…bill is the latest in a string of proposed legislation to punish companies that adopt responsible business practices that ALEC has promoted, including the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act, which focuses…
Dispatches From the COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt
This is a series of annual special reports for CMD from guest contributor Alex Carlin about his observations at the United Nations climate conference. — CMD Editors #6: Real Solutions…
New Documents Show ALEC Targeting School Board and Other Local Races
…the National Association of Counties, or the National School Boards Association. What it does have though is a track record of advancing the legislative wish lists of special interests willing…
Republican State Financial Officers Bring ESG Fight to Washington
…very similar to ALEC’s Energy Discrimination Elimination Act that “makes it clear that investing along ESG guidelines is a breach of fiduciary duties,” CMD reported. SFOF, Heritage, and the Texas…
Koch-Funded Legal Group Fights to Protect Online Covid Misinformation
…Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary; and Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General. In September, Judge Doughty…
Richard Uihlein Goes All-In For Johnson in Wisconsin Senate Race
…nation’s largest donors to federal and state political campaigns. Nicholson’s PAC has reported making $562,591 in independent expenditures in the Johnson race as of Oct. 15, both supporting Johnson and…
ALEC Held Third Voter Suppression Summit with Dark Money Group This Summer
…email included a template invitation to the Leadership Dinner signed by the host committee, which includes the following board members: Arizona Senate President and ALEC’s 2022 National Chairwoman Karen Fann…
GOP Megadonor Looks to Inject Late Cash Into Wisconsin Governor’s Race with Oct. 5 Fundraiser for Tim Michels
…Evers (D) on November 8 in what has shaped up to be a tight race in the most expensive gubernatorial general election in the nation. Michels had originally said that…
Koch’s Political Operation Bets Big On Direct Voter Contact in Wisconsin U.S. Senate Race
…of July. The Senate Leadership Fund is a Republican super PAC closely associated with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, political strategist Karl Rove, and Rove’s dark money group One Nation….
Kyrsten Sinema Has Many Friends in Private Equity
…(CMD) review of federal campaign finance records shows that since the 2018 election cycle, many executives and lobbyists from the nation’s top private equity firms have showered Sinema’s campaign with…