Investigating Power
“At issue is whether GOP Attorney General Dave Yost should be required to provide records to an appeals court that had been requested by the Center for Media and Democracy, which pertain to the nonprofit Republican association as well as its fundraising arm, the Rule of Law Defense Fund. Yost’s office also is fighting a […]
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s five-year refusal to comply with a public records request from a progressive watchdog went before the Ohio Supreme Court for the third time on Wednesday. The Center for Media and Democracy in March 2020 issued records requests seeking documents pertaining to a winter meeting of the Republican Attorneys General Association […]
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) made the records request, which was limited to the time frame between February 2019 and the office’s response. The attorney general’s office answered that it had no records responsive to the center’s request or the information wasn’t a record, as defined in the Ohio Public Records Act. CMD […]
The records request, initially made by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) in March 2020, has been hovering in legal limbo, with the attorney general contending that he has no relevant records within the scope of CMD’s inquiry or that the requested information doesn’t qualify as a public record. The CMD urged the Tenth […]
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Environment
“For preemption laws, and the rapid explosion of them in state houses, it’s definitely ALEC that’s more responsible than any other group or organization or company,” explained David Armiak, research director with The Center for Media and Democracy, a nonprofit watchdog group, who investigates dark money in American politics. According to Armiak, the group is […]
That “aggressive pursuit” Lipton described goes both ways. According to emails and documents obtained by the nonpartisan Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), Republican attorneys general offer lobbyists and lawyers private, confidential meetings in exchange for contributions to RAGA, which—as a 527 political organization—can raise unlimited amounts of cash from individuals and corporations. Another RAGA […]
Democracy, Economy, Extremism, SFOF
Israel Bonds are advertised and marketed in the U.S. through an extensive sales operation, which includes a network of sales offices in the U.S. Documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy show a close relationship between SFOF members and Israeli government officials. A flyer for a virtual event list several state financial officials […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Media, Trump
The next month, as the Center for Media and Democracy reports, when committee co-chair Liz Cheney announced that Trump had attempted to contact an unnamed witness who was set to testify, Budowich shot back by tweet: “The media has become pawns of the Unselect Committee. Liz Cheney continues to traffic in innuendos and lies that go […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism
Experts questioned these activities. “It appears that For Liberty & Justice is violating its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by assisting the campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz and the Republican Party,” said David Armiak, research director with the Center for Media and Democracy, a national watchdog organization. “According to IRS rules, 501(c)(3) organizations, including churches, ‘cannot participate […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
An 88-page report by the Center for Media and Democracy, a progressive nonprofit watchdog group, found evidence that state election officials in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have previously denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election or have spread false claims about voter fraud.