The long running criminal investigation into whether or not Scott Walker and deep-pocketed dark money groups illegally coordinated the expenditure of some $30 million to win the 2012 recall elections should be old news by now.
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Contempt of Court: Trump’s Judicial Blitz Betrays His Hostility to Rule of Law
Some of Trump’s most egregious nominees have dropped out, but his onslaught on the judiciary is very dangerous.
‘Influence Watch’ Website Launched: Berman, ALEC, Heartland Copy CMD’s Sourcewatch.org Site
Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Fearing 2018 Democratic Wave, Right-Wing Lobbyists Are Mobilizing Against a $15 Minimum Wage Push
Rick Berman, a corporate lobbyist, is busy mobilizing business groups to go on “offense” with the aim of killing minimum wage hikes.
Carrying Water for the Kochs, Mackinac Center Misleads on Professional Licensing
The Koch brothers have been on a tear, demanding the roll back of occupational licensing in states, claiming that “government overreach” is creating “barriers to opportunity” for average Americans.
ALEC Gives Top Award to Legislator Jailed for Trying to Sneak Loaded Gun on a Plane
Colorado State Representative Lori Saine (R-63) arrested in route to American Legislative Exchange Council States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville
GOP Angles for More Campaign Cash, Less Disclosure
Policy riders buried in tax and spending bills would let in more political money, less light.
ALEC Hires Former Koch Staffer to Lead Its Energy Task Force
The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has hired Grant Kidwell, a former analyst from two major Koch-backed groups: Americans for Prosperity and the Charles Koch Institute.
Credo Delivers Petition to UPS Demanding that It Drop ALEC
Credo Action delivered a petition to the United Parcel Service with 84,453 signatures earlier today asking the company to dump the American Legislative Exchange Council.
ALEC Backs Extreme Climate Denial, Constitutional Rewrite, Corporate Wish List at Nashville Summit
ALEC States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, Tennessee December 6-8