…Additional PhRMA members, including Allergan, Johnson & Johnson, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, and Teva Pharmaceuticals, are opioid manufacturers and have been sued by multiple states over their roles in the national crisis….
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Makes Unscheduled Appearance at ALEC Conference in Arizona to Promote Costly School Voucher Program
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos held a roundtable on “education freedom” with Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) yesterday at the ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit to promote her controversial…
Gerrymandering, Elections, School Privatization, and More on the Agenda as ALEC meets in Arizona
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) returns to the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona for its annual States and Nation Policy Summit this week. State lawmakers, the…
Koch network makes first jump into 2020 races, defending GOP senators
…Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), top Democratic targets who are being supported by conservative “dark money” group One Nation. The political ads come amid major changes to…
ALEC to Host “Free Speech Dinner” with Anti-LGBT Group in Arizona
…its annual States and Nation Policy Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona. The invitation, acquired through a public records request by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), states that ADF’s President,…
Koch Foundations Increased Media Investments in 2018
…the neo-Nazi rapped about the “Great Replacement,” a central white nationalist propaganda theory that claims immigrants of color will replace white populations. This wasn’t the first time the Daily Caller…
Wisconsin Governor Evers Signs ALEC-Inspired Bill to Criminalize Protest
…Legislature will engage in meaningful dialogue and consultation with Wisconsin’s Tribal Nations before developing and advancing policies that directly or indirectly affect our Tribal Nations and indigenous persons in Wisconsin.”…
Trump’s “Social Media Summit” Allies Spread Propaganda Attacking Impeachment
…in the 2016 election — donated $50,000 to TPUSA. Also that year, the group received contributions from the National Christian Foundation ($112,000), which funds several anti-LGBTQ hate groups, and National…
Koch Machine Steps up Lobbying to Stall Climate Action, Fight Donor Disclosure
…to prevent a vote in the Senate. “This bill would bring the U.S. government back into the fold with every other nation on Earth, as well as more than 3,600…
ALEC Doubles Down on Trump, Corporate Agenda at Annual Meeting in Texas
…The workshop features privatization advocates Robert Enlow, the president of EdChoice, Leah Vukmir, ALEC’s 2016 National Chair and current vice president of state affairs for the National Taxpayers Union, and…