…was a hot topic at ALEC’s annual meeting last month, where participants were fed materials distributed by the country’s most notorious anti-abortion groups and invited to a reception on opening…
ALEC Feeds Lawmakers a Steady Diet of Anti-Abortion Arguments
…and came armed with materials filled with falsehoods and right-wing talking points. Trading in Falsehoods The materials anti-abortion groups circulated at the meeting contained substantial misinformation about fetal development and…
Anti-Woke and Fossil Fuel Industry Operatives Dominate ALEC’s Energy Task Force
…fighting woke capitalism. As an adjunct fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), he joined Scott Shepard, director of NCPPR’s Free Enterprise Project, and Utah State Treasurer…
Fossil Fuel Consultant and Leonard Leo Lieutenant Lobby ALEC Lawmakers on “Stopping ESG”
…forces (Energy, Environment, and Agriculture, along with Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development) at its State and Nation Policy Summit last December, but ALEC’s board of directors rejected it due to…
ALEC Plots Post-Dobbs Strategy at 50th Annual Meeting
…by supporting external efforts by other dark money groups like the so-called “Honest Elections Project,” for example. ALEC has tried to highlight business and fiscal interests to insulate the group…
ALEC Ditches Free Market and Limited Government Principles at its 50th Annual Meeting
…total misrepresentation of history. “The challenge of my generation was the communists, who were, of course, very committed socialists,” he continued, again misconstruing basic facts. “The challenge of your generation…
ALEC Considers Blacklisting Companies That Voluntarily Recognize Unions
…major employers have recently adopted neutrality agreements. In January, Microsoft recognized the Communication Workers of America as the bargaining representative for 300 video game testers at a subsidiary, its first…
Leading Anti-ESG Lobbyists Represent Firearms and Fossil Fuel Industries
…media commentary. Its staff members and guest speakers regurgitate climate conspiracy content—what they call “climate realism”—at Heartland’s annual climate conference, where earlier this year an anti-ESG state financial officer compared…
House Republicans Grease Dark Money Wheels in “Election Integrity” Bill
…encouraging free speech and the free exchange of ideas,” a coalition of dark money-funded groups wrote in support of the bill. While the bill has received the full-throated endorsement of…
ALEC State Lawmakers Lead Campaign to Conceal Conservative Donors
…to disclose its membership for fear of retribution—to make their case for keeping the identity of donors secret. This comes in the midst of national fear-mongering by Republicans—spearheaded by the…