The Republican Party and numerous allied groups are taking an “all-of-the-above” approach to restrict voting as much as they possibly can in this year’s November elections.
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Conservative Plutocrats Pour Enormous Sums of Money into GOP Super PACs
A CMD analysis of campaign finance data has found that just 44 individuals, couples, families, or corporations have poured more than $230 million into conservative super PACs in the 2020 cycle, nearly 60 percent of the total amount they raised.
Watchdog Groups Call for Ethics Investigation of Senator Ron Johnson’s Misuse of Committee to Promote Political Disinformation
Nonprofit ethics watchdogs American Oversight and the Center for Media and Democracy today submitted a complaint to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics calling for an investigation into Senator Ron Johnson’s abuse of his official position as chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
Facing Increased Scrutiny, TikTok Gave Money to State Attorneys General Groups
The Chinese-owned company made its first-ever political donation on June 30 to the Republican Attorneys General Association, followed by a donation to the group’s Democratic counterpart.
ALEC and GOP Push Corporate Immunity From COVID-19 Workplace Illnesses and Deaths
ALEC joins with other business lobbyists and Senate Republicans to back sweeping immunity for corporations that negligently spread coronavirus to their workers or customers.
Trump Megadonor in Charge of U.S. Postal Service Poses Grave Threat to U.S. Elections
As President Trump makes false claims about mail-in ballot fraud, one of his campaign’s megadonors has been installed at the helm of a financially ravaged Postal Service that will make or break the 2020 general elections.
American Legislative Exchange Council Backs Trump on Confederate Monuments, Policing
The corporate lobby group has reentered the culture wars by siding with Trump on race issues eight years after retreating because of public backlash against its “Stand Your Ground” and voter ID bills.
Partial Victory and a Punt by SCOTUS in Trump Financial Records Cases
In New York DA case, Court reaffirms important principle that president is not above the law, but the Court nonetheless may have given president Trump de facto win in congressional subpoena case.
U.S. Election Assistance Commissioners Join Voter Suppression Group to Discourage Mail-In Voting
The Republican commissioners appeared on a podcast made by True the Vote, a right-wing group that promotes voter roll purges, voter ID laws, and using retired military and police officers as poll watchers in minority precincts.
CMD Joins Groups Denouncing Attacks on Press Covering Anti-Racism Protests
There have been more than 320 reports of journalists being harassed, arrested, assaulted, and hurt during the nationwide protests against police violence and racial inequality that have erupted since George Floyd’s murder.