Right-wing funders have given nearly $69 million to 11 groups that submitted Supreme Court amicus briefs in support of eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Board, a key reform enacted in the wake of the Great Recession.
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Pence to Speak at Madison School Choice Event
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.
Justice Kelly’s Campaign Haul for Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat Eclipses Opponents
GOP megadonors helped Justice Kelly raised $800,000 in 2019, more than double his nearest challenger.
Right-Wing PragerU Triples Revenue in Two Years
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.
Ex-Pharma Lobbyist Embedded in White House Tanked Drug Pricing Bill, While His Former Employer Helped From the Outside
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.
Some of America’s Biggest Corporations Help Finance Anti-Impeachment Ads
Pharmaceutical, energy, and defense industry interests have poured money into dark-money groups that promote their corporate agendas…and now advertise against impeachment.
Trump’s “Social Media Summit” Allies Spread Propaganda Attacking Impeachment
Many of the same fringe figures and media outlets that Trump invited to the White House are faithfully playing defense for the president during damning impeachment hearings.
Trump Appoints Stephen Moore, ALEC’s Favorite Economist, to Fed
Stephen Moore, Trump’s most recent appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, has served as the American Legislative Exchange Council’s leading voice for austerity and anti-labor policies for over a decade.
Trump Taps Climate Denier to Lead a Secret White House Climate Panel
Physicist and climate science denier William Happer has no formal training in climate science.
“The House is on Fire,” Climate Strikes Come to America March 15
Youth lead the way demanding climate action.