The American Legislative Exchange Council is where corporations and far-right groups go to buy government policy.
After 50 Years, This Right-Wing Law Factory Is Crazier Than Ever
By Arn Pearson and David Armiak | at
Extremism
Who’s Bankrolling the Shutdown Showdown?
By Juliana Broad | at
Far-right House Republicans and related groups have some pretty tall demands for approving a stopgap budget bill and averting a government shutdown. There’s only one catch: Their demands have nothing to do with the federal budget.
Upcoming Event: The Imminent Threat of a Constitutional Convention
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
Join the Center for Media and Democracy, the American Constitution Society, and Common Cause for a conversation on the lurking dangers of a constitutional convention.
ALEC Feeds Lawmakers a Steady Diet of Anti-Abortion Arguments
By Juliana Broad | at
The pamphlets, handbills, and brochures were unanimous: though ending the constitutional right to abortion was a long-awaited victory, there was still plenty of work to be done. That is where ALEC lawmakers could step in.
ALEC Ditches Free Market and Limited Government Principles at its 50th Annual Meeting
By David Armiak | at
Republican state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives are descending on Orlando this week for the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council ready to fight “woke capitalism,” extend a lifeline to big polluters, ban ranked-choice voting, attack bodily autonomy, and consider an array of other model policies.
Candace Owens’ ‘Blexit’ Operation Bankrolled by Wealthy White Conservatives
By Walker Bragman and Alex Kotch | at
Right-wing billionaires bought into Owen’s effort to bring Black Democrats into the Republican Party, but the results are unimpressive.
CMD Launches Insurrection Exposed Website
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
New resource provides more than 250 profiles of the politicians, leaders, and dark money groups that orchestrated the Jan. 6 insurrection and are laying the groundwork to subvert future elections.
ALEC Lawmakers and Corporate Lobbyists Meet in D.C. to Debate Rewriting the Constitution, Punishing Socially Responsible Businesses, and Protecting Misinformation
By David Armiak | at
The American Legislative Exchange Council meets this week in Washington, D.C., for its annual States and Nation Policy Summit at the four-star Grand Hyatt Washington, where rewriting the U.S. Constitution, “woke” capitalism, and protecting hate speech and misinformation are at the top of the agenda.
“Dark Money ATM” Injected Right-Wing Groups with $123 Million in 2021
By David Armiak | at
DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund, the favorite donor conduits of the Koch political network, distributed $123 million in grants in 2021 to right-wing advocacy groups, litigation centers, media outlets, climate deniers, extremists, pro-gun groups, and other tax-exempt organizations that make up America’s right-wing infrastructure, the latest tax filings from both groups detail.
Republican State Financial Officers Bring ESG Fight to Washington
By David Armiak | at
Republican treasurers, auditors, and staff from 23 states will arrive in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13 to meet with corporate lobbyists and an array of right-wing groups during the Fall National Meeting of the State Financial Officers Foundation. Over the course of three days, they will discuss “the rising threat from China,” inflation, “true diversity,” and anti-ESG investing efforts.