#lobbying

Where are the conspiracy theories about Qatar? Or is it just not as appealing without a Star of David?

but my message is still this to anyone who supports this bill and anyone trying to pass it:

"Well I won't back down,

Gonna stand my ground,

won't be turned around,

You can stand me up at the gates of hell

But I won't back down

"Well I know what's right

I have just one life

In a world that keeps on pushing me around

But I stand my ground

And I won't back down"

- Tom Petty, I won't back down 1989.

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Vox – The greenwashing of wool explained

New Republic – The comforting lie of climate-friendly meat

Guardian – Big Beef’s climate messaging machine

The Breakthrough – Is Feedlot Beef Better for Environment?

International Journey of Biodiversity – Misinformation on Science of Grazed Ecosystems

Food Climate Research Network – Grazed & Confused

Science 2.0 – The regenerative ranching racket

DeSmog – A guide to six greenwashing terms

Truthdig – The backlash to plant-based meats

Independent – Meat & dairy industries downplaying role in climate crisis using tobacco tactics

Guardian – Meat & dairy lobbyists turn out in record numbers at COP28

Greenpeace – How Big Agriculture is borrowing Big Oil’s playbook at COP28

Guardian – Plans to present meat as ‘sustainable nutrition’ at Cop28 revealed

Guardian – Ex-officials at UN farming body say work on methane emissions was censored

Guardian – How UN food body played down role of farming in climate change

QZ – The meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet

The Times – Red Tractor farms more likely to pollute environment

Influence Map – European meat & dairy industry weaken EU’s climate policies

The Grocer – Meat Industry lobbying behind cultured meat bans

Food Unfolded – Truth, tactics and the mist of meat lobby science

Business Green – Climate lobbying: Are meat and dairy lobbyists the ‘new merchants of doubt’?

NEW!

Today’s topic is going to make you feel insane. Like you’re literally losing your mind. But I promise we’re not making it all up.

If, as you’re reading along, you find yourself going back over a sentence four or five times just thinking, “that can’t possibly be right,” or even “that has to be a typo, she clearly meant to say something else”… then congrats! You’ve read everything correctly!

Your ability to actually absorb the information I’m about to impart is contingent upon your Mindhunter-like ability to step into the head of a coldblooded psychopath. So c’mon, Clarice, let’s go!

Because of course, today we’re finally getting around to telling you about private equity.

Inside the Cartoonishly Evil World of Private Equity 

Trump’s ‘DoorDash grandma’ had lobbied for ‘no tax on tips’ policy

Sharon Simmons was photographed delivering McDonald’s to Trump on Monday but company admits it was a stunt

The DoorDash delivery driver who had a turn in the national spotlight on Monday by bringing a fast-food order to Donald Trump at the White House has publicly touted the president’s so-called “no tax on tips” policy before – causing some to question the encounter’s authenticity and the company to confirm it was a stunt.

Sharon Simmons had lobbied in July 2025 in favor of the policy, which DoorDash supports, testifying in Congress that she was based in Nevada and driving for the delivery platform because her husband’s cancer treatments had made it difficult to make ends meet otherwise.

That fact drew Simmons some skepticism after she delivered a McDonald’s order to the White House on camera on Monday – along with her being described as a resident of Arkansas.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5831524-virginia-confederacy-tax-bill

Grosse Point Light

Constructed in 1873 after lobbying from the local community after several boating accidents nearby. It was designed by Orland Metcalf Poe, who had designed many towers which eventually came to be known to be in the “Poe style”. It is the tallest light in Illinois at 113 feet and was automated in 1935

Photo © Jeremy Atherton, 2006.