…“judge whisperer” and Federalist Society board co-chair, also made a $1-million contribution to RAGA in the first quarter, bringing its total for the year to $4 million. This again makes…
Candace Owens’ ‘Blexit’ Operation Bankrolled by Wealthy White Conservatives
…establishing the foundation behind right-wing media site The Federalist, and hosting other conservative causes. Automobile auction billionaire Willis Johnson gave the Blexit Foundation $100,000 in 2020 through his private foundation,…
Koch-Funded Litigation Group Fights to Protect Covid Misinformation
…claims about scientific consensus. Standards in medicine are “set by professional groups” like the California chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Infectious Disease Society of America, he…
Charles Koch’s Campaign to Make Dark Money Even Darker
…Naomi Schaffer-Riley, who is affiliated with the Koch-funded American Enterprise Institute and Independent Women’s Forum, presented the lawsuit as an antidote to “woke philanthropy” and “cancel culture.” DonorsTrust, the Federalist…
ALEC Doubles Down on Punishing ESG Firms
…voters surveyed was that companies should be able to exercise discretion to invest in ESG initiatives that benefit society without government interference.” ALEC is a pay-to-play operation in which state…
“Dark Money ATM” Injected Right-Wing Groups with $123 Million in 2021
…all grantees with $3.8 million. The highly influential Federalist Society, “an organization of 60,000 lawyers, law students, scholars, and other individuals” co-chaired by Leonard Leo and “dedicated to reforming the…
Koch Group Fails to Stop Medicaid Expansion Amendment in South Dakota
…of respondents support expanded Medicaid, and a similar poll by the American Cancer Society at the beginning of September showed that 70% of Wisconsinites are in favor of expanding Medicaid….
Dispatches From the COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt
…COP. The moral voices in our society are still calling for “net-zero,” which leaves a planet that no one claims can support humanity as we know it. Thus it can…
The Thomas More Society and Other Outside Groups’ Influence on Partisan Wisconsin Election Investigation
…Michael Gableman had listed as his new employer the Thomas More Society, a conservative legal organization that was involved in various efforts to cast doubt on the election’s results. The…
Koch Network Uses National Philanthropic Trust to Conceal Transactions
…his work with the John Birch Society during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s—continues unabated. The Bill of Rights Institute, an organization operating out of Koch’s…