Investigating Power
Democracy, Elections, Extremism
Is HEP non-partisan? The Center for Media and Democracy expresses a different opinion on its Source Watch website. Honest Elections Project (HEP) is a dark money voter suppression group formed in February 2020 that is a project of The 85 Fund.[1] The 85 Fund is the new legal name for the Judicial Education Project, a group closely linked […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
The Heritage Foundation was also a “meeting sponsor” of CNP’s 2022 annual conference, according to an agenda obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy. A description of a session led by the Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts stated that the foundation has been “a core partner of the Council for National Policy from the […]
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
David Armiak, of the progressive watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy, warned of the dangers of electing conspiracy theorists in even starker terms. “We’re in deep trouble for democracy, because if this group comes in power, they could potentially be in power continuously” by changing election rules to ensure their own re-election, he said. […]
Campaign Finance, Democracy, Elections, Extremism
The Center for Media and Democracy claims that Johnson established Conservative Action for America in Arizona using a virtual office address and directed $356,000 from the nonprofit to CSPF to fund the latter’s activity. Center for Media and Democracy Executive Director Arn Pearson told MTFP this month that his organization plans to file similar complaints […]
This is the disturbing conclusion from a survey by the Center for Media and Democracy of the 50 states’ laws on how delegates to an Article V convention would be chosen. In only one state — Rhode Island — would the voters have any role in the selection of the delegates. Everywhere else, it would be […]
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Economy
Enterprising grifters are also cashing in on the trend. “Anti-woke” money manager Strive ($DRLL), which launched this year with backing from Peter Thiel, recently announced it has $250 million in assets under management, building on a $20 million seed funding round in May. As Alex Kotch pointed out for the Center for Media and Democracy, […]
Which makes no sense at all because, as The Center for Media and Democracy pointed out, “Arizona isn’t home to many private equity firms, yet she has become the Senate’s leading defender of the industry.”
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
The Center for Media and Democracy has published the agenda for a recent CNP meeting, held February 22 to 24 at the Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel, California.
According to the Center For Media And Democracy’s Exposed project, “28 organizations controlled by Charles Koch, his family, and Koch Industries executives spent a combined $1.1 billion, primarily to influence public policy and politics in the U.S., and had net revenues of $2.7 billion.” CMD’s Connor Gibson reported that Koch money “has financed groups involved […]
Democracy, Economy, Extremism, Koch
Seid is a major but relatively low-profile donor to Republicans and right-wing causes, including to organizations that attack climate science. The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) notes that Seid is “closely allied with the Koch network and funnels dark money through the same groups used by the Kochs, including DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund.”