Cinedigm, which is owned by a Beijing-based private equity firm, received a $2.2 million Paycheck Protection Program loan in April.
Foreign-Owned Entertainment Company Lands Federal COVID-19 Loan
By Alex Kotch and Don Wiener | at
Democracy
ALEC Leading Right-Wing Campaign to Reopen the Economy Despite COVID-19
By David Armiak and Alex Kotch | at
Documents obtained by CMD show the extent of the corporate lobby group’s role in pressuring the states to force a rapid reopening of the economy despite strong public resistance and health concerns.
Ohio’s Buckeye Institute Uses Coronavirus to Push Its Budget Cuts Wish List
By Don Wiener | at
The Koch-funded policy group calls for broad cuts to Medicaid, education, and water quality protection on top of Governor DeWine’s hiring freeze and budget cuts.
Wisconsin Coronavirus Protest Draws Hundreds to State Capital
By David Armiak | at
Protesters eschew masks and social distancing to protest Governor Evers’s stay-at-home order and back a Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce plan to reopen businesses at a capitol rally promoted by right-wing groups.
Anti-Coronavirus Lockdown Rally in Ohio Led by Trumpists and Tea Party Members
By David Armiak | at
The billionaire-backed libertarian group FreedomWorks is promoting the protest on its new Reopen America webpage.
While Nation Focused on Impeachment and the Coronavirus, Koch Continued to Lobby to Stop Climate Legislation
By Don Wiener | at
Koch Industries spent $2.7 million in the first quarter of 2020 on lobbying Congress to block climate progress, weaken environmental protections, and protect its bottom line.
Groups Aligned with Right-Wing Megadonors Are Promoting Coronavirus Protests
By Alex Kotch | at
FreedomWorks and Convention of States Action, both with Koch network ties, have new initiatives to promote state-based protests against COVID-19 social distancing measures.
ALEC’s Post-Janus Wishlist Revealed in Policy Document
By David Armiak | at
A “labor reform” booklet of 50 “state factsheets” obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy reveals the ambitious agenda of the American Legislative Exchange Council to further weaken public sector unions in the wake of the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in Janus v. AFSCME.
42 of Right-Wing “Charitable” Group’s Trainees Elected in Wisconsin
By David Armiak | at
American Majority, a right-wing tax-exempt “charitable” organization, celebrates the election of 42 of its trainees to state and local offices in last week’s controversial Wisconsin elections.
Devos-Funded Group Organizes Protest Against Michigan Governor’s Stay-at-Home Order
By Alex Kotch | at
Right-wing protest in Lansing against Governor Whitmer’s coronavirus-related restrictions draws Confederate flags, swastikas, and chants of “Lock her up!”