Vice President Mike Pence will speak at a capitol rally organized by groups linked to school privatization advocates like the Bradley Foundation and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Pence to Speak at Madison School Choice Event
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Right-Wing Business Billionaires Launch Attack on Bernie Sanders
By Alex Kotch | at
Yesterday, the billionaire-funded Club for Growth Action released an ad criticizing Sanders’s health care and climate change policies.
Ohio’s Right-Wing Buckeye Institute Goes National
By Don Wiener and Arn Pearson | at
The Ohio-based Buckeye Institute has nearly doubled its revenues in recent years and is increasingly taking its pro-corporate fights to other states.
Right-Wing Megadonors Are Financing Media Operations to Promote Their Ideologies
By Alex Kotch | at
Some of the wealthiest conservative donors in the U.S. have poured over $100 million into media since 2015, a CMD analysis has found.
Koch Spends More in 2019 to Stop Action on Climate
By Don Wiener | at
Koch Industries spent $11 million in 2019 lobbying Congress to block climate action, renewable energy subsidies, automobile fuel efficiency standards, and donor disclosure.
Koch-Favored DonorsTrust Keeps Funding Anti-Muslim and Anti-LGBTQ Hate Groups
By Alex Kotch | at
The bigoted nonprofits that wealthy conservatives fund through DonorsTrust include some that the Southern Poverty Law Center identifies as hate groups.
Justice Kelly’s Campaign Haul for Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat Eclipses Opponents
By David Armiak | at
GOP megadonors helped Justice Kelly raised $800,000 in 2019, more than double his nearest challenger.
Right-Wing PragerU Triples Revenue in Two Years
By Don Wiener | at
Recent tax filings show that “most viewed conservative site in world” saw dramatic growth after Trump’s election, and has paid its founder and his brother close to $1 million.
Group Behind Wisconsin Voter Purge Lawsuit Has Strong GOP Ties
By David Armiak and Arn Pearson | at
Crusade to remove 200,000 voters from the rolls by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty stands to benefit Trump, a right-wing state Supreme Court justice, and the big Republican donors and strategists that lead and bankroll the group – and have donated at least $12 million to Wisconsin GOP causes and candidates.
Ex-Pharma Lobbyist Embedded in White House Tanked Drug Pricing Bill, While His Former Employer Helped From the Outside
By Alex Kotch | at
Former Gilead Sciences lobbyist Joe Grogan pushed Trump to ditch his support for a House bill to lower drug prices while Gilead-linked groups advertised and lobbied against it.