…by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group, Alliance Defending Freedom is a major pusher of so-called “campus free speech” legislation and in recent years has been an…
Koch Joins Solar Industry Association While Fighting Solar Expansion
…and Koch Companies Public Sector’s Michael Morgan serves on ALEC’s Corporate Board. ALEC wants residential and commercial solar generators who sell excess electricity back to utility companies to pay for…
ALEC “Academy” Featured a Who’s Who of Voter Suppression Leaders
…in July stated that “13 legislators from across the country” would be in attendance, but the materials acquired by CMD do not include an attendance list. Rather than email materials…
Dispatches from the COP26 Climate Talks in Glasgow
…studies and scant consultations with local communities. A whistleblower complaint was also filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that ReconAfrica has misled investors by producing overly positive…
Turning Point USA Seeks $43 Million to Escalate the Right’s Culture War in American Schools
…million to wage a culture war in campuses and public schools across the United States. A 2021 investor prospectus circulated in August and obtained by the Center for Media and…
ALEC Voter Suppressors Square Off in GOP Primary for Arizona Secretary of State
…Pinnacle West, Freeport-McMoran, Southwest Gas, the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, and utility Salt River Project. Finchem and Bolick both sponsored Arizona’s bill HB 2905, signed by the governor in July,…
Republican AGs Expand Their Pay-to-Play Operation
…Fund, Koch Industries, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, fossil fuel, telecom, and drug companies, and the National Rifle Association. Along with its 501(c)(4) affiliate the Rule of Law Defense Fund…
ALEC Leaders Boast About Anti-Abortion, Anti-Trans Bills
…ALEC has “acted as a resource for legislators” and planned to develop a “model policy” with the Honest Elections Project at its July meeting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9cI54xp8DQ Mississippi Speaker of the House…
Maine Ethics Commission Will Investigate ALEC Campaign Software Scheme
…Matthew Harrington, but the Commission dismissed the complaint with respect to both legislators after hearing testimony that neither used the software, dubbed ALEC CARE. An ALEC affidavit makes clear that…
GOP Megadonor Art Pope Plays Leading Role in GOP Gerrymandering Operation
…legislature, thereby finalizing a complete takeover of North Carolina’s government. Pope also successfully sued to overturn the 2001 district maps drawn by Democrats and worked with the late Republican map…