It is hard to imagine any other Speaker leaving his post at such a pivotal time in the nation’s history.
Wisconsin GOP Was in Retreat and Disarray Before Paul Ryan Raised the White Flag
By Mary Bottari | at
Democracy
ALEC Legislator of the Week: Homosexuals and Psychopathic Killers “It’s a Behavior Thing”
By Don Wiener | at
ALEC continues to honor the dishonorable.
Scott Pruitt, Trump’s embattled EPA chief, involved in shady 2011 real estate deal
By Arn Pearson | at
As Oklahoma attorney general, Pruitt made $70,000 flipping a Tulsa property under questionable circumstances
Pruitt Plot Thickens: Koch Industries Bought Stake in LNG Giant Cheniere
By Don Wiener | at
Koch Industries bought a stake in LNG giant Cheniere during same period that EPA’s Scott Pruitt traveled to Morocco at taxpayer expense to promote LNG exports and rented a townhouse co-owned by the wife of its lobbyist.
AG Academy: Republican Attorneys General Get Schooled by Corporate Lobbyists
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
GOP Attorneys General, including Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, get advice and counsel from Koch and Big Tobacco lobbyists behind closed doors.
ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona
By David Armiak | at
A state bill that would ban cities and counties from requiring dark money groups to disclose their donors is moving rapidly through the Arizona state legislature.
Soda Money Flows Into Cook County Races, But Comes Up Flat
By David Armiak | at
The soda industry spent big backing soda tax foes.
Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook
By Mary Bottari | at
Watch out public health advocates – as soda taxes are bubbling up in cities across the nation – the beverage industry is working to choke off this expression of local democracy.
Campaign Finance in Illinois: One Record Set, Another Record on the Way
By Don Wiener | at
The Illinois governor’s race is a record breaker.
Campaign Finance Expert, Arn Pearson, Becomes CMD’s New Executive Director
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
The Center for Media and Democracy is pleased to announce that its General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor, Arn Pearson, has been selected to be CMD’s new Executive Director.