…the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which received $111,100 from DonorsTrust in 2023. The largest SPN affiliate grant of $2.6 million went to the Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA),…
The Invisible Hand: How Dark Money Is Inventing Prestige for Right-Wing Academics
This article was first published by Important Context. On October 24, an organization called the American Academy of Sciences and Letters (AASL) honored Stanford University Professor and health economist Dr….
Dispatches From the COP29 Climate Talks in Baku
…— under President Joe Biden. The second thing is, while America steadily increases oil and gas production, it also pitched to the world something called the Global Methane Pledge. A:…
Koch Super PAC Shatters Its Election Spending Record
…spending in this election cycle by a more familiar conservative billionaire: industrialist Charles Koch and his Americans for Prosperity Action super PAC. Overall, AFP Action’s spending in 2024 federal elections…
Here Are 15 Swing State Counties Where Deniers May Refuse to Certify Election Results
…policies rooted in election denialism. Many of these election administrators are also steeped in other conspiracy theories, often ones that are racist, sexist, and Islamophobic. And, despite expressing outright denialism,…
The American Invasion: Climate Denialism Crosses the Atlantic
…an anti-democratic, left-wing plot to consolidate global power, echoing conspiracy theories associated with recent Covid-19 measures. Morano further claimed that sustainable farming policies would force American farmers to sell their…
ULINE CEO’s Restoration PAC Hauls in $51.8 Million in Third Quarter
…run by right-wing operative Doug Truax and fueled by Uihlein cash that includes the Foundation for the Restoration of America, the Voter Reference Foundation, and Fair Courts America. Uihlein also…
Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund Again Tops Funders of Republican AG Group in Third Quarter
…policies across the country. The contribution of $1 million from the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) placed it second among all RAGA donors in the third quarter. The Big Tobacco…
A Koch-Funded Lawfare Group Is Suing The Biden Admin To Protect Vaccine Skepticism
…efforts to get Americans vaccinated amid a global pandemic in the face of widespread misinformation online about the jabs. The COVID vaccines provide robust protection against severe illness and death,…
Super PAC Spending on Montana Senate Race Breaks Records
…has spent $230,094 supporting Sheehy. Most contributors to the Leadership Fund are billionaires and corporations, but small donors also give. GOP political consultant Karl Rove’s group American Crossroads has spent…