NYTIMES (Natasha Singer) - How Big Tech Captured American Schools
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
BITCHUTE - SHEILA MATTHEWS On The Big Pharma Ties Behind Meta’s "Mental Health Experts"
Aired On: 8/19/2026
REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - Netflix-Linked Contributions Dog Dem AGs Trying to Block Paramount-Warner Deal
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Newsom asked, and donors gave $347 million. What did they get in return?
Elected officials are increasingly taking advantage of state laws that allow them to solicit unlimited sums of money for third parties from large corporations, unions, tribes or other special interest groups.
NPR (Scott Horsley) - What a Monopoly importer learned when it tried to make things in the U.S.A.
After getting hit with tariffs for the imported board games he sells, Jonathan Silva decided to see if he could produce a version of his Monopoly game in the United States. This is what he learned.
NYTIMES (Kenneth P. Vogel and Christina Jewett) - A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded F.D.A. Vape Decision
Reynolds American’s contribution to MAGA Inc. came about one week before the Trump administration announced a new policy on e-cigarettes the company had sought.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Watchdog pushes DOJ to investigate Microsoft over alleged security risks, conflicts of interest
The organization specifically asked that the Office of the Inspector General review the conduct of former and current DOJ officials involved in investigating Microsoft, including those who later went to work for the company.
DAILYCALLER (Angela Huffman) - ANGELA HUFFMAN: Pesticide Giants Want Special Treatment In Washington. Farmers Want Their Rights.
'Farmers deserve more choices'
NYTIMES (Christina Jewett and Kenneth P. Vogel) - With a Friend in Trump, the Tobacco Industry Secures a Lucrative Win
In a dispute over vapes, the president sided with tobacco companies that filled his groups’ coffers over his own F.D.A. commissioner, who resigned in protest.
JUSTTHENEWS (Greg Piper) - Mainstream media play fast and loose with facts in take down of FDA officials who threaten pharma
Wall Street Journal takes three weeks to correct false sexual harassment report, days before FDA commissioner said targeted official was leaving.