IRS filings obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy show that the Charles Koch Foundation gave $141 million to universities and colleges, right-wing organizations, and other causes in 2019.
Economy
Voters Pass Economic Justice Measures Despite Corporate Opposition
While House Democrats took a hit in the 2020 elections, voters in several states favored progressive policies.
Cities and States Strengthen Clean Energy and Tax Oil in 2020 Ballot Measures
Voters in Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, and California passed ballot initiatives that boost renewables and challenge fossil fuel interests.
Secretive Council for National Policy Closely Tied to Trump
Secretive right-wing Christian group’s ties to Trump and GOP go beyond coordinated effort to confirm Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, documents show.
Net Worth of Wisconsin Billionaires Jumps $11 Billion Since Pandemic
Spike in wealth – led by John Menard, Jr., Herbert Kohler, Jr., and Diane Hendricks – is five times more than Wisconsin’s $2 billion revenue shortfall, according to a new report.
GOP Politicians and Conservative Groups Set the Stage for Attempted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor
The billionaire family of Education Sec. Betsy DeVos funded a political group that helped organize anti-lockdown protests, and Trump and other GOP figures stirred the pot by claiming Gov. Whitmer is a tyrant.
Koch-Funded Legal Group Pushes to Allow Mass Evictions During Pandemic
The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit heavily funded by the Charles Koch Foundation, succeeded in getting the Trump administration to greenlight eviction proceedings despite its eviction moratorium.
Koch Super PAC Touts GOP Senators’ Support for “Junk” Insurance Plans
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.
More Than 100 Funders of State Policy Network Revealed
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.
House Testimony: Postmaster Louis DeJoy Should Be Fired or Resign
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.