Politics and prose at the wharf. Im brad graham the coowner of the bookstore, along with wife Lissa Muscatine and its really especially exciting to be here this evening for what is the first author talk in our brand new store. Big poppy has been at the wharf now for for more than six years but we were at the other end of the wharf as many of you remember and we recently only recently and the last couple of months to this lovely and somewhat larger space and and its particularly to have as our inaugural event here a that features several key washington politicians and examines a major trend in american politics. The book is the rebels Elizabeth Warren. Warren Bernie Sanders and alexandria ocasiocortez and the struggle for a new american politics. Its by josh green, an experienced reporter who has worked for the Washington Monthly and the atlantic and currently is National Correspondent for bloomberg businessweek. His previous book, nearly seven years ago, devils bargain, was a narrative
Politics and prose at the wharf. Im brad graham the coowner of the bookstore, along with wife Lissa Muscatine and its really especially exciting to be here this evening for what is the first author talk in our brand new store. Big poppy has been at the wharf now for for more than six years but we were at the other end of the wharf as many of you remember and we recently only recently and the last couple of months to this lovely and somewhat larger space and and its particularly to have as our inaugural event here a that features several key washington politicians and examines a major trend in american politics. The book is the rebels Elizabeth Warren. Warren Bernie Sanders and alexandria ocasiocortez and the struggle for a new american politics. Its by josh green, an experienced reporter who has worked for the Washington Monthly and the atlantic and currently is National Correspondent for bloomberg businessweek. His previous book, nearly seven years ago, devils bargain, was a narrative
Hi. One year from today or actually 363 days from today, a new president will be sworn in and ill actually be potentially a second biden term, potentially a second trump term, potentially a first nikki haley term. 4000 political appointees will be installed. The federal government, 8000 positions will be decided. And a president will have to pick their priorities and have to work backward from that to try to move them forward. Its an enormous undertaking and we are really delighted today to have three experts in the most complicated transaction that happens on the planet. Weve had turbulent transitions before. Obviously in 2021 we had a very turbulent transition and we have experts on that transition. With us today. But turbulent transitions are also not new. In 1800, we had the first peaceful 1801 we had the first peaceful transfer of power from one Political Party to another ever in human history, because prior to that, we didnt have democracies with competing parties. And that was n
Hi. One year from today or actually 363 days from today, a new president will be sworn in and ill actually be potentially a second biden term, potentially a second trump term, potentially a first nikki haley term. 4000 political appointees will be installed. The federal government, 8000 positions will be decided. And a president will have to pick their priorities and have to work backward from that to try to move them forward. Its an enormous undertaking and we are really delighted today to have three experts in the most complicated transaction that happens on the planet. Weve had turbulent transitions before. Obviously in 2021 we had a very turbulent transition and we have experts on that transition. With us today. But turbulent transitions are also not new. In 1800, we had the first peaceful 1801 we had the first peaceful transfer of power from one Political Party to another ever in human history, because prior to that, we didnt have democracies with competing parties. And that was n
issues and policies laid out to the election today or looking at lobbyist stacey drene swamp what ever happened to that swamp gets bigger it gets deeper it gets darker with us today are ellen brown and tyson slocum tyson of course is a lobbyist from self in a way for us public citizen so you have some experience with this 2.8 $1000000000.00 were spent last year on lobbying the top 5 industries big pharma health insurance oil and gas wall street and electric utilities tyson you have particular experience with electric utilities and oil and gas industry how much influence do you see that this lobbying has on regulation and government action around those 2 everything i mean corporate lobbyists continue to run the mechanics of washington d.c. and we have to remember you know the 2800000000 that was spent on lobbying last year that is just a fraction of their total advocacy budget lobbying is only those direct expenditures that corporations and others to meet with federal official