Many Koch candidates in tough battles with less than two weeks left until the 2018 Midterm elections.
Democracy
Reporters Memo: Coke and Pepsi Play Hardball in Attempt to Prevent the Spread of Soda Taxes
Big bucks are being spent by the soda industry on ballot measures to ban local soda tax campaigns in Oregon and Washington state.
The Climate Twilight Zone
Reducing CO2 emissions alone will not solve the climate problem at this late date. We must also get to work on removing CO2 from our skies.
ALEC Flaunts Trump Ties While Celebrating Its 45th Anniversary at POTUS’s DC Hotel
The American Legislative Exchange Council will welcome legislators and corporate lobbyists to the Trump International Hotel tonight to mark 45 years.
Attorney General Schimel Withholds Documents Related to His Legal War Against the Affordable Care Act
CMD files suit to obtain public records from Wisconsin DOJ.
Americans for Prosperity Lies in Recent Tennessee, Wisconsin TV Ads
Koch astroturf group’s ads are fake news.
Verizon Dumps ALEC, Denounces Speaker as Racist
CMD exposé and coalition letter of protest prompt major ALEC backer to abandon ship after David Horowitz’s vitriolic speech at ALEC’s annual meeting.
NC Decision to Bar Climate Science from Planning Will Prove Costly
North Carolina’s state legislature in 2012 passed what may have been the nation’s first state-wide global warming denial legislation.
Kochs Put Cash over Principle to Endorse Pro-ACA Rep. Will Hurd
Vote to give Kochs a $1.4 billion tax windfall trumps Affordable Care Act repeal when it comes to tight Texas House race.
Initiative 1634 Misleads on Grocery Taxes, Preempts Soda Taxes and Tramples Local Control
Misleading ad campaigns spearheaded by industry giants spin soda as “basic human need.”