The Lincoln Network is behind online technology called “Edunity” that is being deployed to encourage teachers and other public sector union members to leave their unions.
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Kochs’ Dark-Money Network Bankrolls Campus “Free Speech” Group
Speech First may look like a student group, but its staff and PR firm are paid for by the Koch operation’s DonorsTrust.
Franklin’s Right-Wing Watchdog.org Rebrands as The Center Square
The Center Square purports to be a service to states without a partisan agenda, but it is actually a new coat of paint on the Bradley-backed Watchdog.org that was central to the infrastructure promoting conservative ideas often unbeknownst to its audiences.
Comcast Is Latest Telecommunications Company to Drop ALEC
The news of Comcast’s departure was made public in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing calling for increased lobbying disclosure by Comcast.
Corporate-Funded Groups Continue Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions
Right-wing groups sue union in Illinois to collect millions in retroactive “fair share” fees.
Koch Industries’ Federal Lobbying Rose 35 Percent in First Quarter of 2019
Koch Industries has lobbied against every major measure to reduce reliance on fossil fuels so far this year.
ALEC Teams up with Anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom to Promote So-Called “Campus Free Speech” Bills
The noted hate group is also a dues-paying member of ALEC, CMD has found.
How the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity Hijacked Alaska’s Tax and Budget Hearings
The Kochs’ political astroturf operation sponsored, paid for, and restricted the terms of attendance for Governor Dunleavy’s “Statewide Discussion for a Permanent Fiscal Plan.”
That Grifty Thing Stephen Moore Did With Herman Cain — and the Koch Brothers’ Blessing
Stephen Moore awaits his nomination to the Federal Reserve by Trump, who really wanted to get the band back together when he mentioned both Moore and Cain as his picks to the central bank.
ALEC’s Washington State Chair Discussed Violence, Surveillance Against Constituents
Rep. Matt Shea offered to gather information on political opponents for right-wing extremists advocating violence.