Investigating Power
Democracy, Education, Extremism, Trump
A 2021 investor prospectus circulated in August and obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) details a seven-pronged approach by the MAGA youth group led by Charlie Kirk to “win the American Culture War and to inspire our kids [to] love America again. The $43 million ask is close to $20 million more […]
With the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo at the heart of this operation, they funneled over $400 million through a network of front groups to guide hand-picked judicial nominees onto the federal courts, including Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.
Another military presence at the Capitol in January was the Veterans in Defence of Liberty – an organisation run by shadowy radical-right network Council for National Policy (CNP) member Dr Scott Magill. CNP’s membership includes radical-right actors, donors and Trump allies. Magill emailed his “fellow warriors and friends” to answer Trump’s “clarion call” and to […]
Gold’s long political involvement in the COVID-19 pandemic began with an organization, “A Doctor a Day,” started in May 2020 in coordination between the Trump campaign and the right-wing Council for National Policy to create an astroturf organization of doctors to support the Trump administration’s plans for a premature economic reopening.
The idea behind AFLDS was first floated during a May 11, 2020, conference call between a senior staffer in former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican activist group CNP Action, during which they reportedly discussed finding “extremely pro-Trump” doctors to go on TV and defend Trump’s plan to rapidly reopen the economy despite the […]
Bradley Files, Democracy, Extremism, Koch, SPN, Trump
Research from the Center for Media and Democracy is included in this reported prepared by U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow, Chuck Schumer, and Sheldon Whitehouse.
Turning Point USA is seeking sponsorships for its upcoming AmericaFest event in Phoenix, Arizona, with tiers ranging from $2,500 to $250,000. In addition, the Center for Media and Democracy reported this week that Kirk has been seeking to raise $43 million with an “investor prospectus” titled “Winning America’s Culture War.” (TPUSA disclosed $40 million in […]
ALEC, Democracy, Extremism, Trump
Center for Media and Democracy researchers consulted and provided information to Robert O’Harrow for this piece.
Bradley Files, Democracy, Koch, SPN
The Center for Media and Democracy’s research into the funding of amicus briefs for U.S. Supreme Court cases was cited multiple times in this piece from U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse for The Yale Law Journal.
Bradley Files, Democracy, Extremism
The Bradley Foundation helped finance the supposedly grassroots uprising against COVID-19 restrictions and mask mandates that took place throughout 2020, according to an analysis from the Center for Media and Democracy.