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.
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ALEC Moves a Partisan and Corporate Agenda at This Week’s Annual Meeting in Denver
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.
Election Deniers Have Taken Over the RNC
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.
How a Right-Wing Florida Group Influenced Wyoming’s Election Laws
A right-wing think tank in Florida put its thumb on the scales of Wyoming’s election reform efforts, an investigation by CMD reveals.
Teaching Teachers to Bust Unions
A right-wing group is expecting to bring together hundreds of public school teachers from across the country this week to teach them how to decertify their unions and keep “the socialist dogma of their leadership [out of] our children’s classrooms.”
Recent State Legislative Primaries Reveal a GOP at War with Itself
In Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and South Carolina, obstructionists who are part of the State Freedom Caucus Network have fielded Republican primary candidates to oppose not just state legislative leaders, but also the candidates they backed.
Extreme Right State Freedom Caucuses Create Big Headaches for Republicans
State freedom caucuses represent an extreme Right faction of the already MAGA-dominated Republican Party that uses procedural measures in state legislatures to advance their culture war agenda.
Assets of Koch-Controlled Organizations Soar to Over $8.1 Billion
The Koch fleet’s combined net revenue skyrocketed in 2022, up to $4.8 billion.
Rights Clash in Wisconsin Records Dispute
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will soon hear a case involving records related to the voting rights of mentally incompetent people. No matter which side wins, the public has in some ways already lost.
Railroad Owned by RFK Jr.’s Megadonor Repeatedly Violated Environmental and Safety Laws
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may claim he will be “the best environmental president in American history,” but the Republican industrialist bankrolling the super PAC behind his longshot bid for the White House has a long history of violating environmental laws.