Happy Monday. I’m Eriq Gardner.

Welcome back to The Rainmaker! Today, news and notes on the election season drama that’s roiling Wall Street and Washington. Plus updates on the NFL, Sage Steele, Steve Wynn, Amber Heard, Leonard Leo… and… I’m rich?

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The battles all tend to coalesce around various firms’ commitments to E.S.G.—the ubiquitous acronym for environmental, social and governance factors that may impact investors—and shareholder proposals have become a key focal point of the movement. Must the world’s biggest corporations do more to fight climate change? Disclose racial and gender disparities? Stop covering up sexual misconduct in arbitration? Should they give investors more insight into how they’re lobbying and making charitable donations?...