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
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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.
Goldwater Institute’s Influence Apparent in AZ Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Prop. 207
By Scott Zimmerman and David Armiak | at
The unprecedented ruling was made possible thanks to controversial moves by Gov. Doug Ducey and his GOP allies in the legislature over the past two years.
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.
Rep. Taylor and Center for Media and Democracy Rebuff Legal Threat from ALEC Speaker
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
David Horowitz, a right-wing provocateur who claimed President Obama was a Muslim and a top Clinton aide was part of the Muslim Brotherhood, claims “hatemonger” label is defamatory.
Heavy-Handed Industry Maneuver to Crush Soda and Grocery Taxes Is on Oregon Ballot
By Rebekah Wilce | at
As public health advocates push for soda taxes to battle obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, the soda industry and its allies are playing hardball.
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.