The court’s new majority is being asked by billionaire Charles Koch’s nonprofits to expand on the notion that “money is speech.”
Don’t Open the Door Further to Dark Money
By Lisa Graves | at
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State Policy Network Partners With RealClear to Promote Its Right-Wing Agenda
By Alex Kotch | at
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
By David Armiak | at
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.
Leaking Oil and Gas Wells: A Ticking Time Bomb
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
Wells left unplugged by oil and gas companies can emit methane, cause explosions, and leak chemicals that find their way into drinking water.
The Food Industry Is Shaping the Principles of Scientific Integrity, Study Says
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
The food industry has been trying to revise the standards and principles by which science is conducted in ways that benefit industry.
ALEC Big Pharma Members Hit with Billions in Fines and Penalties in 2020
By Don Wiener | at
Novartis and Mallinckrodt topped the list of ALEC corporations with expensive legal violations last year.
Wisconsin Far Right Lawmakers Seek Radical Rewrite of U.S. Constitution…Again
By David Armiak | at
A Convention of States resolution calling for a radical rewrite of the U.S. Constitution is once again moving in the Wisconsin Legislature.
Businesses and Trade Groups Bankrolled Sponsors of Texas’ Cruel Anti-Trans Bill
By Alex Kotch | at
Big companies and trade associations, including several in the medical field, have donated significantly to proponents of a bill that would remove transgender youth from their homes for receiving gender-affirming health care.
Now Is Our Last Best Chance to Confront the Climate Crisis
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
With Joe Biden in office, a serious plan to combat climate change is finally in our sights — but the clock is ticking, and there is no more room for error.
ALEC-Led Effort to Preserve Conservative Majority on Supreme Court Gains Steam in the States
By David Armiak | at
Faced with the potential expansion of the Supreme Court, the political Right wants to amend the Constitution to limit the Court to nine justices.