<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:22:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/lobbyist/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor can be deadly]]></title><description><![CDATA[A small group of Congressmen obtained a special exemption from Federal Anti-Kickback laws for their clients' GBOs (or GPO, stands for Group Buying/Purchasing Organizations) and fiercely protects GBOs from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gbo/@rgz/anti-kickback-safe-harbor-can-be-deadly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gbo/@rgz/anti-kickback-safe-harbor-can-be-deadly</guid><category><![CDATA[gbo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rgz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:13:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warren Hires a Lobbyist a Day After Calling Lobbying 'Legalized Bribery']]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/elizabeth/@democrepublix/warren-hires-a-lobbyist-a-day-after-calling-lobbying-legalized-bribery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/elizabeth/@democrepublix/warren-hires-a-lobbyist-a-day-after-calling-lobbying-legalized-bribery</guid><category><![CDATA[elizabeth]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[democrepublix]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 19:12:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eQmb1PiWPb7jp2cU63hmvzbH9Dz8iTwua2A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to a fair defence for corporate criminals who never go on trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[The right to a fair defence for corporate criminals who never go on trial. From the Penny Post newspaper The logic is reasonable. In any advanced society, even the most monstrous criminal, whether a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crime/@pennypost/the-right-to-a-fair-defence-for-corporate-criminals-who-never-go-on-trial</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crime/@pennypost/the-right-to-a-fair-defence-for-corporate-criminals-who-never-go-on-trial</guid><category><![CDATA[crime]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pennypost]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2019 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/QVdSJhgNm7rytEdw6s9xSKTWEKZffuqF4je3ub9Q2WdWYPYDPPWwKNBocCWwdQdAvE83wrtwadxSnD5Yji99hNLiHUkFzswZ87M7Afwo51KfZ5xDKAqjrnRj3zStWg1C4KEkC8jqb244RdL5AhdQHaJ6NbzzAJJ5BQ3Uj1he7tH8YM1AcFyXvbG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Targets of U.S. Sanctions Hire Lobbyists With Trump Ties to Seek Relief]]></title><description><![CDATA[Those targeted by Trump's sanctions are fighting back. Now they are hiring lobbyists who have tied to Trump in an effort to get him to curtail what he is doing. Source of shared Link]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dlike/@nataboo/targets-of-us-sanctions-hire-lobbyists-with-trump-ties-to-seek-relief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dlike/@nataboo/targets-of-us-sanctions-hire-lobbyists-with-trump-ties-to-seek-relief</guid><category><![CDATA[dlike]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nataboo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:23:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g73Gz3nEAPwZCjyNJjeRvBRKSY72QrsimCuW27wBa7cpjjPU4wAui5ztPNcUCYYgUBMWBNXphus5qqeoPMZvS5DdtF5U6SfL8uLwgrBzQuBqSM4Ru3UrKACctDMNzK55FniQjxUP7Ppp1t8akcFz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIGHT TO A FAIR DEFENCE FOR CORPORATE CRIMINALS WHO NEVER GO ON TRIAL]]></title><description><![CDATA[The logic is reasonable. In any advanced society, even the most monstrous criminal, whether a child-killer or a mass murderer, should have the right to a fair trial. 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Steven Hart, in which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/esteem/@sssteem/pruitt-agents-had-accord-with-lobbyist-angry-to-sweetheart-deal-emails-show-8d20a7317bdce</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/esteem/@sssteem/pruitt-agents-had-accord-with-lobbyist-angry-to-sweetheart-deal-emails-show-8d20a7317bdce</guid><category><![CDATA[esteem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sssteem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:38:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN6SWrQ1nywYQHJM3CSUn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Jeff Flake Has Not Ruled Out A 2020 Run]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zolna Report May 27, 2018 My video is at DLive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dlive/@tomtomandt/bc81cc30-6232-11e8-b143-ffce16c65548</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dlive/@tomtomandt/bc81cc30-6232-11e8-b143-ffce16c65548</guid><category><![CDATA[dlive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tomtomandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 05:43:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsyd46TG181DVhYAGQR15TgAyHBice7x8rHNiXfbT53BYZcRc19kGixU6SbHTNwgLjAf4EpmDPcFU2ashgJV?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earn Money by becoming "zoning board lobbyist"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you savvy about local zoning laws and the political manoeuvring that goes along with the approval or disapproval of projects? For a fee, you can represent interested parties as your clients at the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/earn/@sultanmr/earn-money-by-becoming-zoning-board-lobbyist-1524352986-2656133</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/earn/@sultanmr/earn-money-by-becoming-zoning-board-lobbyist-1524352986-2656133</guid><category><![CDATA[earn]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sultanmr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 10:24:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UBY2uvCm2jhayjPd2uZ8oUJxf1rwSUF4uHge5sghLVxtbTV3WG4xChku28NuGAbn7N21erJfSQycQ8Fi5286w1DLuBt6NS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[All those empty seats]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/banklobbyistact/@deerock/all-those-empty-seats</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/banklobbyistact/@deerock/all-those-empty-seats</guid><category><![CDATA[banklobbyistact]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[deerock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 21:49:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2UTpBeGzYSummwvFyvZbJ2Ptj3ivxAiALpasanuG5qALYh86ycr137tjej96P91sPqVj38zDP34yDB2gwhLDzrcE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top Spenders In Politics! Where Is The NRA In This? Way Down The List Thats Where! :)]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lobbyist/@pla2wen/top-spenders-in-politics-where-is-the-nra-in-this-way-down-the-list-thats-where</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lobbyist/@pla2wen/top-spenders-in-politics-where-is-the-nra-in-this-way-down-the-list-thats-where</guid><category><![CDATA[lobbyist]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pla2wen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 05:34:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmF5VZucjWuzmpXUomGMznGBossB7LD2uKngt5PGUyUTs7NGTEG1dHThEDXXExdg6bADYuxVNLUhuuTuMybrRJ4Cabv9zbeGaV7wSS1XNkFXJUs7ASQ6u7UZ2yPkR7LpL2CiqVwT8z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The corporate scam that's killing, ruining lives, wasting our money, and virtually no one's in jail]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't know if I heard this somewhere or if it really did organically come to me, but corporations are able to get away with causing deaths, illness, pollution and other terrible things with a fine that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lobbyist/@turboearth/the-corporate-scam-that-s-killing-ruining-lives-wasting-our-money-and-virtually-no-one-s-in-jail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lobbyist/@turboearth/the-corporate-scam-that-s-killing-ruining-lives-wasting-our-money-and-virtually-no-one-s-in-jail</guid><category><![CDATA[lobbyist]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[turboearth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:08:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eLpVnzEoJobbkxHruMPV2LsKUMKfPqLnvnA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss Sloane (2016): Timestamp Commentary (DVD)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Surprised and impressed. This goes alongside another one of my faves: 'State of Play' Before you scroll down and read this post. Know that the information below would contain spoilers from 'Miss Sloane'.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/commentary/@leighlim/miss-sloane-2016-timestamp-commentary-dvd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/commentary/@leighlim/miss-sloane-2016-timestamp-commentary-dvd</guid><category><![CDATA[commentary]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leighlim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:34:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e3W9Ap2vuEfQu4t8GuLtpuJncXksBmCcQ5U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brian Darling is wrong about free software]]></title><description><![CDATA[authorization-bill-has-provision-that-will-nationalize-intellectual- property-n2379048 Lobbyist Brian Darling is talking a whole bunch of garbage about Free Software in relation to government procurement.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/software/@oflameo/dyyvr-brian-darling-is-wrong-about-free-software</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/software/@oflameo/dyyvr-brian-darling-is-wrong-about-free-software</guid><category><![CDATA[software]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[oflameo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2017 06:26:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brian Darling is wrong about free software]]></title><description><![CDATA[authorization-bill-has-provision-that-will-nationalize-intellectual- property-n2379048 Lobbyist Brian Darling has a whole bunch of garbage about Free Software in relation to government procurement. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/software/@oflameo/brian-darling-is-wrong-about-free-software</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/software/@oflameo/brian-darling-is-wrong-about-free-software</guid><category><![CDATA[software]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[oflameo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2017 06:11:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BayAreaCoins needs YOUR vote for witness... it only takes 30 seconds and I will bust my ass to make your coins worth more and accepted in more places <3 Ranked #74 right now... top 70 today <3]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a STEEM lobbyist... I need your vote for STEEM witness! It takes about 30 second to do and I'm even going to provided you with the link here: Scroll to the very bottom of the page and type my name in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness/@bayareacoins/bayareacoins-needs-your-vote-for-witness-it-only-takes-30-seconds-and-i-will-bust-my-ass-to-make-your-coins-worth-more-and</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness/@bayareacoins/bayareacoins-needs-your-vote-for-witness-it-only-takes-30-seconds-and-i-will-bust-my-ass-to-make-your-coins-worth-more-and</guid><category><![CDATA[witness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bayareacoins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:37:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2Snpznz7rwiEjcY1kXbgyAKr4QPichPU1v8oANdhQc38Ao3UAjFQMexy2zP8yqVddEGtPp5RKgLLBdTu3pN4FJXhMe4TNxzTsNsNxKJHb8NsnhqxAE8rJ9yHZwXbzpaL7JuVrLhyws1PtEbx5eUpf7TQZkRSHuJHVB3fRjTHvaAibG6Sbmihg74YHBCKuR4qGvmH9NwCG18R8TCCnik?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#OPFIXPOLONIEX - Please retweet this in order to help my lobby Poloniex to fix their fucking STEEM wallets!  This is the guy who can get these wallets fixed this week.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thank you for your retweets... together we can get Poloniex to get our wallets fixed and our coins available for withdraw! Please remember to vote for @bayareacoins as a Steem witness... this helps me]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poloniex/@bayareacoins/opfixpoloniex-please-retweet-this-in-order-to-help-my-lobby-poloniex-to-fix-their-fucking-steem-wallets-this-is-the-guy-who-can</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poloniex/@bayareacoins/opfixpoloniex-please-retweet-this-in-order-to-help-my-lobby-poloniex-to-fix-their-fucking-steem-wallets-this-is-the-guy-who-can</guid><category><![CDATA[poloniex]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bayareacoins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 06:16:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ynNPct5VCDJ2ekvQjksszTQrx5fQ5dXyCi5iqDmJqH4RX6qCPCEQ5xgTjFcGDQshZ3iatDp9csun69U3SDhtw4shWP9Kjq7BL2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do we really need Congress?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If your like most people, you wonder, who does Congress represent? It certainly is not the American people! Members of Congress are middle men, they produce nothing! They seem to be excellent at taking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/congress/@danimal8u/do-we-really-need-congress</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/congress/@danimal8u/do-we-really-need-congress</guid><category><![CDATA[congress]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[danimal8u]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 01:08:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinq2BZVqSNxaZqQB3Kr1apcyY9tRnbipfHE9JcqTwawax7HP6G1n1PQkpQyvyuYA7CrACSTXvVHJXe4o2tFHmp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump's Executive Order Number 6]]></title><description><![CDATA[ETHICS COMMITMENTS BY EXECUTIVE APPOINTEES This order covers the executive branch appointees.  It bars the appointees from getting hired to lobbying firms after their appointments are up.  This]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@eric-the-red/trump-s-executive-order-number-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@eric-the-red/trump-s-executive-order-number-6</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[eric-the-red]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:51:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj99Ky2UEa4eSQB3DzQQuvHDP38AudfA4FAaZERn6EjhpVX3znLrbRJUCV1EQpg7mwf8dU5t43HYsGEznzedYn2DozDXRBB67Hn5Zjb1qU9VJtxHbC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>