Life in the Trump era keeps getting easier for criminal fraudsters. Former Rep. Tom Malinowski talks with Jen Psaki about how Donald Trump is steadily dismantling the tools for catching and prosecuting criminals, and why the news that Trump's Treasury Department will stop enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act is good news for money launderers and drug dealers.
AI:The Trump administration has moved to scale back enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act via the Treasury Department, a policy shift that critics and leftist media outlets are characterizing as an invitation for money laundering and drug trafficking. While pundits attempt to frame this reduction in federal regulatory oversight as a windfall for criminals, the move represents a significant departure from previous administrative efforts to utilize complex corporate reporting requirements to track financial activity.Open
The pro-Israel group AIPAC notched some much-needed victories on Tuesday night in Illinois, with two Democratic House candidates it backed winning their races. Why it matters: Long a big spender in Democratic politics, AIPAC's reputation within the party's grassroots has never been worse. And yet, with some delicate maneuvering, it proved it can still use its massive campaign war-chest to devastating effect. - The group largely disguised the millions it spent across four Illinois House races, funneling money through PACs with anodyne names like Elect Chicago Women and Chicago Progressive Partnership. - The latter group targeted pro-Palestinian progressives by going after their leftist bona fides — essentially accusing them of being…
Groups linked to AIPAC are employing an eyebrow-raising tactic to sink pro-Palestinian progressives in Democratic congressional primaries: Going after their leftist bona fides. Why it matters: It is a telling indication of what the ruthlessly pragmatic pro-Israel organization sees as a winning message with Democratic voters who have grown increasingly hostile towards their brand. - Rather than running ads through its go-to Democratic political arm, United Democracy Project, AIPAC appears to have employed a web of vaguely named groups targeting specific districts this cycle. - Spokespeople for AIPAC did not respond to requests for comment on this story. Driving the news: Chicago Progressive Partnership — which shares vendors, donors…
A special primary election for New Jersey's 11th U.S. Congressional district shows how many factors can come into play for even a single House seat. Former House member Tom Malinowski, who represented the suburban district in northern New Jersey from 2019 to 2023, lost the Democratic Party's primary by a narrow margin to Analilia Mejia, a progressive. Chris Stirewalt, political editor for The Hill, spoke with Malinowski about the race, and the role that a super-PAC associated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) may have played in influencing its outcome. Stirewalt suggests that, at least on the surface, AIPAC's strategy seems counterintuitive — or, as he put it, "cuckoo bananas" — since Malinowski's position…
Ms. Mejia, a political organizer, beat her main opponent in the New Jersey primary, Tom Malinowski, by a narrow margin after he was battered by negative ads from a pro-Israel group.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is feeling emboldened by progressives' shock victory in a New Jersey special House primary last week — and sizing up his next targets. Why it matters: The senator has endorsed over a dozen progressive House and Senate candidates who are aiming to reshape the Democratic Party. - Asked in a phone interview where else he thinks the left can win upset victories, Sanders pointed to a "Fighting Oligarchy" rally he is doing on Friday with Nida Allam , who is challenging Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.). - "That might be another area where progressives can win a strong victory," he said. - Brad Lander , the former New York City comptroller challenging Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), also has "a strong chance to win,"…
With the race still too close to call, former congressman Tom Malinowski conceded to challenger Analilia Mejia in a Democratic primary to replace the seat vacated by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
