Investigating Power
Campaign Finance, Democracy, Elections, Extremism, RAGA
“RAGA Discloses $3.7 Million in Third-Quarter Revenue with the General Election Just Weeks Away” (Center for Media and Democracy) … “ULINE CEO Pours Another $7.1 Million Into His Restoration PAC to Boost Anti-Abortion and Right-Wing Candidates and Causes” (Center for Media and Democracy)
They are also much better funded than people might think. The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), which monitors the constitutional convention movement, estimates that it pulled in $25m (£22m) in 2020, the last year for which figures are known. The funds were split between Cosa and other influential groups on the right. They include […]
“Contributions to the NFIB network of nonprofits over the last 6 years are difficult to track because the organizations do not disclose their funding sources or, in the case of the trade association NFIB, its members,” David Armiak, the research director for the Center for Media and Democracy, told Workday Magazine and the Prospect over […]
Campaign Finance, Democracy, Elections
On Sept. 21, Mangan dismissed a separate complaint brought against the super PAC by the national watchdog nonprofit Center for Media and Democracy. CMD filed the complaint in August alleging that CSPF violated state law by concealing the true source of its funding. The super PAC, which spent more than $126,000 in Montana, got more than […]
No More Time for Career Politicians − the opposition group − has reported just two contributions in total from individuals Daniel Rich and Joseph Rich who − through their trusts − gave $50,000 each. Two individuals with the same names have also contributed to Term Limits Action which is registered at the same address as […]
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 […]