Investigating Power
…corporate accountability. Arn also served as the executive director of the Maine Citizen Leadership Fund from 1996 to 2006, where he oversaw the successful legal defense and implementation of the…
…appears to be a preferred investment vehicle of the Koch network of funders. In the past, the Koch’s Knowledge and Progress Fund was a key donor to Donors Trust. Today,…
…a sophisticated, lavishly-funded, nationwide campaign bankrolled by billionaires, including Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and the Koch Brothers. The Bradley Foundation has spent over $135 million to defund labor; Donors Trust/Donors…
…corruption, fraud and illegality go unstopped and unpunished, government waste continues unchecked, and fundamental government functions and services are compromised. Affronts to the Public’s Right to Know Thomas Jefferson wrote…
…2014 that it had “no plans to participate, fund, or join the organization.” Numerous fossil fuel companies and their trade associations are members, including Koch Industries, ExxonMobil, Peabody Energy, Chevron,…
…his billionaire buddy, hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, and Hyatt Hotel heir JB Pritzker, who is running in the Democratic primary. To kick-off his primary run and re-election, Rauner gave…
…in the segregationist south and understand that the well-off will take the money and run, leaving community schools without the funding they need and deserve. The Koch network of funders…
…decision on confirming appointments to the agency. Fundraising documents obtained by The Intercept and the watchdog group Documented show that Wheeler hosted campaign fundraisers for two members of the Senate…
…telecomm industry has given him $20,000 altogether. Ironically this is a little more than what he spent from his campaign funds on business suits. You read it right – he…
…have fought the federal government over and tax breaks hedge-fund managers living in the Virgin Islands. And it sets the stage for a sweeping attack on the New Deal and…
