Global climate actions kicked off by the young Swedish teen, Greta Thurnberg, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize this week.
Like a Breath of Fresh Air, Youth Climate Strikes Lift Off in 125 Countries
By Mary Bottari | at
Democracy
Right-Wing Funded Groups Battle New State Governors
By Don Wiener | at
Get ready for the cookie-cutter studies and crooked statistics.
Speaker Vos Proposes Merger of Non-Partisan Agencies, Will Open Records Get Lost in the Shuffle?
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
Mergers of Legislative Council and Legislative Reference Bureau discussed behind closed doors.
Koch and Bradley Groups Battle Medicaid Expansion Proposed by Gov. Tony Evers
By David Armiak | at
Bradley network lined up to attack Evers, back GOP in budget battles.
DonorsTrust Bankrolled Right-Wing Judicial Appointments, Trump’s Acting AG, and Lobbying Front Groups in 2017
By David Armiak | at
The Koch network’s favorite piggy bank DonorsTrust and its sister organization Donors Capital Fund doled out $114.2 million in grants in 2017.
Pro-Democracy Groups Denounce Trump’s Emergency Power Grab
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
The Center for Media and Democracy and 24 other groups release statement calling Trump’s state of emergency “an attack on our democracy.”
How Scott Walker Made Wisconsin the National Poster Child for Dark Money Corruption
By Mary Bottari | at
The tale of Wisconsin’s lead poisoned children becomes “Exhibit A” in congressional hearing Thursday.
Koch Kumbaya: The Billionaire Industrialists Appropriate Frederick Douglass, Pledge to “Do Right”
By Mary Bottari | at
What are we to make of all the good news and talk of bipartisanship coming from the Koch camp?
Meet Scott Beightol: Anti-Worker Corporate Lawyer and Scott Walker’s Lame Duck Pick for UW Board of Regents
By Maxwell Abbott | at
Scott Beightol defends corporations accused of racial, gender, and age discrimination, and employers who want to deny workers medical and family leave.
Howard Buffett’s Border War
By Beau Hodai | at
A billionaire’s son is spending millions in Cochise County.