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Candidates in the special election for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District have raised over $6 million, making it currently the most expensive special House election in 2021. https://t.co/YedPHdR8mV — PolitiTweet.org

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A well-funded national movement has been exploiting Trump’s claims of fraud in order to promote alterations to the way that ballots are cast and counted in forty-nine states, eighteen of which have passed new voting laws in the past six months. https://t.co/XAJFEVJ79i — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonLemire: NEW: An array of progressive and pro-White House groups plans to spend nearly $100 million to promote President Joe Biden’s… — PolitiTweet.org

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Amazon spent roughly $5 million on lobbying expenditures in the first fiscal quarter of 2021, whereas Tesla spent only around $260,000 in lobbying expenditures throughout the first half of 2021. https://t.co/AQnk1jVa96 — PolitiTweet.org

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For the first time in modern history, both parties are growing reliant on — and beholden to — their online constituents. https://t.co/fpNIm2Hn9u — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @annalecta: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán's Facebook page shows he met @TuckerCarlson today in Budapest. Coordinating an interview on Carls… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @schwartzbCNBC: Scoop: Trump PACs paid his lawyers nearly $8 million as they fought the 2020 election results and waged their defense ag… — PolitiTweet.org

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Illumina Inc ramped up its U.S. lobbying spend in Washington, D.C., hiring law firms Sidley Austin and DLA Piper to advocate for the biotechnology company as it prepares to contest a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust complaint at trial in August. https://t.co/K7WG1edEfd — PolitiTweet.org

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“Trump may be more interested in fundraising than actually running, especially given how unprecedented his post-loss fundraising is.” https://t.co/0K1yCHU4w6 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davelevinthal: NEW: Members of Congress must disclose any stock trade they make within 45 days of making it. @BusinessInsider found 3 D… — PolitiTweet.org

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Lobbying from Elon Musk's SpaceX, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin soars during the billionaire "space race." https://t.co/KKhBeiZA3o https://t.co/mT16xfJXX3 — PolitiTweet.org

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Private prison groups' campaign contributions and lobbying efforts in Arizona have reached record levels over the past two years. https://t.co/DdNUNzqbyk — PolitiTweet.org

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Ten of the Olympic Games’ sponsors pledged to suspend, review or eliminate political contributions following Jan. 6, but many have reneged on that promise. https://t.co/C2geJ2vk3N — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @schwartzbCNBC: Scoop: Donald Trump's PACs spent a lot of money at his properties in the first half of 2021. In new filings just release… — PolitiTweet.org

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The new version of the National Defense Authorization Act, as approved by the committee in a 23-3 vote, would appropriate roughly $777.9 billion for defense programs across departments from the Pentagon to the Energy Department. https://t.co/GWGHKaWu7r — PolitiTweet.org

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Bezos’ Blue Origin spent $910,000 in the first half of 2021, boosting its spending from $320,000 to $590,000 over the last three months after the company was beat by SpaceX for a $2.9 billion NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon. https://t.co/KKhBeiZA3o — PolitiTweet.org

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The vote comes after 16 of 23 organizations that supported the bill spent a combined $29.5 million on lobbying in the second quarter this year. https://t.co/n0XVuiHyBH — PolitiTweet.org

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Blue Origin has been awarded more than $480 million in federal government contracts since 2020. The federal government awarded more than $2.5 billion to SpaceX during that same period and Virgin’s VOX Orbit and Virgin Space were awarded around $35 million. https://t.co/AQnk1kcL0E — PolitiTweet.org

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The Senate voted to bring a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to a final vote. The vote comes after 16 of 23 organizations that supported the bill spent a combined $29.5 million on lobbying in the second quarter this year. https://t.co/n0XVuipXd7 — PolitiTweet.org

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The award-winning documentary @WUnrepresented explores how special interests bankroll political campaigns and relentlessly lobby to rig the system in their favor. The film will be available on July 30 and 31 on PBS WORLD affiliates all across America. https://t.co/W0mEdUpXjD — PolitiTweet.org

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Former President Trump’s political action committee bought $348,081 worth of advertising to support Trump-backed candidate Mike Carey in a GOP primary in Ohio’s 15th Congressional District. https://t.co/rNlem4fF9P — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JeffWeinerOS: New: PACs that supported "ghost" candidates in state Senate races last year listed UPS stores in public elections records… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @annalecta: BILLIONAIRE SPACE RACE: Come for the rocket puns, stay for how Amazon founder @JeffBezos’ Blue Origin, Sir @RichardBranson’s… — PolitiTweet.org

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This month’s sub-orbital rocket launches in the billionaire "space race" come as lobbying spending by their space travel companies soars. https://t.co/KKhBeiZA3o by @annalecta and @juliaforrest35 — PolitiTweet.org

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Two political-action committees with missions to support veterans and law enforcement are spending all of their money on administrative fees. https://t.co/ReIoRTLwf7 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davelevinthal: Sen. Carl Levin, among his many accomplishments, lent his name to one of the more obscure features of the modern campaig… — PolitiTweet.org

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The Federal Election Commission has fined Sen. Rand Paul’s 2016 presidential campaign committee $21,000 for how it handled certain financial contributions. https://t.co/b6unaM1SLW — PolitiTweet.org

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The vote comes after 16 of 23 organizations that supported the bill spent a combined $29.5 million on lobbying in the second quarter this year. https://t.co/AuwL0JXSa1 https://t.co/00ztNq7MZD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davelevinthal: NEW: Watchdog group @CampaignLegal files ethics complaints against three Republican members of Congress for allegedly vi… — PolitiTweet.org

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The defense industry spent significantly less on lobbying in the second quarter of 2021 as the Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed raising defense spending. https://t.co/GWGHKaWu7r — PolitiTweet.org