AFP is targeting Democrats in swing districts, foreshadowing attack ads its super PAC will likely run next year.
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Despite Covid, Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Continues Assault on Medicaid
Charles Koch’s advocacy organization still opposes increasing access to health care, even during the nation’s worst public health crisis in 100 years. It helped kill a constitutionally mandated Medicaid expansion in Missouri this year.
CMD President’s Senate Testimony on Dark Money Influence Over Federal Courts
CMD President Lisa Graves testified at a March Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on “The Big-Money Assault on Our Judiciary.” Video from the hearing and written testimony now available here.
CMD Presents Reporting at UnKoch Press Conference
At an UnKoch My Campus press conference, CMD’s Alex Kotch presented his reporting on how Charles Koch and Koch Industries aided the careers of the Republicans who spread lies about voter fraud and voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Don’t Open the Door Further to Dark Money
The court’s new majority is being asked by billionaire Charles Koch’s nonprofits to expand on the notion that “money is speech.”
State Policy Network Partners With RealClear to Promote Its Right-Wing Agenda
The billionaire-funded foundation of news site RealClearPolitics will promote the anti-labor and pro-corporate libertarian agenda of the State Policy Network.
Major Right-Wing Funders Push Supreme Court Case Against Donor Disclosure
Major right-wing funders gave nearly $222 million to 69 organizations that filed amicus briefs supporting Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s fight against disclosing major donors to California regulators.
Wisconsin Far Right Lawmakers Seek Radical Rewrite of U.S. Constitution…Again
A Convention of States resolution calling for a radical rewrite of the U.S. Constitution is once again moving in the Wisconsin Legislature.
The Pro-LGBTQ Companies That Helped Elect Arkansas Anti-Trans Bill Sponsors
A number of Fortune 500 companies and major trade associations have bankrolled the political careers of state legislators who promoted bills banning gender-affirming health care for minors and transgender women and girls in sports.
Koch Industries Amassed 150 Penalties for State Environmental Violations in 20 States
Koch Industries and its subsidiaries have been fined for environmental regulatory violations in every state where they operate over the past 20 years, a new study by Good Jobs First shows.