About: Zaid Jilani
Bio: Zaid Jilani is a reporter for The Intercept. He is the former Communications and Outreach Coordinator for United Republic and the former Senior Reporter-Blogger for ThinkProgress. His work has also appeared in outlets including Salon and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2009 and moved shortly after to Washington to work to make America a more just and free place.
Procter & Gamble Drops ALEC
It’s been a bad month for the corporate front group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). More than a dozen corporations and foundations have left the organization as it has come under fire for the laws it secretly helps corporations pass. Our friends at Color of Change have just announced that drug giant Procter & Gamble
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The Real Colombian Scandal: U.S. Enacting Job-Killing Trade Deal With Human Rights Abuser
Over the past week, the mainstream press in the United States has obsessively covered an embarassing incident where U.S. Secret Service agents allegedly employed prostitutes in advance of President Obama’s visit to Colombia. While this incident reflects poorly on the Secret Service and creates issues regarding security, there is a wider scandal that the media largely
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Louisiana’s Republican State Chairman Of ALEC Resigns From The Organization
It’s a bad month for corporate front group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The organization has lost at least twelve corporate and foundation sponsors, as the public learns more and more about its corporate agenda. Now, Rep. Greg Cromer (R), ALEC’s State Chairman in Louisiana, has decided to resign from the group. I talked
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Earth Day Corruption: Big Money Spent $543 Million Lobbying To Doom Human Civilization
Earth Day is this Sunday, and millions of people worldwide are expected to take part in events intended to celebrate Mother Nature and call attention to environmental issues. Looming in the background of this day of action and awareness is a great threat to both the earth and humanity: catastrophic climate change spurred on by
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Agriculture Industry Gives Missouri Lawmakers $1 Million, They Give It Bill To Ban Filming Farm Abuse
All over the country, the agriculture industry is pushing “Ag Gag” bills that would criminalize people who take undercover videos at factory farms to expose the abuse of animals and unsanitary conditions that could sicken people. On Tuesday, the Missouri House of Representatives passed an “Ag Gag” bill. Rep. Casey Guernsey (R), the chief sponsor of
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Pharmaceutical Industry Hires Up Super-Lobbyist To Defend Special Tax Break
We’ve all seen them. Television commercials from Big Pharma promising love and happiness if we take the products being advertised. Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau, a former 10 year Pharma sales rep, in 2009 explained how the industry manipulates consumers with its advertising: “We’ve seen the industry medicalizing so many different things throughout your life. If you’re shy, take
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EXPOSED: Politicians Defending Corporate Front Group ALEC Get Money From Its Donors
The corporate front group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is finally in the public eye. Americans everywhere are finally seeing how this group colludes with big corporations to pass laws all over the country that harm nearly every area of American life. As ALEC has come under public scrutiny, the group has called upon
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Virginia Foxx Defends Student Debt While Predatory Colleges Who Create Debt Fund Her Campaign
Last week, ThinkProgress’s Scott Keyes found an amazing interview with Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) where she totally dismissed the concerns of students who have large amounts of debt as a result of getting an education. “I have very little tolerance for people who tell me that they graduate with $200,000 of debt or even $80,000
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