Daily Kos

Friends of telecommunications companies are pressuring freshman House Democrats to support retroactive immunity in an intelligence bill debate that pits corporate power versus public good, writes mcjoan. A right-wing think tank called Frontiers of Freedom has placed robocalls to voters in districts represented by Reps. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Tim Walz (D-Minn.) urging them to support immunity for companies like AT&T, which helps fund the think tank, mcjoan writes. John McCain is the man to know to push through land deals, writes BarbinMD. While the Arizona senator says he doesn’t do favors for anyone, he backed legislation that made it easier for at least two of his campaign contributors to close profitable real estate deals, the blogger accuses.