Anna Massoglia

Publisher of • Editor of @MuckRock & Sunlight Research Desk • Views my own, not legal advice • On social media hiatus until 2026

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Exxon Mobil has held secret talks with Rosneft, the Russian oil giant run by a close Putin ally, about returning to the Sakhalin project if given the green light as part of a Ukraine peace deal. @josephttwallace @CostasParis @learyreports @CollinEatonHC https://t.co/3yJw41aodG

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

NEW —

The AI industry prepares for 2026 combat.

Andreessen Horowitz: $50 million

Greg and Anna Brockman: $50 million

Meta: "Tens of millions"

Huge sums of corporate cash are flowing into pro-AI super PACs.

https://t.co/lJjaFrWVnF

[John Drescher @john_drescher]

Exclusive: A company circumvented a ban on corporate donations to give legislative Republicans $220,000. Those lawmakers then passed legislation that could make the company millions. By Jeffrey Billman for @TheAssemblyNC. #ncpol https://t.co/mdpdXMg903

[Teddy Schleifer @teddyschleifer]

NEWS:

Bill Gates is quietly cutting ties with Arabella Advisors, a consulting firm closely linked to Democrats.

The $77 billion Gates Foundation has decided to stop making grants to nonprofit funds administered by Arabella.

$450 million.

NYT scoop:

https://t.co/1gimymU2Fz

[David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold]

NEW: How China influences elections in America's largest city, often using tax-exempt U.S. nonprofits.

https://t.co/3D3XbbLAfW

[Dan Alexander @DanAlexander21]

Scoop: Robert Smith rented Donald Trump’s mansion, directly next door to Mar-a-Lago, while facing possible indictment in a massive tax-evasion case. https://t.co/DDLDVzewb2

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

Here is a gift link to the story with @yaffebellany.
It details how CZ & Binance’s team has deployed the tactics that others have used to win clemency from Trump — flattering him, hiring lobbyists close to him & courting his business.
https://t.co/WjAHNVKJ65

[Josh Dawsey @jdawsey1]

Trump is being pushed by well-funded marijuana companies, who are attending his fundraisers, giving millions, presenting political arguments and hiring his former advisers, to reclassify marijuana. And he’s considering it. My latest: https://t.co/EU5kImArI7

[Anna Massoglia @annalecta]

@iverglas Hopefully it wasn't as painful as speaking felt that week! I'm honestly grateful my voice was audible at all

[Anna Massoglia @annalecta]

President Donald Trump continued profiting off the presidency this week with a stop in Scotland, where he opened a new private golf course.

Taxpayers picked up the ~$10 million tab.

[Brendan Fischer @brendan_fischer]

Rep. Cory Mills, already under investigation by House Ethics for financial disclosure and conflict of interest issues, allegedly received "SACKS OF CASH" from the defense contractor that he founded—while also sitting on the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees.

[Josh Marshall @joshtpm]

‘Successful Businessman’ Trump Mobilizes Business Economists Against Him  https://t.co/c4geqRabG1 via @TPM

[Hamed Aleaziz @Haleaziz]

This morning, ICE sent out a memo offering cash bonuses for quick deportations.

The New York Times reached out to DHS about the memo.

It then got cancelled.

Story: https://t.co/QN2f7QxwNE

[Jason Leopold @JasonLeopold]

NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
https://t.co/P98Ho2lWgM

[Taylor Giorno @taylorgiorno_]

Weight-loss drugmakers shook up their lobbying operations when Trump took office.

Their strategy appears to be working: the administration is reportedly considering covering weight-loss medication under Medicaid & Medicare.

NEW in @NOTUSreports: https://t.co/7UgcIp6oLb

[Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal]

Pharmaceutical companies behind the biggest weight-loss drugs shook up their lobbying operations during the first six months of Trump’s second term, and @NOTUSreports' @taylorgiorno_ has the skinny on what happened — with huge amounts of money at stake:
https://t.co/m2uQCsO0lk

[Influence Brief @influencebrief]

Billionaires. Shell companies. Quiet corrections.

We dug through filings to follow how Musk’s money is still flowing into politics, and uncovered who actually funded Trump’s second inauguration.

The full story: https://t.co/rAWfbcg5Zz

[Catherine Herridge @C__Herridge]

TRANSPARENCY: @FCC FOIA @CBSNews @60Minutes Kamala Harris Interview Complaints

Never Before Seen Documents

“My training, as a journalist, is that it always makes sense to file a FOIA…”

“I felt it was important, for full context, to understand the viewing public's response to the interview and the edit....”

[Influence Brief @influencebrief]

Scoop: Elon Musk’s X Corp. made a $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration.

But it wasn’t disclosed until six months later.

Here’s how it finally surfaced—and what the filings reveal 🧵

[Anna Massoglia @annalecta]

@davelevinthal @NOTUSreports Congrats, excited to keep reading your work with them!!

[Gabe Kaminsky @gekaminsky]

NEW: A former adviser to Kamala Harris, @MikeNellis, and a conservative talk radio host, @EWErickson, agree on at least one thing: political texting 'spam' has gotten out of control.

Now, Apple is rolling out a new feature that could crush those endless messages. And Senate Republicans/others in GOP operative world warn it could do more than just that.

@TheFP The iPhone Update That Could Wreck Political Fundraising