{"id":110393,"date":"2025-10-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=110393"},"modified":"2025-10-23T07:51:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:51:26","slug":"the-swamp-gets-rich-off-of-trump-upheaval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=110393","title":{"rendered":"The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of Washington\u2019s biggest lobbying firms raked in unprecedented amounts of cash last quarter. But it\u2019s the upstart firms with ties to President Donald Trump or his administration that have been drowning in lobbying fees, lapping their more established rivals on K Street as Trump\u2019s second term continues to scramble the hierarchy of the influence industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ballard Partners led the charge with more than $25 million in lobbying revenues in the third quarter, shattering the firm\u2019s previous record of $20.7 million the previous quarter. Clients flocked to the firm that once counted White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Attorney General Pam Bondi as employees.<\/p>\n

Ballard\u2019s phenomenal growth \u2014 the firm is set to add 5,000 square feet of new office space in the coming weeks, despite previously having moved into larger offices in the last few years \u2014 is another indicator of a transformation of lobbying in Trump\u2019s second term. The biggest winners aren\u2019t the massive law and lobbying firms that have pulled together deep benches of bipartisan lobbyists with extensive policy expertise and ties to the Hill and party establishment.<\/p>\n

Those carefully curated rosters, aimed at insulating firms from the whiplash of transitions in political power, are being supplanted in value<\/a> by the consolidation of federal authority within the West Wing \u2014 and the select group of firms that might be able to get a foot in the door.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe industry is in an adjustment year as lobbying needs have changed under the Trump administration in a way not normal for a \u2018new\u2019 President,\u201d John Raffaelli, a longtime Democratic lobbyist and founder of the lobbying firm Capitol Counsel, wrote in an email.<\/p>\n

Ballard is perhaps the biggest winner of all. The firm signed roughly three dozen new clients during the third quarter, including one of Brazil\u2019s top business lobbies, the Swiss watchmaker Breitling, the city of Miami and the Port of Long Beach. It collected six-figure payments from over 80 clients, according to a POLITICO analysis of disclosures and reported holding three of the most lucrative lobbying contracts on K Street last quarter.<\/p>\n

The runner-up last quarter was a decades-old mainstay of the D.C. lobbying world, but one that touts its own ties to the White House.<\/p>\n

BGR Group, which employs Trump adviser David Urban and previously employed Transportation Secretary (and acting NASA Chief) Sean Duffy, reported $19.2 million in lobbying revenues in Q3 \u2014 up from $17.7 million in Q2 and $11.4 million a year ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery one of our policy practice areas has got something big going on,\u201d said Loren Monroe, a principal at BGR. He pointed to the firm\u2019s leading health care practice, whose clients include marquee drug lobbies, health systems, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, patient groups and providers.<\/p>\n

The firm also represents top targets of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s Make America Healthy Again movement, including pesticide companies and giant food conglomerates. It has signed up elite universities whose federal funding has been frozen, crypto firms looking for a light regulatory touch and defense companies seeking business.<\/p>\n

BGR leapfrogged two of K Street\u2019s more recent leaders, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, which respectively took in $18.9 million and $16.3 million in lobbying revenue last quarter.<\/p>\n

Another firm with close ties to the White House, Miller Strategies, jumped into the top five with $14.1 million last quarter, up from $2.9 million a year ago. Miller Strategies is led by Jeff Miller, a top GOP fundraiser who served as one of the finance chairs for Trump\u2019s second inauguration.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Trump\u2019s impact on the lobbying industry, the rising tide has lifted most boats.<\/p>\n

Brownstein\u2019s third quarter earnings were still a firm record, and while Akin\u2019s numbers were down slightly from the previous quarter, the firm had its best third quarter ever.<\/p>\n

Across the top 20 firms by revenue, 14 shops saw their revenue rise by double digit percentages or more, according to the POLITICO analysis and numbers provided by the firms.<\/p>\n

Of the top 20, only Forbes Tate Partners and Capitol Counsel saw their lobbying income decline compared to the same time a year ago \u2014 and those decreases were minuscule, coming in at 0.3 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for a traditional bipartisan shop we have managed this well,\u201d said Raffaelli, whose firm reported a 2.3 percent increase in revenues compared to the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Another Trump-linked firm that has capitalized is Continental Strategy, which was started in 2021 by former Trump administration official Carlos Trujillo. The firm\u2019s lobbyists include former Trump campaign aides and former top aides to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Continental reported $8.3 million in lobbying fees in Q3, compared to nearly $400,000 during the same period last year.<\/p>\n

A person familiar with the firm’s thinking said that Continental hasn\u2019t needed to do much outbound client prospecting to fuel its boom in business. New business has been driven more by referrals from existing clients, according to the person, who was granted anonymity to discuss business dynamics.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur growth isn\u2019t driven by any specific policies or issues \u2014 it\u2019s clients seeking us out for our reputation and the talent we have assembled,\u201d Trujillo said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Other firms that saw big increases are Checkmate Government Relations, which is led by Trump family friend Ches McDowell; Mercury Public Affairs, a bipartisan shop that\u2019s been in D.C. for over two decades, but which was Wiles\u2019 most recent K Street home before going into the administration; and Michael Best Strategies, which is led by Trump\u2019s first White House chief of staff Reince Priebus.<\/p>\n

(For the full third-quarter rankings of lobbying firms, read (and sign up for) POLITICO Influence<\/a>, our newsletter on all things K Street.)<\/p>\n

A tariff lobbying bonanza<\/h5>\n

The gold rush on K Street comes despite the fact that Trump signed the year\u2019s shining legislative achievement \u2014 the reconciliation package permanently extending prized tax cuts, gutting clean energy incentives, slashing funding for safety net programs and unlocking billions of dollars for an immigration enforcement \u2014 just four days into the quarter.<\/p>\n

The third quarter tends to be sleepier for lobbyists because the city clears out for the August recess. But any concerns about an end-of-summer slump did not come to pass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said to someone the other day that if your lobbyist is telling you that nothing is happening in Washington because of the shutdown or because of gridlock or because of August recess \u2026 you are missing the forest for the trees,\u201d Monroe quipped.<\/p>\n

Efforts to shape how the megabill is implemented are now underway at the agency level. Beyond that, lobbyists repeatedly cited the frenetic pace of activity in the executive branch \u2014 on trade in particular \u2014 as one of the top drivers of business last quarter.<\/p>\n

Brian Pomper, a partner at Akin, said that Trump\u2019s trade policy \u201chas prompted clients from virtually every industry to seek counsel\u201d from the firm\u2019s roster of trade lobbyists, which includes a top trade official from Trump\u2019s first term along with former House Ways and Means Chair Kevin Brady.<\/p>\n

The firm has signed more than two dozen new clients this year to work on trade or tariff issues, disclosures show. They include steel giant Alcoa, Volvo North America, retailers Ralph Lauren and Tiffany & Co., Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Driscoll\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Tariffs were mentioned as a specific area of focus in 350 lobbying disclosures last quarter \u2014 triple the number of disclosures that listed tariff policy during the third quarter of 2024.<\/p>\n

Even though the chaos that marked the initial rollout of Trump\u2019s so-called reciprocal tariffs in the spring has died down somewhat, K Street will be glued to next month\u2019s Supreme Court proceedings to determine whether Trump\u2019s broad tariffs are illegal.<\/p>\n

One lobbyist even went so far as to suggest that anxiety surrounding the tariff litigation has exceeded the uncertainty leading up to Trump\u2019s unveiling of the tariffs, dubbed \u201cLiberation Day\u201d by the president.<\/p>\n

Not even a government shutdown has managed to dampen lobbying activity.<\/p>\n

Though it has snarled efforts to set up meetings for clients across the government, lobbyists are now working to tweak their game plans for convincing lawmakers to use their dwindling floor time to prioritize their clients\u2019 top issues. There\u2019s a whole host of issues vying for that time: appropriations, a defense reauthorization, tax extenders, technical corrections to the reconciliation bill, crypto regulations, health reforms, AI, permitting or another issue entirely.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to look past the shutdown,\u201d said Will Moschella, who co-leads Brownstein\u2019s lobbying practice. \u201cBecause that ultimately is going to resolve itself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of Washington\u2019s biggest lobbying firms raked in unprecedented amounts of cash last quarter. But…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval - Marin & theNation Resists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval - Marin & theNation Resists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some of Washington\u2019s biggest lobbying firms raked in unprecedented amounts of cash last quarter. But...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marin & theNation Resists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-22T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-23T14:51:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rfoldnc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rfoldnc\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=110393\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"rfoldnc\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac47b413e99c879e4bcfff90e2c55980\"},\"headline\":\"The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-22T18:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-23T14:51:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=110393\"},\"wordCount\":1433,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=110393\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410\",\"name\":\"The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval - Marin & theNation Resists\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-22T18:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-23T14:51:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/\",\"name\":\"Marin & theNation Resists\",\"description\":\"Marin\/National Democratic Resistance to the MAGA Monstrosity\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Marin & theNation Resists\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marinresists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-trump-2983195_1280-1-3.png?fit=1521%2C503&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marinresists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-trump-2983195_1280-1-3.png?fit=1521%2C503&ssl=1\",\"width\":1521,\"height\":503,\"caption\":\"Marin & theNation Resists\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac47b413e99c879e4bcfff90e2c55980\",\"name\":\"rfoldnc\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d54dcdc3d93abab84427274fb627f7e6ce5b14615a09ec125257304c07d1345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d54dcdc3d93abab84427274fb627f7e6ce5b14615a09ec125257304c07d1345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"rfoldnc\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/marinresists.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval - Marin & theNation Resists","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval - Marin & theNation Resists","og_description":"Some of Washington\u2019s biggest lobbying firms raked in unprecedented amounts of cash last quarter. But...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410","og_site_name":"Marin & theNation Resists","article_published_time":"2025-10-22T18:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-23T14:51:26+00:00","author":"rfoldnc","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rfoldnc","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=110393"},"author":{"name":"rfoldnc","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac47b413e99c879e4bcfff90e2c55980"},"headline":"The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval","datePublished":"2025-10-22T18:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-23T14:51:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=110393"},"wordCount":1433,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=110393","url":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410","name":"The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval - Marin & theNation Resists","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-10-22T18:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-23T14:51:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/lobbying-trump-kstreet-tariffs-00618410#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The swamp gets rich off of Trump upheaval"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/","name":"Marin & theNation Resists","description":"Marin\/National Democratic Resistance to the MAGA Monstrosity","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#organization","name":"Marin & theNation Resists","url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marinresists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-trump-2983195_1280-1-3.png?fit=1521%2C503&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marinresists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-cropped-trump-2983195_1280-1-3.png?fit=1521%2C503&ssl=1","width":1521,"height":503,"caption":"Marin & theNation Resists"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac47b413e99c879e4bcfff90e2c55980","name":"rfoldnc","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d54dcdc3d93abab84427274fb627f7e6ce5b14615a09ec125257304c07d1345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d54dcdc3d93abab84427274fb627f7e6ce5b14615a09ec125257304c07d1345a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rfoldnc"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/marinresists.com"],"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?author=1"}]}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","depicter-thumbnail":"","covernews-slider-full":"","covernews-slider-center":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":"","covernews-medium-square":"","bdpp-medium":"","psacp-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"rfoldnc","author_link":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48701,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=48701","url_meta":{"origin":110393,"position":0},"title":"Trump-connected lobbying firm Ballard Partners rakes in $14M in first quarter","author":"rfoldnc","date":"April 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Ballard Partners, the lobbying firm led by a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, has more than tripled its quarterly lobbying revenues compared with the same time a year ago, as companies and organizations have sought help from a handful of firms close to the new administration to decipher a\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":87701,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=87701","url_meta":{"origin":110393,"position":1},"title":"K Street rakes in record cash thanks to Trump","author":"rfoldnc","date":"July 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The first six months of President Donald Trump\u2019s term have produced a cash cow of historic magnitude for the lobbying industry, with record-breaking demand for help navigating the administration\u2019s constant stream of policy pronouncements \u2014 or trying to avoid becoming a pay-for in the GOP\u2019s megabill. The result is a\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30328,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=30328","url_meta":{"origin":110393,"position":2},"title":"Dem-leaning WestExec Advisors lost big-name clients since the election","author":"rfoldnc","date":"March 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"WestExec Advisors has long operated as an exclusive Washington consulting firm known for its meteoric rise and lineup of heavy-hitter Democrats and former national security officials. But its business is something of a black box. Because it technically doesn\u2019t directly advocate on behalf of clients \u2014 i.e., lobby \u2014 WestExec\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101306,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=101306","url_meta":{"origin":110393,"position":3},"title":"Roy Cooper raises $14.5 million last quarter, shattering records","author":"rfoldnc","date":"October 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Roy Cooper raised $14.5 million during the first 65 days of his campaign \u2014 a record-breaking total for a Senate challenger in their first fundraising quarter in one of the most competitive races of 2026. The fundraising haul, shared first with POLITICO, includes $10.8 million into the former North Carolina\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23433,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=23433","url_meta":{"origin":110393,"position":4},"title":"To resist Trump or work with him? This governor says you can do both.","author":"rfoldnc","date":"February 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Few things are more authentically Washington than a fly-in. As in, the great capital tradition of getting people from all 50 states into town and unleashing them on the halls of Congress for a few days of lobbying. This week, the group showing up to have their voices heard isn\u2019t\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politico_Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politico_Politics","link":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":107714,"url":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=107714","url_meta":{"origin":110393,"position":5},"title":"Trump turns up the pressure on Indiana Republicans to redistrict","author":"rfoldnc","date":"October 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"President Donald Trump phoned into a private Indiana Senate Republican caucus meeting Friday, pressing reluctant Hoosier lawmakers to undertake mid-cycle redistricting, according to two people briefed on the call who were granted anonymity to discuss the private conversation. The call \u2014 which was Trump\u2019s first-known call with rank-and-file Indiana state\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110394,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110393\/revisions\/110394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}