Investigating Power
The Center for Media and Democracy has written about ALEC and presents a different view. It states that “ALEC is not a lobby; it is not a front group. It is much more powerful than that.” [emphasis in original] “Secretive meetings” of “corporate lobbyists and state legislators” work to craft “‘model bills’ to change our […]
“ALEC Eyes Sweeping Government Blacklists” (The Center for Media and Democracy)
Campaign Finance, Democracy, Koch
No billionaire has done more to exploit the political manipulation of rich people-friendly not-for-profits than Charles Koch, a deep pocket who, the Center for Media and Democracy notes, “controls a multibillion-dollar fleet of nonprofits that he and other wealthy business people have built into a massive influence machine over the past 20 years.” In the […]
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Economy, Environment, SFOF
“Republican State Financial Officers Bring ESG Fight to Washington” (The Center for Media and Democracy)
To this day, it’s unclear who funds the magazine—although, according to the Center for Media and Democracy’s Alex Kotch, 2019 tax returns reveal that at least some of its money comes from shipping supply billionaire and Republican mega-donor Richard Uihlein, and some from the Koch-linked DonorsTrust, which has been dubbed the “dark money ATM” of […]
As of 2020, according to data collected by the Center for Media and Democracy, the organization has received $3,023,077 from the Charles Koch Foundation, $1,008,000 from the Charles Koch Institute, and $1,000,000 from the 85 Fund, one of the dark money groups tied to right-wing judicial activist Leonard Leo, among other conservative donations.
Campaign Finance, Democracy, Elections, Koch
No billionaire has done more to exploit the political manipulation of rich people-friendly not-for-profits than Charles Koch, a deep pocket who, notes the Center for Media and Democracy, “controls a multibillion-dollar fleet of nonprofits that he and other wealthy business people have built into a massive influence machine over the past 20 years.” In the 2020 […]
ALEC, Democracy, Elections, Extremism
During a workshop at an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) policy summit last year, former Pennsylvania senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum explained how Republicans can keep power through structural imbalance alone, according to a recording obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy. Because so many Democratic voters are concentrated in urban areas, […]
Democracy, Education, Extremism, SPN, Wisconsin
In two of the school-based challenges, WILL has partnered with Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian nationalist juggernaut that has supported criminalizing gay sex and sterilizing transgender people. It’s challenging gender identity policies in several other states because, according to its website, it views the existence of transgender people an “existential threat to society.” The Madison-based […]
Democracy, Economy, Extremism, Koch
The forum’s board chair and heiress to the Vicks VapoRub fortune, Heather Higgins, boasted at a private donor retreat that the organization is part of the “Republican conservative arsenal” and conceded that it’s not neutral politically, according to reporting by the Center for Media and Democracy.