Washington’s New Lobbyists: Paid Online Influencers With Few Rules

Last summer, Donald Trump’s 28-year-old former campaign aide Alex Bruesewitz had some new advice for the president: reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. “Nearly 70% of Republican voters support Trump on this. No brainer!,” he said to more than 640,000 followers on X. Corporate and foreign interests that used to rely primarily on paid … Read more