Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
‘Influence Watch’ Website Launched: Berman, ALEC, Heartland Copy CMD’s Sourcewatch.org Site
By David Armiak | at
Democracy
Fearing 2018 Democratic Wave, Right-Wing Lobbyists Are Mobilizing Against a $15 Minimum Wage Push
By Lee Fang and Nick Surgey | at
Rick Berman, a corporate lobbyist, is busy mobilizing business groups to go on “offense” with the aim of killing minimum wage hikes.
Carrying Water for the Kochs, Mackinac Center Misleads on Professional Licensing
By Don Wiener | at
The Koch brothers have been on a tear, demanding the roll back of occupational licensing in states, claiming that “government overreach” is creating “barriers to opportunity” for average Americans.
ALEC Gives Top Award to Legislator Jailed for Trying to Sneak Loaded Gun on a Plane
By David Armiak | at
Colorado State Representative Lori Saine (R-63) arrested in route to American Legislative Exchange Council States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville
GOP Angles for More Campaign Cash, Less Disclosure
By Arn Pearson | at
Policy riders buried in tax and spending bills would let in more political money, less light.
ALEC Hires Former Koch Staffer to Lead Its Energy Task Force
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has hired Grant Kidwell, a former analyst from two major Koch-backed groups: Americans for Prosperity and the Charles Koch Institute.
Credo Delivers Petition to UPS Demanding that It Drop ALEC
By David Armiak | at
Credo Action delivered a petition to the United Parcel Service with 84,453 signatures earlier today asking the company to dump the American Legislative Exchange Council.
ALEC Backs Extreme Climate Denial, Constitutional Rewrite, Corporate Wish List at Nashville Summit
By David Armiak | at
ALEC States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, Tennessee December 6-8
Fake News Machine Ready to Defend Trump White House Against Robert Mueller
By Mary Bottari | at
Fake news has been weaponized as never before.
Jeff Sessions’ Incredible Shrinking Russia Denial
By Arn Pearson | at
The most heated exchanges during Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week concerned his ever-shifting explanation of what he discussed—or didn’t discuss—with Russian officials while serving as Donald Trump’s “go-to person” on foreign policy during the 2016 presidential campaign.