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NRCC: Amish Shah Stumped for Bernie Sanders' Presidential Candidacy at DSA Event
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Amish Shah -Socialist Bernie Sanders -- Amish Shah Stumped For Bernie Sanders' Presidential Candidacy At DSA Event
Socialist Amish Shah said Bernie Sanders' socialist policies "drew me to Bernie Sanders' candidacy" and have "improved" the Democrat Party's platform, lavishing praise on the socialist senator.
Shah made the comments in newly-uncovered footage of a 2019 Democrat Socialists of America (DSA) meeting. WATCH or READ:
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NOTE: "Amish Shah just got caught on
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Amish Shah -Socialist Bernie Sanders -- Amish Shah Stumped For Bernie Sanders' Presidential Candidacy At DSA Event
Socialist Amish Shah said Bernie Sanders' socialist policies "drew me to Bernie Sanders' candidacy" and have "improved" the Democrat Party's platform, lavishing praise on the socialist senator.
Shah made the comments in newly-uncovered footage of a 2019 Democrat Socialists of America (DSA) meeting. WATCH or READ:
In case you missed it...
NOTE: "Amish Shah just got caught ontape confessing his love affair with Bernie Sanders, and bragging about how the socialist senator 'improved' the Democrat Party," said NRCC Spokesperson Ben Petersen. "Shah can't run from his radical record showing he's a Bernie Bro through and through, and voters will reject his socialist agenda."
The Real Amish Shah: Unearthed Video Shows Democrat Praising Socialist Bernie Sanders
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Amy Curtis
Amish Shah is the socialist seeking a congressional seat in Arizona's 1st District. After he won his primary in July, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dropped an ad showing just how far-left and radical Shah really is.
As a nominee in one of the country's most competitive toss-up races, Arizona voters need to know what Shah stands for as he hopes to represent a Republican district. In 2019, during a Phoenix Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) event, Shah stumped for Bernie Sanders. Newly unearthed video shows Shah's remarks.
"You guys know who I am. My name is Amish Shah, I'm an emergency physician, I've been practicing for 15 years," Shah said.
"We have a system that is based on the free market, and there's a lot things that are wrong with that," he continued. "No other industrialized country, a First World country, offers healthcare through a free market." Shah has supported socialized medicine since 2024, as seen in a clip reported on by the New York Post.
At the time, Shah deflected on his stance, which would have eliminated private health insurance. "As a physician who has been practicing medicine for over 20 years, I know that there are advantages and disadvantages to every healthcare system. These are real people's lives, and the patients and voters I have spoken to do not appreciate the use of this topic as an opportunity for cynical political attacks," Shah told The Post.
But in 2019, the argument for single-payer healthcare was "one of the first things" that drew Shah to Bernie Sanders' candidacy. "He also had the economy security argument really nailed for those of us who have just watched the gap between rich and poor grow to the point where those in power have the control as well, and that's the problem."
Bernie Sanders, Shah said, has an "authenticity."
"There was an authenticity about him that I think so many of us were drawn to; he was coming at it from with his heart," Shah said. "That's what drew me to his campaign." Shah would go on to knock doors for Sanders.
Shah also credits Sanders with reforming the Democrat Party. "The message is growing; it's getting louder. What's amazing is that this wasn't really part of the conversation before Bernie came around," he said. "And this has now become a national platform, and he's taken the Democratic Party and, in my opinion, improved our platform."
The bottom line is Shah is crediting Bernie Sanders with bringing socialism into the Democrat Party, and voters should know that a vote for Democrats is a vote for economy-destroying policies that will ruin our healthcare.
"Amish Shah just got caught on tape confessing his love affair with Bernie Sanders, and bragging about how the socialist senator 'improved' the Democrat Party," said NRCC Spokesperson Ben Petersen. "Shah can't run from his radical record showing he's a Bernie Bro through and through, and voters will reject his socialist agenda."
Read more here (https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/08/19/amish-shah-bernie-sanders-n2681456).
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NRCC: Amish Shah Campaigns With Defund The Police Group Today
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news on Aug. 19, 2026:
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Amish Shah Campaigns With Defund The Police Group Today
Today, socialist Amish Shah will hold a closed-door campaign event with an extreme liberal group that explicitly called to defund the police repeatedly.
The group publicly supported "defunding the police" and encouraged followers to donate to funds to bail out criminals during the 2020 riots.
Today, Shah must answer: Why are you campaigning with a group that repeatedly called for defunding the police?
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news on Aug. 19, 2026:
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Amish Shah Campaigns With Defund The Police Group Today
Today, socialist Amish Shah will hold a closed-door campaign event with an extreme liberal group that explicitly called to defund the police repeatedly.
The group publicly supported "defunding the police" and encouraged followers to donate to funds to bail out criminals during the 2020 riots.
Today, Shah must answer: Why are you campaigning with a group that repeatedly called for defunding the police?
"While Valleyfamilies worry about crime, socialist Amish Shah is campaigning with extreme liberals who demanded to defund the police. Socialist Shah doubled down on his long record of voting against police funding, against public safety and against protecting kids." - NRCC Spokesperson Ben Petersen
Background:
Socialist Shah's event reinforces his own radical anti-police, anti-public safety record:
* Shah touted the endorsement of another extreme group that called to defund the police.
* Shah voted against police funding and voted for the early release of dangerous criminals. Shah even voted against requiring child sex offenders to register online.
* Shah repeatedly voted against tougher border security in the state legislature.
* Shah opposed the Border Proposition that Arizonans overwhelmingly passed in 2024.
* Shah opposed the Laken Riley Act (apprehending criminal illegal immigrants), putting him to the left of Democrat Senator Ruben Gallego.
* Shah called for abolishing ICE, the law enforcement agency that apprehends criminal illegal immigrants.
* Shah was ordered by the City of Tempe to stop illegally using a photo of him with a police officer in a mailer.
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2026/08/19/amish-shah-campaigns-with-defund-the-police-group-today/
NRCC Chairman Hudson Statement on FL-14
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following statement on Aug. 18, 2026:
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NRCC Chairman Hudson Statement on FL-14
NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) released the following statement on Florida's 14th Congressional District primary election:
"Congratulations to Mike Beltran! A proven winner and conservative fighter, Beltran is ready to work with President Trump and House Republicans to cut taxes, lower costs, and put families first. Kathy Castor has spent nearly two decades in Washington rubber-stamping her party's tax-and-spend agenda, and
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following statement on Aug. 18, 2026:
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NRCC Chairman Hudson Statement on FL-14
NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) released the following statement on Florida's 14th Congressional District primary election:
"Congratulations to Mike Beltran! A proven winner and conservative fighter, Beltran is ready to work with President Trump and House Republicans to cut taxes, lower costs, and put families first. Kathy Castor has spent nearly two decades in Washington rubber-stamping her party's tax-and-spend agenda, andshe stands no chance here in November." - NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2026/08/18/nrcc-chairman-hudson-statement-on-fl-14/
Mich. Democratic Party: Benson and McCann Celebrate Office Opening in Battle Creek
LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2026:
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Benson and McCann Celebrate Office Opening in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK -- Today, Michigan Democrats, including Secretary of State and Democratic nominee for governor Jocelyn Benson, State Senator and 4th Congressional District Democratic nominee Sean McCann, and State Rep. Jim Haadsma celebrated the opening of the Michigan Democratic Party's One Team Michigan coordinated campaign office in Battle Creek. MDP has opened over 20 offices across the state, through which organizers
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LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2026:
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Benson and McCann Celebrate Office Opening in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK -- Today, Michigan Democrats, including Secretary of State and Democratic nominee for governor Jocelyn Benson, State Senator and 4th Congressional District Democratic nominee Sean McCann, and State Rep. Jim Haadsma celebrated the opening of the Michigan Democratic Party's One Team Michigan coordinated campaign office in Battle Creek. MDP has opened over 20 offices across the state, through which organizersand volunteers are knocking on doors, making calls, and working to win this November.
"My opponent has already shown who he's working for. He's voted not once, not twice, but three times to raise the cost of health care on hundreds of thousands of Michiganders. He had an opportunity to vote to reduce housing costs, and he chose to stay home that day. And you know, in 2020, when I and so many of us were fighting to make sure the results of those accurate elections were protected, all across Michigan, he was parroting the lies of Donald Trump because he too had lost an election that year and refused to acknowledge it," said Jocelyn Benson, Democratic nominee for governor. "We need leaders here in Michigan, at the state and federal level, who will fight for people, who will stand up for what's right, who will tell the truth."
"Our leaders should work for us, not special interests and themselves. Bill Huizenga has a lengthy record of using his office to enrich himself, his family, and his donors: not the people of his district," said Sean McCann, Democratic nominee for Michigan's 4th Congressional District. "I am running to lower costs, protect our healthcare, and make Southwest Michigan a place where everyone can thrive."
"The people of Battle Creek know how decisions in Lansing and Washington can make or break your ability to make ends meet," said Jim Haadsma, Democratic nominee for Michigan's 44th House District. "The people of this district deserve a fighter in Lansing who is committed to bringing jobs back to our region, funding our public schools, and making healthcare more affordable. That is exactly what I am running to do."
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/benson-and-mccann-celebrate-office-opening-in-battle-creek/
DNC: With Brandon Dukes' Upset Victory in Pennsylvania, Democrats Flip 31st State Legislative Seat Since the Beginning of Trump's Second Term
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 19, 2026:
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With Brandon Dukes' Upset Victory in Pennsylvania, Democrats Flip 31st State Legislative Seat Since the Beginning of Trump's Second Term
Republicans have flipped zero.
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Last night, Democrat Brandon Dukes won the special election for Pennsylvania House District 12 -- a nearly 20-point swing from 2024. With this upset victory, Democrats have now flipped 31 state legislative seats since the beginning of 2025. Republicans have flipped zero.
In response to Brandon Dukes' victory,
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 19, 2026:
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With Brandon Dukes' Upset Victory in Pennsylvania, Democrats Flip 31st State Legislative Seat Since the Beginning of Trump's Second Term
Republicans have flipped zero.
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Last night, Democrat Brandon Dukes won the special election for Pennsylvania House District 12 -- a nearly 20-point swing from 2024. With this upset victory, Democrats have now flipped 31 state legislative seats since the beginning of 2025. Republicans have flipped zero.
In response to Brandon Dukes' victory,DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:
"Last night, Brandon Dukes swung this seat by nearly 20 points from 2024 and showed the nation that when Democrats organize everywhere, we can win anywhere. His campaign showed up in every community throughout this district and brought people together around a commonsense vision for lowering costs, making healthcare more affordable, supporting public education and job training programs, and investing in infrastructure. After flipping 31 state legislative seats from red to blue, Democrats will continue to channel this on-the-ground momentum into organizing everywhere, fighting for every vote, making the investments necessary to win races up and down the ballot, and delivering relief to working families across America."
DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta added the following:
"Brandon Dukes' victory is a political shockwave. In a district Donald Trump carried by 18 points, voters rejected Republican chaos and chose Brandon's practical, neighbor-first leadership. This win proves that Democrats can and have won absolutely anywhere, when we show up and fight for working families. I couldn't be prouder of Brandon, his campaign, and every voter who made their voice heard. Something special is happening here in Pennsylvania."
REMINDER: Democrats have won or overperformed in nearly 90% of key elections since Donald Trump took office. The average Democratic overperformance in these elections is around a whopping 14 points.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/with-brandon-dukes-upset-victory-in-pennsylvania-democrats-flip-31st-state-legislative-seat-since-the-beginning-of-trumps-second-term/
DNC: Trump Shows Off His Taxpayer-Funded Vanity Projects While Working Families Struggle to Make Ends Meet
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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Trump Shows Off His Taxpayer-Funded Vanity Projects While Working Families Struggle to Make Ends Meet
Trump's White House ballroom is expected to cost taxpayers at least $352 million as nearly 80% of Americans believe Trump is not focused enough on the cost of living
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As Donald Trump's deadly and costly war with Iran rages on and his economy continues to tank, Trump spent his morning giving a tour of the construction sites for his White House ballroom and helipad. Trump's construction projects
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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Trump Shows Off His Taxpayer-Funded Vanity Projects While Working Families Struggle to Make Ends Meet
Trump's White House ballroom is expected to cost taxpayers at least $352 million as nearly 80% of Americans believe Trump is not focused enough on the cost of living
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As Donald Trump's deadly and costly war with Iran rages on and his economy continues to tank, Trump spent his morning giving a tour of the construction sites for his White House ballroom and helipad. Trump's construction projectsare estimated to cost at least $900 million and taxpayers are expected to cover the majority of the costs.
In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:
"Donald Trump's war with Iran is raging on and his economy is tanking, and what did he spend his morning doing? Flaunting his White House construction projects and pretending to be back on reality TV. Working families are struggling with high prices while Trump forces them to foot billions of dollars to pay for his war and his gilded construction projects. Trump's priorities are clear as day: His self-serving agenda comes first, while everyday Americans are left to fend for themselves."
The average household has had to spend more than $3,500 extra since Trump took office and the most recent jobs report showed that the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July.
It's no wonder Trump's approval rating this week fell to a bleak 33% - the lowest point of his entire presidency - as a majority of voters say they are financially worse off since Trump returned to office, including nearly one in four Republicans.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/trump-shows-off-his-taxpayer-funded-vanity-projects-while-working-families-struggle-to-make-ends-meet/
Breaking: Telecom Industry Gave Mike Rogers Nearly $100k While He Pushed to Deepen Government Data Sharing [Michigan Advance]
LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release:
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BREAKING: Telecom Industry Gave Mike Rogers Nearly $100k While He Pushed to Deepen Government Data Sharing [Michigan Advance]
New reporting from Michigan Advance documents how Mike Rogers took nearly $100,000 from the telecom industry while he pushed to deepen government data sharing.
Rogers led efforts on CISPA, a controversial bill that would have allowed telecom companies and internet providers to "legally hand over swaths of private user data [...] without a warrant" while giving the companies
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LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 20 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release:
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BREAKING: Telecom Industry Gave Mike Rogers Nearly $100k While He Pushed to Deepen Government Data Sharing [Michigan Advance]
New reporting from Michigan Advance documents how Mike Rogers took nearly $100,000 from the telecom industry while he pushed to deepen government data sharing.
Rogers led efforts on CISPA, a controversial bill that would have allowed telecom companies and internet providers to "legally hand over swaths of private user data [...] without a warrant" while giving the companies"broad immunity from civil and criminal lawsuits" if they shared that data with the government.
Then, upon leaving Congress, Rogers spun through the revolving door again and joined AT&T as one of their key advisers--guiding the company's strategy on "the same types of issues that came before him as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives." Rogers' post-congressional work with the telecom industry made him $2 million in income and assets that grew to $17.5 million--a dramatic windfall from advising the industries he once regulated.
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Michigan Advance (https://michiganadvance.com/2026/08/19/telecom-industry-gave-mike-rogers-nearly-100k-while-he-pushed-to-deepen-government-data-sharing/): Telecom industry gave Mike Rogers nearly $100K while he pushed to deepen government data sharing
* Michigan Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers collected nearly $100,000 from key players in the telecommunications industry while serving in Congress and during his current Senate bid, including from companies whose interests aligned with legislation he introduced on government data sharing, according to federal campaign finance records and his congressional record.
* The trail of telecommunications money spans his time in the U.S. House, where he represented his mid-Michigan district from 2001 to 2015, to his current bid for the upper chamber of Congress, but also overlaps with his time in between holding office. After he left Congress, Rogers worked as a key security adviser for AT&T -- which is among his largest supporters in the telecommunications industry.
* Rogers' work with AT&T and its contribution to his campaign coincided with legislation he introduced that appeared to align with AT&T's lobbying efforts on behalf of legislation criticized by civil liberties groups, as well as their fight against net neutrality, which advocates have called one of the guiding regulation principles for a free and open internet.
* The contributions and Rogers' subsequent work in the telecommunications industry provide a window into his long record at the intersection of corporate influence, national security and consumer privacy -- issues that are likely to remain relevant if the former House Intelligence Committee chair returns to Congress as Michigan's next U.S. senator.
* Corporate PAC contributions from AT&T, Verizon and CTIA -- the trade association representing wireless communications in the United States -- to Rogers' various campaigns, total $95,000, and include his current bid for the U.S. Senate. That figure spans Federal Election Commission campaign finance records between 2006 and 2025.
* At least 21 different contributions were made to Rogers for Congress, Rogers for Senate and the candidate's Securing America's Future PAC, according to two decades' worth of financial reports, with AT&T, through its federal PAC, giving Rogers $56,000.
* Seventeen contributions from Verizon's PAC, and its pre-Citizens United "good government club," were made to Rogers' House campaigns and his PAC between 2007 and 2014. Verizon gave Rogers a total of $28,500 during that period.
* CTIA began giving to Rogers' House campaigns starting in 2008 and its last contribution to a Rogers-related committee was in 2013 to the Securing America's Future PAC. The association gave Rogers $10,000 over that period, FEC records show.
* Rogers led initiatives on government data sharing, net neutrality
* During his time in Congress, Rogers introduced the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA. The bill would have allowed telecom companies and internet service providers, or ISPs, to legally hand over swaths of private user data, including personally identifiable customer information, to the federal government, including agencies such as the National Security Agency, without judicial oversight.
* Various civil liberties, consumer rights, conservative and libertarian political groups were among those opposed to CISPA, citing concerns that the language was dangerously vague and would allow the government to access vast quantities of personal information without a warrant.
* Rogers introduced the bill in November 2011. It passed the U.S. House but stalled in the U.S. Senate. In 2013, Rogers reintroduced the bill, but it continued to meet resistance in the upper chamber after clearing the House a second time in April 2013.
* Rogers also co-sponsored two resolutions in 2010 and 2011 that would have prevented the Federal Communications Commission from regulating the broadband industry, and could have curtailed net neutrality rules.
* Net neutrality is a regulatory principle that dictates equal treatment of internet communications from ISPs, allowing users to access content regardless of what that content is, what websites it appeared on, the platform or the application used to access that content, and the equipment, source address, destination or communication method.
* Free expression advocates have argued that the principle is key to maintaining a free and open internet infrastructure.
* Rogers defended legislation backed by telecommunications companies
* AT&T publicly supported and lobbied for the legislation, as the company would have benefited from its new allowances for personal data sharing, and would have had broad immunity from civil and criminal lawsuits if it shared cybersecurity data with the government. By November 2011, AT&T had already contributed $27,000 to Rogers' congressional campaigns, FEC records show.
* When the bill was reintroduced, both CTIA and US Telecom provided quotes to Rogers in news releases. AT&T is a member of both CTIA and US Telecom. By the time the bills were introduced and later reintroduced between 2011 and 2013, CTIA had given Rogers $6,000, FEC records show.
* Verizon joined AT&T, CTIA and US Telecom in lobbying for the changes announced in the legislation. Verizon had up to that point given Rogers $23,000.
* Rogers dismissed privacy concerns raised against his CISPA legislation, and argued in favor of telecommunication companies having liability protections in civil and criminal matters.
* He defended the NSA and other government agencies that conducted warrantless surveillance of American citizens, saying in 2013 that, "you can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated."
* When he was advocating for CISPA's passage, Rogers in 2013 claimed that the NSA didn't monitor citizens' use of the internet in the U.S. "Our NSA is not monitoring the Internet here in the United States," Rogers said then. "I can guarantee you that."
* The New York Times, however, in 2015 reported that AT&T helped the NSA conduct surveillance by tracking "vast quantities of Internet traffic passing through the United States," noting again that it did so in a decades-long partnership with just one company -- AT&T.
* Rogers went to work for AT&T, other telecoms after leaving office
* When he left federal office in 2015, Rogers kept up his ties with telecommunications, working with AT&T as its chief security adviser. The Detroit News in 2024, reporting on Rogers' past connections to Chinese firms through American telecommunication companies, confirmed that Rogers in 2016 worked with AT&T to advise them on cybersecurity.
* Rogers helped guide AT&T's strategy on the same types of issues that came before him as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, just one of several roles he held within the telecommunications industry after his time in Congress.
* Rogers was an advisory board member at Telefonica, a multinational telecommunications corporation operating largely in Latin America and Europe, between 2018 and 2024. One of its subsidiaries is Telefonica Movistar, operating in Venezuela.
* As the Advance reported in January of this year, a transparency report issued by Telefonica itself in 2022 revealed that a wide swath of data interceptions into the private communications of Venezuelan Telefonica Movistar customers at the behest of the authoritarian regime led by former President Nicolas Maduro.
* A report from Business Insider in 2024 noted that Rogers' post-congressional work in the telecommunication and cybersecurity industry earned him $2 million in income, and his assets grew to $17.5 million during that time.
* When Rogers sought the seat of former U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) in 2024, a bid he lost to current U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly), AT&T's PAC gave Rogers $10,000 in campaign contributions, FEC records show.
* In his current bid against El-Sayed, Rogers has received $5,000 from AT&T's corporate PAC.
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/telecom-industry-gave-mike-rogers-nearly-100k-while-he-pushed-to-deepen-government-data-sharing/
