Voters in Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, and California passed ballot initiatives that boost renewables and challenge fossil fuel interests.
Cities and States Strengthen Clean Energy and Tax Oil in 2020 Ballot Measures
By Alex Kotch | at
Economy
Secretive Council for National Policy Closely Tied to Trump
By David Armiak | at
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
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
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
By Alex Kotch | at
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
By Alex Kotch | at
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
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.
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.
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.
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.