MAGA lobbying firms booming…

Washington Post: Ballard Partners, founded by GOP fundraiser and Trump ally Brian Ballard, more than quadrupled its revenue this year, representing such clients as Harvard University and TikTok. Lobbying expenditures overall have been up 21 percent this year compared with the same period in 2024, according to a Washington Post analysis of disclosure reports made public this week. If the pace continues through year’s end, it would be the largest annual increase since at least 1998, according to OpenSecrets data…