…and gas producers and trade groups including Enbridge, American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, and Western Energy Alliance contributed this quarter, with the Canadian-based company Cenovus Energy Inc. giving $100,000, the…
Election Deniers Have Taken Over the RNC
…Amy Kremer, who was one of the most active fundraisers in the Stop the Steal movement and whose organization secured the permit for the Save America rally in Washington on…
The Right-Wing Network Manufacturing the War Against Higher Education
A recent white paper by Isaac Kamola, director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, details the ongoing culture-war backlash against higher education in America, largely in response…
Big Oil’s Plan To Criminalize Pipeline Protests
…the American Petroleum Institute — a major trade group representing oil and gas companies — new pipeline safety legislation should “fill gaps in current law” with “additional measures covering disruption…
Extreme Right State Freedom Caucuses Create Big Headaches for Republicans
…Party. “Building Freedom caucuses in every state, composed of principled, America-First conservatives, will help better protect our liberties and American values in communities nationwide” and give state legislators “the tools…
The Big Money Behind Chris Rufo’s Right-Wing Agitating
…his outlet had “lost America’s trust” through a left-wing slant and an absence of viewpoint diversity. Berliner subsequently resigned from his position. Rufo has an undeniable knack for stoking right-wing…
Assets of Koch-Controlled Organizations Soar to Over $8.1 Billion
…particularly influential supporter of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Koch funding has enabled the spread of harmful cookie-cutter state law. Some of ALEC’s most infamous policies include voter suppression…
In Backlash to Campus Pro-Palestine Protests, Echoes of Standing Rock and the Global Crackdown on Climate Protest
…and federal policymakers began introducing “anti-terrorism” bills that stand to erode civil liberties and alter the landscape for protest and dissent far beyond the American antiwar movement—a playbook we’ve seen…
Railroad Owned by RFK Jr.’s Megadonor Repeatedly Violated Environmental and Safety Laws
…pro-Trump Make America Great Again Inc. super PAC, after donating $20 million to America First Action for the 2020 election. In the last election cycle (2021–22), he gave $15 million…
Covid Contrarian Doctor Scores Big With Far-Right Funding
…Americans’ abilities to make informed choices in the face of immense pressure. He did not conform to the prevailing orthodoxies about aspects of the pandemic that we now know were…