…the organization, stating, “Our company has no tolerance for racist, white supremacist or sexist comment or ideals.” AT&T and Comcast also left ALEC for the same reason. In early January…
ALECβs PR Man has a Dark Past as Spin Doctor for African Dictators
…machine, he has since retained that role and become the chief marketing officer. Meierling “manages crisis response and provides senior level counsel to investor-, government-, and public relations divisions of…
Watchdogs Filing Complaints in 15 States Against ALEC for Illegal Campaign Scheme
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 26, 2021 Contact: CMD: David Armiak, 608-229-6801, david@prwatch.org Common Cause: David Vance, 202-736-5712, dvance@commoncause.org Alliance for a Better Utah: Katie Matheson, 845-775-7901, press@betterutah.org The Center for…
CMD Files IRS Whistleblower Complaint Against ALEC for Illegal In-Kind Campaign Contributions Worth More Than $6 Million
…all of whom are Republicans, have a total value of more than $6 million per election cycle.” CMD and Common Cause are also filing campaign finance complaints with the appropriate…
Joe Manchin May Block Federal Budget That Would Cost Him Coal Profits
…in the company, according to his most recent financial disclosure. Despite this blatant financial conflict of interest, Manchin chairs the influential Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction…
Republicans Trumpify Electoral System to Steal Future Elections
…contrary, Republicans have doubled down on Trump’s anti-democratic efforts to manipulate elections to their advantage. Using the evidence-free Big Lie that Democrats stole the presidency by committing mass voter fraud…
Domino Theory: ALEC Lawmakers Eye Arizona-Style Election Audits in Other States
…Rep. David Eastman from Alaska and State Sens. Burt Jones and Brandon Beach from Georgia were given a tour of the audit. #AZauditpool pic.twitter.com/nWhFHGVg0Q — Griselda Zetino (@GriseldaZetino) June 8,…
Five ALEC Corporate Members Paid No Federal Taxes on Huge Profits in 2020
…and Williams Companies, an energy pipeline company ($278 million profit). One company, Fed Ex, received a tax rebate of $238 million. Representatives of all five companies have served on ALEC’s…
REVEALED: The Federalist Foundation’s Tax Records
…trustee Thomas W. Smith has given six- or seven-figure amounts to dozens of right-wing organizations, media operations, and free market academic programs, including the Daily Caller News Foundation, Koch’s Freedom…
Top ALEC Official Is Ringleader of Arizona Election Audit Circus
…explained on Tuesday, “are transforming several states into political systems that no longer meet the minimum conditions for free and fair elections.” In 2012, ALEC was forced to publicly disband…