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Lay me off next please. Take the VSP.

Why? Because we are the problem.

Centene Federal Lobbying & Spending
• Spending: Centene reported $710,000 in in-house federal lobbying spending during Q3 2025 alone, contributing to a multi-decade federal lobbying footprint totaling over $48 million.
• In-House Team: The federal in-house lobbying roster includes Simone Myrie, Erik Nicholas Hames, Danny Ly, and Jacqueline Baggett.
• Outside Firms: Centene retains external consulting and lobbying firms, including Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, BGR Group, Williams & Jensen, Continental Strategy, and ALB Solutions.
• Revolving Door: Over 50% of Centene’s named federal lobbyists have previous experience in the federal government or Congress.
Political Contributions & Coalitions
• Political Action Committee (CentenePAC): Disburses non-partisan federal and state-level candidate contributions.
• Industry Coalitions: Centene allocates significant funding to major healthcare trade associations and advocacy groups—including AHIP, the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), and the Business Roundtable—to align on broader policy advocacy.
• State Engagement: Centene maintains dedicated external affairs and government relations teams across its regional health plans (such as Health Net) to navigate state-level legislative and regulatory rules.

#VSP #VoluntarySeparation #GovernmentAffairs #Ethics #Severance

FEC data for L3Harris PAC (C00100321) details how the defense contractor spent heavily to gain political influence during the 2025–2026 cycle

https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00100321/

The official Federal Election Commission (FEC) data for the L3Harris Technologies, Inc. PAC (ID: C00100321) maps out the financial mechanics of how the defense giant attempted to purchase political influence during the 2025–2026 election cycle.

However, looking at the strict financial delta between what the PAC raised and what it spent, these figures reveal a massive, defensive cash drain that could act as a direct catalyst for internal cost-cutting and workforce layoffs in 2027.

The FEC Financial Breakdown (Jan 1, 2025 – Oct 14, 2026)

Total Receipts (Money In): $1,875,000.56, heavily driven by itemized individual contributions from L3Harris executives and high-level managers ($1,510,903.28).

Total Disbursements (Money Out): $2,297,030.00, representing direct campaign contributions to politicians and other political action committees ($2,236,600.00).

The Deficit: The PAC ran a severe deficit of -$422,029.44, outspending its fundraising baseline to aggressively lobby both sides of the aisle before the midterms.

Cash On Hand: Due to this aggressive spending, the PAC's cash reserves dropped from $1.59 million at the start of 2025 down to $1,175,326.09 right before the elections.

How this Deficit and Corporate Strategy Lead to Layoffs

While PAC money is technically separate from operational corporate revenue, the deficit and the contribution patterns point to an impending operational squeeze:

Squeezing Executives for Political Cash Triggers White-Collar Fatigue

The FEC data shows that $1.51 million came directly out of the pockets of itemized individual L3Harris employees (mostly C-suite executives, vice presidents, and division directors).

The Squeeze: Corporate leadership frequently exerts immense internal pressure on upper and middle management to contribute to the corporate PAC to protect the company's contract pipeline.

The Resulting Exodus: When middle managers are being financially squeezed to support a PAC that is running a half-million-dollar deficit, while simultaneously navigating a toxic post-Kubasik corporate culture, the incentive to leave spikes. High-performing program directors will execute a defensive talent exodus to commercial tech companies where they don't face mandatory political tithing.

Failed Political Bets Mean Cancelled Programs

The fact that the PAC burned through an extra $422,000 to heavily influence committee members means L3Harris was playing a desperate defensive game. Now that Democrats have successfully flipped control of the House of Representatives, much of the money spent courting specific panels is entirely wasted.

The Layoff Trigger: Incoming Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith and Oversight Chairman Robert Garcia do not have to respect the lobbying pipeline of a company currently undergoing multi-million dollar DOJ fraud investigations. If the newly empowered committees freeze or audit the private-equity backed modernization programs L3Harris bought access to, those specific software and systems engineering teams will be laid off because their billable project codes will vanish.

Operational Over-Leveraging Forces Cost Restructuring

To cover the PAC's aggressive spending and cushion the blow of the $84 million in combined DOJ settlements and the $80 million Kubasik exit package, new CEO Sam Mehta must preserve the company's cash flow.

When a corporation is leaking cash across its legal defense funds, executive payouts, and political lobbying arms, it balances the ledger by cutting labor overhead. Non-essential administrative staff, corporate recruiters, marketing units, and middle-management layers will be targeted for structural layoffs to offset these compounding institutional deficits.

#Politics #GovernmentAffairs #LayoffRumor #CostCutting #Ethics

Council faces scrutiny over redacted references to L3Harris

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/26684441.council-faces-scrutiny-redacted-references-l3harris/
4th November Burgess Hill

This article from The Argus highlights a developing international headwind for L3Harris, focusing on local government transparency and public protests in the United Kingdom.

The reporting outlines a growing controversy over the secret relocation of an arms manufacturing facility, adding another layer of PR and operational stress to the company's global portfolio.

The row centers on Unit 3 at Panattoni Park in Goddards Green (Burgess Hill), where L3Harris is believed to be planning to relocate its Brighton factory operations.

Local residents and campaigners from "Burgess Hill Says No to L3Harris" discovered that Mid Sussex District Council systematically redacted explicit references to L3Harris from public planning objections. Residents argue this cripples the public's right to properly scrutinize planning decisions.

The local council stated that redacting an alleged end-user's identity is standard practice for commercial applications involving "minor physical works" where the lawful use of the building is not changing.

L3Harris's Brighton facility manufactures bo-b-release equipment for F-35 fighter jets and supplies we-pons components to the U.S. and Israeli militaries. Because of this, the local operations have been the target of direct action and public protests for over 20 years.

While this localized planning dispute might seem separated from the high-level corporate scandals in Washington, it directly feeds the macro mechanisms driving potential downsizing and a talent drain at L3Harris.

The local activist group has successfully scaled its campaign, sending over 12,500 protest letters to the directors and agents of the park's developer and landlord, Panattoni, urging them to break the lease agreement.

While the first planning application was approved under delegated powers, a second crucial application is still gridlocked. If public pressure forces Panattoni to cancel the lease or if the council delays the secondary permits, L3Harris's entire UK relocation timeline collapses.

When a manufacturing facility's transition hits a wall, the local assembly workers, facility engineers, and site coordinators face immediate displacement because there is no active floor space to execute contract deliveries.

The article explicitly highlights that L3Harris is being publicly labeled as a "billion-dollar arms company" supplying controversial global conflicts.

This intense local scrutiny matches the branding issues the company faces in the U.S. over the ICE homeland security leaks. High-demand aerospace and software engineers do not want their personal names or work locations targeted by aggressive, multi-decade protest groups.

The prospect of working at a facility that draws permanent local outrage, picket lines, and negative press coverage creates an undesirable work environment, triggering defensive resignations from elite talent who can easily jump to less controversial UK technology fields.

With L3Harris's new CEO Sam Mehta attempting to steady the company's production goals following the Christopher Kubasik scandal, managing a public relations and legal transparency crisis in the UK drains vital executive focus. Facing simultaneous multi-committee congressional subpoenas in Washington and local government corruption/redaction allegations in Europe forces the company to adopt a defensive posture, typically resulting in cost-rationalization and global overhead consolidation to protect investor returns.

#Transparency #GovernmentAffairs #Relocation #Reputation #Defense

6 Investigative Priorities and the 3 Tech Giants on Dems’ Trump Probe Hit List

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/heres-6-investigative-priorities-and-the-3-tech-giants-on-dems-trump-probe-hit-list/

When mapped directly onto L3Harris's current vulnerabilities, these 6 priorities provide a clear financial and psychological explanation for why layoffs and employee resignations could accelerate:

The Pentagon Contract Target (#3): Because L3Harris is explicitly designated as a top player in the Pentagon's fast-tracked equity investment strategies, it sits directly in the crosshairs of the "Pentagon Contracts" investigation category. If Congress freezes or delays funding for these heavily audited modernization streams, the lack of billable hours will force immediate project-based layoffs.

The Foreign Government Crosshair (#4): L3Harris's highly controversial $934 million Qatari 747 modification contract lands perfectly at the intersection of "Foreign Government Dealings," "Pentagon Contracts," and "Favorable Treatment" (due to the aircraft being a gift to the President). With Democrats using their new subpoena power to investigate how funds were diverted for this luxury retrofit, the freezing of subsequent maintenance contracts will render the attached aviation modification teams completely redundant.

The Border Security/Detention Alignment (#5): While the article explicitly names "private-prison corporations" as primary targets, L3Harris is adjacent to this category due to the DHS data leak exposing its bids for ICE detention and tracking technology. Being publicly pulled into hearings investigating the machinery of federal immigration enforcement creates a toxic branding problem, driving a defensive exodus of high-performing software engineers and cyber specialists who want to protect their resumes from political contamination.

The Margin Squeeze: Defending a corporation against multi-committee congressional subpoenas is incredibly expensive. As white-shoe law firms drain corporate cash to manage these high-profile probes, and with the company already absorbing $84 million in recent DOJ fraud settlements, CEO Sam Mehta will be forced to protect shareholder value by aggressively cutting corporate overhead triggering administrative and non-technical workforce layoffs.

#GovernmentAffairs #Investigation #LayoffRumor #Defense #Regulations

Oracle cancels $7bn Tencent AI deal under Trump pressure

https://www.ft.com/content/c5a6a738-cd78-4a8e-a814-57a7473ebb9c?syn-25a6b1a6=1

#AI #Contract #Politics #GovernmentAffairs

Democracy is not dead; Stop the Fraud & Discrimination against American workers; Write to the Senate, Congress, POTUS, VP, AG, LS, IG

Ask them if they would be happy to get their Health, Prescription, DOD member insurance through Hyderabad office.

You must write if you need a change.

#Offshoring #Advocacy #EmployeeRights #GovernmentAffairs

Why is Cisco the only major tech company not attending White House's Big AI Meeting?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-revealed-seating-chart-big-173510692.html

#AI #GovernmentAffairs #Politics #Technology

What do you all make of this threat “ Donald Trump vows to ban Canadian companies from U.S. government contracts”

Knowing quiet a large portion of revenue comes from US government contracts, what’s your take on this.

#Government #GovernmentAffairs #USA #Canada

Going to the White House

A group of energy companies is meeting at the White House tomorrow in and effort to develop a plan to lower gasoline prices.
I’m sure Go Go will be there because they’ll need someone to bring coffee and donuts to other executives.

#Energy #BigOil #Executives #GovernmentAffairs

Iowa Lawmakers Question Whirlpool Job Relocation

Two Iowa representatives are seeking answers from Whirlpool's CEO regarding potential overseas job transfers. They are concerned about the fate of jobs at the Amana facility. The lawmakers have formally requested information from the company's leadership. This inquiry follows recent news of layoffs impacting the appliance manufacturer. The representatives aim to understand the company's future plans for its Iowa operations.

Amana, Iowa

https://mshale.com/084436c0/064c9eeaJqheieoKl00

#Iowa #Offshoring #Layoffs #Leadership #GovernmentAffairs

Are other companies so aggressive about PAC contributions?

I feel like Met is constantly hitting us up for lobbyist money. Give me a stock purchase plan and then maybe I'll give you PAC money.

#GovernmentAffairs #Complaint

Why BNY Loves State Schools (Hint: It’s Not the School Spirit)

Companies like BNY and their consulting sidekicks have perfected the art of “economic development,” which mostly means convincing state and local governments that a few hundred cubicles and a ribbon‑cutting justify millions in tax incentives. McKinsey brings the playbook, BNY brings the headcount projections, and suddenly the state is handing out credits like party favors to “stimulate regional growth.”

Once the incentives are locked in, the hiring machine kicks in. States love when companies hire local graduates, and companies love it even more because those hires help them unlock annual tax credits tied to job‑creation commitments. New grads from state schools are especially attractive: they’re local, they’re eligible for incentive programs, and—let’s be honest—they’re cheaper than experienced workers. Salaries vary, but the pattern is predictable: new grads cost less, and incentive‑eligible hires cost even less to the company once the credits hit.

Who negotiates all this? At BNY, it’s typically a mix of Corporate Real Estate, Government Affairs, and Tax/Finance, working quietly behind the scenes to secure incentives without ever mentioning them to the employees whose jobs justify the credits.

And how do new grads help? Simple: every qualifying hire checks a box on the state’s incentive scorecard. The state gets “job creation.” BNY gets tax credits. And the new grads get… well, a selfie with Fabs and welcome to the Bounce House - North Campus.

#CampusHire #Tax #Incentive #GovernmentAffairs #CostSavings

$1,090,000 of CENTENE CORPORATION lobbying disclosed from Q4 of 2025.

Do we think the government has “the people’s” interest in mind? On a side note, below is a partial list of politicians transactions of just Centene stock last year alone. Interesting how they all seem shocked at the actions of health insurance company’s yet they all have skin-in-the-game of this money generating racket.

CENTENE CORPORATION COMMON STOCK
Sale
$100,001 - $250,000
Tim Moore
House / R
Sep 03, 2025

Aug 18, 2025

CNC
CENTENE CORPORATION COMMON STOCK
ST
Sale
$1,001 - $15,000
Julia Letlow
House / R
Jan 13, 2026

Aug 08, 2025

CNC
CENTENE CORPORATION COMMON STOCK
ST
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
Tim Moore
House / R
Sep 03, 2025

Aug 08, 2025

CNC
CENTENE CORPORATION COMMON STOCK
ST
Purchase
$15,001 - $50,000
Tim Moore
House / R
Sep 03, 2025

Aug 07, 2025

CNC
CENTENE CORPORATION COMMON STOCK
ST
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
Gilbert Cisneros
House / D
Sep 12, 2025

Aug 05, 2025

CNC
CENTENE CORPORATION CMN
None
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
Ro Khanna
House / D
Sep 09, 2025

Aug 04, 2025

CNC
CENTENE CORPORATION CMN
None
Purchase
$1,001 - $15,000
Ro Khanna
House / D
Sep 09, 2025

Aug 04, 2025