…in ways that would compromise his ability to carry out his duties with the complete impartiality required.” Pruitt’s continued lack of transparency extends from a difficult nomination process in which…
ALEC Embraces Trumpism
…also aided ALEC, for example by co-chairing ALEC’s Civil Justice Task Force as it cranked out anti-consumer bills. Koch operative Marc Short, who previously led the Koch Brothers’ Freedom Partners,…
Republicans Are Fundraising Off America’s Healthcare Misery
…we’re going to go,” said Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), vice chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health. As long the future of health care remains undecided, the…
George Mason Students Sue University for Koch Funding Agreements
…and research in exchange for large financial contributions. Students filed their first Freedom of Information Act request that year, seeking grant and gift agreements between the university and CKF. They…
Charles Koch Ramps Up Higher Ed Funding to Fuel ‘Talent Pipeline’
…come mostly from the Charles Koch Foundation, go towards founding free-market academic centers, professorships, post-doctoral and graduate fellowships, scholarships, course creation, lecture series usually featuring speakers who come from universities…
DeVos Design Flaw: Math and Reading Scores in Michigan are Tanking
…tier in just 12 years. The state’s NAEP ranking on fourth grade reading has dropped from 28th in 2003 to 41st in 2015, the latest results. The fourth grade math…
Did Pruitt Lie about Fundraising for RAGA?
…Murray Energy, ExxonMobil or Devon Energy. As Martha Roberts at EDF wrote today, that is not the full truth: “Pruitt’s answer dodges the important truth. Letters [PDF] obtained through an…
Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm
…create during the financial crisis of 2009, also has numerous complaints against the company registered in its public database. A student in Massachusetts filed a complaint with the CFPB against…
Breaking Good News: Truth-Telling Gets an Oscar Nod
…American criminal justice system and racial discrimination from the Civil War to the modern day. And it includes CMD’s research. At their best, documentaries have the power to galvanize movements,…
Betsy DeVos: Transcript of James Madison Center Awards Banquet Speech, July 12, 2002
…wasn’t all that too long ago and she has been chairman of the Michigan Republican state committee, been a Republican National Committeewoman in the state of Michigan, has been active…