Are Marylanders paying for energy company's legal and illegal bribes to politicians?

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/04/21/ohio-bribery-scandal-hits-home-in-md-and-utility-customers-may-be-footing-the-bill/

 

First Energy Corporation (which owns Potomac Edison) bribed the Speaker of the House of the Ohio legislature (among others) and gave at least $163,000 to dark money committees.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

Amid false 2020 claims, GOP states eye voting system upgrade | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-business-voting-campaign-2016-87e5516c1960c1eb0027e8d7c490b811?user_email=96eb705c0db50c27ac3d234439d4e34535193f1d552af2727344ed6896c6e3aa&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=April16_Weekend_Reads&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers 

Tennessee Republicans warming to paper ballots after years of resistance. 

Jared Kushner receives a huge payback for his time spent "in government"

https://popular.info/p/the-big-payback?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo2MDE2NTUsInBvc3RfaWQiOjUyMDQzMzg4LCJfIjoiT0EzRUIiLCJpYXQiOjE2NDk3NjA4OTAsImV4cCI6MTY0OTc2NDQ5MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE2NjQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.Mk95WBFVZceOdnVz6ybjJmcmgPiXiX0FoP6jOVfbudc&s=r

 

The Saudi sovereign wealth fund will invest $2 billion with Jared Kushner’s new private equity venture despite high fees and his lack of experience.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

Inside story of liberal groups' disagreement about federal election funding aid

https://theintercept.com/2022/04/01/elections-democrats-brennan-center/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

 

This article criticizes the Brennan Center (and also Rep. Sarbanes) for not supporting election funding, thus ignoring the pleas of state and local election officials. Private aid to states for 2020 came from Mark Zuckerberg and that has generated controversy. Pres. Biden has included a request for election assistance to states in his latest budget proposal.

 

Charlie Cooper