Investigating Power
…during the 2011-2012 recall elections. The brief, submitted by CMD’s General Counsel Arn Pearson, argues in part that the fundamental principle of a fair and independent tribunal deeply rooted in…
…donor network.” CMD also reviewed news reports and press releases on the activities of a variety of Koch electioneering vehicles, including Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners Action Fund, Concerned Women…
…fully underway, many of these rightwing activists are already out on the streets, iPads in hand, i360 apps open, knocking on doors in an attempt to mobilize Republican or independent…
…tier aquatic exposure models.” In layperson’s terms the findings show that independent government scientists have a high level of concern about the risks to mammals, amphibians, fish, birds, and plants…
…Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). NRECA is a powerful trade association that represents more than 900 independent electric utilities. Its annual spending lobbying Congress regularly exceeds $2 million each year,…
…and the National Federation of Independent Business. ALEC and it’s “Jeffersonian Project,” a new 501(c)(4) arm, are lobbying for it. Throughout U.S. history, the Constitution has only been amended through…
…has gotten seemingly independent sources to mouth its talking points. The Chamber has also worked through ALEC to pressure state lawmakers against strengthening state-level false claims laws, as shown in…
…supposedly “independent” dark money groups during the 2011-2012 recall elections to the U.S. Supreme Court. As prosecutors ready their case, the secret money advocates at the heart of the investigation…
…to unlimited spending by nominally “independent” Super PACs and dark money nonprofits, the stakes could not be higher for the Kochs and their cronies who have worked for decades to…
…a rubber-stamp. State departments of education, like the CDE, are tasked with conducting independent reviews of applications for funding for charter schools, but it turns out the federal government and…
