QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene and other extremist candidates find growing support from the GOP and corporate executives.
Trump Megadonors, Freedom Caucus, and CEOs Bankroll QAnon-Supporting, Extremist Candidates
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Koch Super PAC Touts GOP Senators’ Support for “Junk” Insurance Plans
By Alex Kotch | at
Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Action is spending millions on TV and digital ads that claim vulnerable GOP senators are fighting for better health care. Their records indicate otherwise.
Koch Group Americans for Prosperity Action Spends $6.5 Million on Door-to-Door Canvassing
By Don Wiener | at
AFP Action is canvassing for GOP candidates in six key U.S. Senate races, making it one of the few political outfits going door-to-door during the COVD-19 pandemic.
More Than 100 Funders of State Policy Network Revealed
By David Armiak | at
Five right-wing funders provided 83 percent of the traceable cash between 2014-2019 for the group’s efforts to crush public employee unions, question climate science, undermine the Affordable Care Act, and privatize schools.
An All-Out Assault: GOP-Aligned Groups Attack Voting Rights From All Angles
By Alex Kotch | at
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.
House Testimony: Postmaster Louis DeJoy Should Be Fired or Resign
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
Lisa Graves, board president of CMD, called for DeJoy’s removal due to his conflicts of interest and alleged campaign finance violations at a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on Monday.
Right-Wing Groups Oppose Historic Illinois Progressive Income Tax Ballot Measure
By Don Wiener | at
Koch-funded groups are fighting against a state constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would make Illinois the 33rd state to have a graduated income tax.
Right-Wing Groups Push Fraud Narrative to Undermine COVID-19 Vote-by-Mail Measures
By David Armiak | at
Right-wing opponents to vote-by-mail and other reforms that would expand voter participation have been busy this summer trying to whip up opposition to the states’ attempts to accommodate voters during the pandemic and undermine public confidence in mail-in ballots.
Corporate Lobby Group Attacks Teachers’ Unions in Call for Schools to Reopen Despite COVID-19 Risks
By Alex Kotch | at
Bankrolled by anti-labor billionaires, the Job Creators Network is using its push for schools to reopen quickly as a wedge issue to attack teachers unions.
Conservative Plutocrats Pour Enormous Sums of Money into GOP Super PACs
By Alex Kotch | at
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.