“This has been a long-term investment for the Bradley Foundation, but it paid off when Walker succeeded in dismantling public sector unions in 2011,” said Mary Bottari of the liberal Center for Media and Democracy, which appears on the Bradley Foundation’s enemies list. “Once you have gutted out the opposition, you can continue to win on issue after issue because you have made yourself the only game in town.”
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An internal Bradley document compiles a list of 17 liberal organizations that “attack groups and people helping the Foundation further its mission” — an enemies list, of sorts. Making the list were two Wisconsin groups, One Wisconsin Now and the Center for Media and Democracy, and a host of national ones, including Media Matters for America, Democracy Alliance and Open Society.