The 85 Fund also donated $750,000 to RealClearFoundation, a conservative nonprofit tied to the political news aggregator RealClearPolitics.
How Dark Money Bought A Supreme Court Seat
Source: The Daily Poster | Published: 12/19/2021
Research Cited
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Turning the US Into a Repressive Petrostate
Source: Jacobin | Published: 12/14/2021
Not long ago, the Center for Media and Democracy’s Alex Kotch reported on an ominous development in the fight to prevent climate disaster. Emails show that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Koch brothers’ venture that writes legislation for state and federal government on behalf of corporate interests, approved a new model bill to […]
The network of election lawyers who are making it harder for Americans to vote
Source: The Guardian | Published: 12/14/2021
At an Alec meeting on 1 December in California, Mitchell helped lead a secretive “process working group” session devoted to election and voting law changes and related matters that included several top legal allies such as Adams and Von Spakovsky, according to reports from the Center for Media and Democracy…”
Climate Groups Blast Alec for Legislation Against Fossil Fuel Divestment and Regulation
Source: Common Dreams | Published: 12/13/2021
On December 3rd, the Center for Media and Democracy reported that the American Legislative Exchange Council voted to support two pieces of model legislation attacking fossil fuel divestment titled the “Energy Discrimination Elimination Act” and “Resolution Opposing Securities and Exchange Commission and White House Mandates on Climate-Related Financial Matters.”
‘Woke Capitalism’ Discriminates Against Fossil Fuels, Conservative Lawmakers Say
Source: Vice | Published: 12/9/2021
An email sent by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and obtained and first reported by Center for Media and Democracy investigative reporter Alex Kotch sheds some light on the draft legislation’s backstory, describing how the policy was constructed to “fight back against woke capitalism” by protecting the fossil fuel industry.
Republicans’ New Obsession Is Fighting ‘Woke Capitalism’
Source: Gizmodo | Published: 12/9/2021
An email obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy from the director of an uber-conservative group backing the draft said it’s an “opportunity to push back against woke financial institutions that are colluding against American energy producers.” What it really is, though, is a way to protect the companies most responsible for destroying the […]
‘Alarming’: ALEC’s New Model Bill Would Penalize Banks for Divesting From Fossil Fuels
Source: Common Dreams | Published: 12/8/2021
In an email obtained and first reported by Alex Kotch of the Center for Media and Democracy, Jason Isaac, director of the Koch-funded Texas Public Policy Foundation, wrote that “this morning at the ALEC Committee meetings you’ll have the opportunity to push back against woke financial institutions that are colluding against American energy producers.”
Our Republicans Do Love Their Slogans
Source: Esquire | Published: 12/8/2021
This morning at the ALEC Committee meetings,” Jason Isaac, director of the Koch-funded Texas Public Policy Foundation, wrote last Friday morning, “you’ll have the opportunity to push back against woke financial institutions that are colluding against American energy producers.” The email—obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, and first reported by CMD investigative journalist […]
‘Critical energy theory’: Right wing declares war on ‘woke’ climate policy
Source: MSNBC | Published: 12/8/2021
This segment from All in With Chris Hayes features research first published in the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) piece, “ALEC Launches Attack on Banks That Divest From Fossil Fuels.” CMD consulted with reporter Kate Aronoff, who was interviewed for the segment, for her piece in The New Republic titled, “Conservatives Have a New […]
Conservatives Have a New Bogeyman: Critical Energy Theory
Source: The New Republic | Published: 12/7/2021
“This morning at the ALEC Committee meetings,” Jason Isaac, Director of the Koch-funded Texas Public Policy Foundation wrote last Friday morning, “you’ll have the opportunity to push back against woke financial institutions that are colluding against American energy producers.” The email—obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), and first reported by CMD investigative […]