CMD exposé and coalition letter of protest prompt major ALEC backer to abandon ship after David Horowitz’s vitriolic speech at ALEC’s annual meeting.
Verizon Dumps ALEC, Denounces Speaker as Racist
By David Armiak | at
Democracy
NC Decision to Bar Climate Science from Planning Will Prove Costly
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
North Carolina’s state legislature in 2012 passed what may have been the nation’s first state-wide global warming denial legislation.
Kochs Put Cash over Principle to Endorse Pro-ACA Rep. Will Hurd
By Don Wiener | at
Vote to give Kochs a $1.4 billion tax windfall trumps Affordable Care Act repeal when it comes to tight Texas House race.
Initiative 1634 Misleads on Grocery Taxes, Preempts Soda Taxes and Tramples Local Control
By Rebekah Wilce | at
Misleading ad campaigns spearheaded by industry giants spin soda as “basic human need.”
I Wrote Some of the Stolen Memos That Brett Kavanaugh Lied to the Senate About
By Lisa Graves | at
He should be impeached, not elevated.
Broad Coalition Calls on Corporations to Drop Funding for ALEC Over Horowitz Speeches
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
The Center for Media and Democracy has joined a coalition of 78 government reform, civil rights, labor, environmental, and advocacy organizations urging the largest corporate funders to cut ties with the corporate bill mill.
Kochs Drop Millions for Walker, Back Republicans Across the Ballot in Wisconsin
By David Armiak | at
The billionaire brothers are backing 19 candidates for office in the Badger State.
ALEC Launches Effort to Protect Gerrymandering from Judges
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
Efforts to limit the courts’ role in creating district maps come as 2020 redistricting looms.
“Nonpartisan” ALEC Will Celebrate 45th Gala with GOP Stars and Lobbyists at Trump Hotel
By David Armiak and Arn Pearson | at
ALEC curries favor with Trump with an event chairs and committee list that reads like a who’s who of GOP, corporate lobbyists, and union busters.
Trump Attacks on First Amendment Are Un-American
By Lisa Graves | at
The Center for Media and Democracy joins more than 350 news outlets across the country in denouncing Trump’s attacks on a free press.