A Convention of States resolution calling for a radical rewrite of the U.S. Constitution is once again moving in the Wisconsin Legislature.
Wisconsin Far Right Lawmakers Seek Radical Rewrite of U.S. Constitution…Again
By David Armiak | at
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ALEC-Led Effort to Preserve Conservative Majority on Supreme Court Gains Steam in the States
By David Armiak | at
Faced with the potential expansion of the Supreme Court, the political Right wants to amend the Constitution to limit the Court to nine justices.
ALEC Members Lead Voter Suppression Efforts in 2020 Battleground States
By Don Wiener and Alex Kotch | at
Nearly a decade after losing scores of major corporate sponsors due to its support for controversial voter ID and “stand your ground” laws, one thing is clear: ALEC is back in the voter suppression game.
The Right’s “Dark Money ATM” Launches Funding Stream to Exploit Pandemic for Movement Goals
By David Armiak | at
DonorsTrust, the preferred donor conduit of the Koch political network, has launched a new funding stream to resist public health measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and use the crisis to further its broader policy goals.
Right-Wing Groups Unite in Campaign Against Bill to Improve U.S. Democracy
By Alex Kotch and David Armiak | at
GOP-aligned groups are using ads, activist tool kits, social media posts, statements, and letters to Congress to attack the For the People Act, sometimes with falsehoods about its contents.
The Right’s Campaign to Erase America’s Racist Roots
By Alex Kotch | at
While Trump and other Republicans attacked the 1619 Project in 2020 campaigns, right-wing think tanks and policy groups backed them up. Now GOP state lawmakers want to ban schools from teaching it.
Right Promotes “Big Lie” of Widespread Voter Fraud at CPAC Conference
By Alex Kotch | at
Members of the influential Council for National Policy and the American Legislative Exchange Council’s secretive elections working group doubled down on the same voter fraud fabrications that inspired the deadly Capitol insurrection.
The GOP’s 2020 Campaign Against People of Color
By Alex Kotch | at
While right-wing Americans were committing acts of terror, plotting to kidnap Democratic governors, and getting ready for a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the GOP and aligned groups were working overtime to portray racial justice protesters as anti-American terrorists to scare the pants off of voters.
Koch-Funded Groups Back Anti-Union Bills in the States, Oppose Pro-Union Legislation in Congress
By Don Wiener and David Armiak | at
Anti-union forces are on the offensive again in the states, but are playing defense this year at the federal level.
Parler Is Now in the Hands of a Right-Wing Activist Seeking a Radical Rewrite of the Constitution
By Alex Kotch | at
Mark Meckler, an ally of the Mercer family who co-founded the Tea Party Patriots and runs Convention of States Action, is one of two people currently in charge of the far-right social media app Parler.