he plays his cape and dagger role after rescuing young people kidnapped in the Middle East. The final resolution to send the Taylors to Japan rests with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. For months, the Taylors deployed a beloved team of lawyers and lobbyists to present their case to Justice Department and State Department officials. “
– “This lobbying intensified after the September 4 resolution in Boston. About a week later, the Taylors team sent a 25-page letter to a State Department official overseeing the extraditions, describing the arguments the father-son duo presented to the court. as well as the testimony of moms whose children Michael Taylor helped rescue his career as a security consultant, according to a user close to the case. The Taylors also sent a summary of approximately two pages to the White House, the user said, after the conversations. about the case with high-level officials from the Trump administration.
CANNABIS LOBBY MAY LOSE AN ALLY IN THE COLLINE: With former Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper leading across really wide margins in the Colorado Senate race polls, the hash industry may lose one of its allies in Hill: Senator Cory Gardner (R- El colo. Hickenlooper is not seen as favorably as Gardner among Colorado’s legalization efforts “in component because he vetoed 3 hashish expenses towards the end of his last term as governor,” says Natalie Fertig of POLITICO.
– “John Hickenlooper has to be trained to have a conversation. He’s still uncomfortable with that,” said Kevin Sabet of the anti-legalization organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana. Sabet added that if he got the idea, Hickenlooper would probably vote the same way Gardner would vote. he thinks his homework in Washington will be less difficult without Gardner. “Would [Hickenlooper] be a champion and concentrate so much on marijuana?I’m not sure. “
HOW REPUBLICAN OPERAS HELP LOCAL NEWS: Davey Alba and Jack Nicas of the New York Times have delved into the “growing network of nearly 1300 aiming to fill the void left by the disappearance of local newspapers across the country. “the network, now in all 50 states, is not based on classical journalism, but on propaganda commissioned through dozens of conservative expert groups, political actors, business leaders and public relations professionals, revealed a Times investigation.
– “Sites look like ordinary local news organizations, with names like Des Moines Sun, Ann Arbor Times and Empire State Today. They use undeniable designs and articles about local politics, networking occasions, and infrequently national issues, like any local newspaper. Scenes, many stories are broadcast through political teams and public relations corporations to publicize a Republican candidate or a company, or to defame their rivals.
IF YOU HAVE FRIDAY: The Crusade of Representative Joe Kennedy (D-Mass. ) “He said Friday that he had unduly spent $1. 5 million on general election donations in the final weeks of his bitter and ultimately failed number one challenge to Senator Edward J. Markey, ” reports Victoria McGrane of the Boston Globe. Expenses were a flagrant violation of federal crusade financing rules, which prohibit applicants from receiving cash from the general election for spending number one.
“In a message to The Globe, Kennedy stated that he did not know that the crusade had unduly spent the general election budget during the primaries, and that the violation had been made known to him shortly after the September 1 election. Kennedy dijo que pagó su cruzada con $ 1. 5 millones de su propio efectivo a finales de septiembre para cubrir todo el dinero que se gastaba mal.
Florida Democratic Majority (Margaret Good for Congress, Cohn for Congress 2020) Leverage Victory Fund for Each Voice (Control-Z, The Collective PAC, ColorOfChange PAC, Higher Hieghts [sic] Political Fund)
#LegalizeLiberty PAC (Hybrid PAC) 2d to No PAC (Hybrid PAC) American Dreams PAC (Super PAC) Citizens Restoration of Integrity and Service PAC (PAC) Competent Candidates for the People (PAC) Democracy Me (PAC) Georgia Senate Republican Fund 2020 (PAC) Hot Campaign Merch LLC (PAC) Keep the Nine PAC (Super PAC) Non-Socialism Political Action Committee (Super PAC) Sentinel PAC (PAC) Kendra Horn) The Otter Fund (Hybrid) PAC) Veterans Day (Super PAC)
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
US Continental Group: Kaman Corporation Arent Fox LLP: American Airlines Inc Arent Fox LLP: Foundation Medicine, Inc. Aronnax Public Strategies LLC: Howling for Wolves Aronnax Public Strategies LLC: Indian Pueblos Marketing, Inc. Aronnax Public Strategies LLC: San Felipe Ballard Partners Village: Building a Better America Ballard Partners: TL ManagementBose Public Affairs Group: National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grade Reform Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Aris Mortgage Holding Company LLC Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Aspira (FRA Active Network LLC) Broydrick
A new report, The Military Vote in all 50 states, shows what active duty troops and other foreign voters will look like in this election. The report was published through Count Every Hero, an interdisciplinary crusade to ensure that all votes from service members are counted before the winners of the election are declared.