Investigating Power
ALEC, Bradley Files, Democracy, Trump
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…”
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Economy, Environment
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.”
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Environment
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.
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Economy, Environment
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 […]
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Economy, Environment
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.”
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Environment, Koch
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 […]
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Economy, Environment
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 […]
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Environment
“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 […]
The Center for Media and Democracy says more than 100 corporations have canceled their ALEC membership since 2011 as a result of ongoing investigations and “whistleblowers wanting to make a difference.”
The Center for Media and Democracy found that right-wing donors and foundations gave a total of $9.2 million to ALEC from 2014 to 2019.