Ask HN: Is There a Crunchbase for Policitians? • Hacker News Board

Probably the best generically accessible option for the lay person is OpenSecrets, and then there may be state or municipal level projects for a jurisdiction you care about.

You can also use the Federal Register as well, but that requires a little inside alchemy to navigate for many.

Re: Ask HN: Is There a Crunchbase for Policitians?

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Post by helghardt » Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 7:05 AM UTC

It would be great if it could have an archive of opinions around specific topics too. And perhaps a way to get insight into the background/motivations of donors. Like on Crunchbase you can visit the websites of funds that invested and get an idea of their goals/ambitions.

Re: Ask HN: Is There a Crunchbase for Policitians?

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Post by bratgpttamer » Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 2:55 PM UTC

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #11

https://littlesis.org/ LittleSis* is a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government * opposite of Big Brother We're a grassroots watchdog network connecting the dots between the world's most powerful people and organizations

Their Oligrapher tool is pretty cool, even if it does act like a Six Degrees Of [Clinton|Bush] engine