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New CMD Report: Hundreds of Public and GOP Officials in Eight Battleground States Stand Ready to Subvert the 2024 Election Results

By ExposedByCMD Editors | September 13th, 2024 at 7:45 AM (CDT)

The Center for Media and Democracy released a major new report today highlighting the elevated threat to the peaceful transition of power following this November’s national elections — more than 200 public and Republican Party officials in swing states who either deny the 2020 election results, have refused to certify previous elections, or spread disinformation about widespread voter fraud.

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CMD Files IRS, Minnesota Complaints Against American Majority Alleging Civil and Criminal Violations of Tax and Campaign Finance Laws

By ExposedByCMD Editors | September 11th, 2024 at 2:27 PM (CDT)

The Center for Media and Democracy filed complaints today with the Internal Revenue Service and the Minnesota attorney general’s office requesting investigations into improper partisan and electoral activity by American Majority, a tax-exempt group that trains Republican candidates and party organizations on how to win elections.

Latest Effort to Purge Wisconsin Voter Rolls Bankrolled by the Bradley Foundation and Tied to Insurrectionists

By David Armiak | September 5th, 2024 at 2:34 PM (CDT)

On April 30, the Indiana-based Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a right-wing litigation group, filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin to gain greater access to voter registrations in the state as part of its national campaign to purge voter rolls. The group has filed similar lawsuits in at least eight other states this election cycle.

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The Rise of “Pro-Labor” Conservatism

By Juliana Broad | September 4th, 2024 at 8:00 AM (CDT)

Championing labor has long been the purview of progressives, despite recent rhetoric from Republicans who claim to represent working class America.

Eight States Will Vote on Amendments to Ban Noncitizen Voting in November

By David Armiak | August 28th, 2024 at 4:01 PM (CDT)

Americans for Citizens Voting is partnering with ALEC to pass noncitizen amendments in at least 11 more states.

Election Deniers Dominate Wisconsin’s GOP Congressional Primary

By Colleen Scerpella | August 12th, 2024 at 9:04 AM (CDT)

When Wisconsin voters go to the polls tomorrow, Republican candidates who tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election results or spread claims of widespread voter fraud will be on the ballot in six of eight GOP primary contests for the House, along with the race to take on two-term Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin.

Private Equity Giants Invest More Than $200M in Federal Races to Protect Their Lucrative Tax Loophole

By Don Wiener | July 31st, 2024 at 2:06 PM (CDT)

So far this election cycle, just 11 private equity billionaires have contributed more than double the amount 147 private equity firms pumped into federal elections during the entire 2016 election cycle.

ALEC Moves a Partisan and Corporate Agenda at This Week’s Annual Meeting in Denver

By David Armiak | July 24th, 2024 at 9:52 PM (CDT)

American Legislative Exchange Council state lawmakers, right-wing operatives, and corporate lobbyists are descending on Denver this week for the pay-to-play group’s 51st Annual Meeting to hear presentations and vote on model policies and resolutions that impact the environment, education, elections, fundamental human rights, and more.

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Election Deniers Have Taken Over the RNC

By Colleen Scerpella | July 17th, 2024 at 2:38 PM (CDT)

With the nomination of Ohio Senator J.D. Vance for vice president at the Republican National Convention, the GOP has doubled down on its insistence on election denialism as central to its DNA.

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How a Right-Wing Florida Group Influenced Wyoming’s Election Laws

By Juliana Broad | July 15th, 2024 at 10:34 AM (CDT)

A right-wing think tank in Florida put its thumb on the scales of Wyoming’s election reform efforts, an investigation by CMD reveals.