…advocacy, such as the Alliance Defending Freedom, Americans for Prosperity, and the Reason Foundation. Americans for Prosperity and its affiliated foundation receive hundreds of millions of dollars from Koch-controlled organizations….
Heavy Hitters and Big Business Bankroll RAGA
…a major corporate sponsor of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and has used that pay-to-play organization to directly pitch tobacco industry deregulation to state lawmakers. Ronald Cameron: $250,000 Cameron…
Election Deniers Have Taken Over the RNC
…chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) Ronna McDaniel was forced to resign from her position under pressure amidst rising tension between Trump and the RNC. Under her leadership, the…
How a Right-Wing Florida Group Influenced Wyoming’s Election Laws
…Singh is now running for his second term and has since introduced legislation to ban sanctuary cities and counties and secured the endorsement of the Koch-aligned Americans for Prosperity in…
Teaching Teachers to Bust Unions
…to siphon teachers away from the union, which is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Freedom Foundation developed a new association called the Miami-Dade Education Coalition (MDEC), and…
The Right-Wing Network Manufacturing the War Against Higher Education
…in state legislatures across the country during 2021-2023. While these bills are typically interpreted as an “organic” consequence of increasing polarization among Americans, the current wave of legislation targeting higher…
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…
Big Oil Backs GOP Effort to Shield the Industry from Climate Litigation
…include: American Petroleum Institute (API), the oil and gas industry’s largest trade association Southern Company Services, a gas and electric utility holding company Valero Services, a petroleum refiner NextEra Energy…
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
…progress, including in public education and higher learning. Extremist and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon even called him “an American hero.” Rufo is credited as the architect of the right’s…