Research Cited

Who Is David Langdon? New Details On The Conservative Evangelical And Why He’s Attacking Elizabeth Warren

Source: YourTango | Published: 5/17/2019

According to Ohio state records, The Coalition to Restore American Values is a 501c4 registered non-profit organization. But according to SourceWatch, the sole thing that The Coalition to Restore American Values has done is donate more than $400,000 in advertisements to support Scott Walker. The SourceWatch report also says that nearly all the company’s funding comes from Center to Protect Patient Rights, a Koch Brothers-funded “think tank” headed up by Sean Noble.

More Preemptive ALEC Strikes

ALEC, Chambers of Commerce, Koch, SPN

Source: High Plains Reader | Published: 5/8/2019

Approved by ALEC, Americans for Prosperity, Koch Industries, Peabody Energy, US Chamber of Commerce, and Exxon Mobil in 2018, the copycat bill is dubbed the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, and it seeks to conceal actions and curtail dissent against the oil and gas industry, according to The Center for Media and Democracy.

A Former Corn-Syrup Lobbyist is Drafting New Federal Dietary Rules (Seriously)

Democracy

Source: Los Angeles Times | Published: 5/7/2019

She also has served as a trustee of the International Life Sciences Institute, which, according to SourceWatch, “was first established in 1978 by Coca-Cola, Heinz, Kraft, General Foods and Procter & Gamble.”

Conservatives Criticize FirstEnergy Nuclear Bailout Bill as ‘Corporate Welfare’

Koch, SPN

Source: Energy News Network | Published: 5/6/2019

The Center for Media and Democracy’s SourceWatch project has noted that both the Buckeye Institute and Americans for Prosperity have ties to brothers Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries, who are known for supporting far-right policy positions.

Report: Trump Adviser Set Up Training For Project Veritas

Democracy

Source: Hill Reporter | Published: 5/3/2019

Project Veritas, headed by self-described “guerilla journalist” James O’Keefe, is known for creating dubious videos in which they film political figures without their knowledge. The group then takes these videos, edits them in a heavily deceptive way, and uses them as “proof” to allege wrongdoings by those individuals they initially filmed, according to SourceWatch.org.

Preemptive Strikes: Bags, Guns, Zoning, and a Living Wage

ALEC

Source: High Plains Reader | Published: 5/1/2019

ALEC reports that it is the largest membership driven organization of legislators in the nation, and yet only two percent of its revenue comes from membership dues, according to The Center for Media and Democracy. The rest of the funding — as the organization works with a yearly deficit of approximately $1 million every year — is donated by captains of industry, Koch Companies, UPS, State Farm Insurance, the tobacco industry, the oil industry, the coal industry, big pharma, and big food-developers.

In Some Pennsylvania Pro-Fracking Corners, Name-calling, False Claims, and Swastika-Laden Images Circulate

ALEC

Source: DeSmog | Published: 5/1/2019

In February, the Center for Media and Democracy published a review of workplace discrimination and harassment lawsuits that found corporate members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has drafted template bills supporting fracking, “Are Leaders in Workplace Discrimination and Harassment.”

Right-Wingers Urge Workers to Abandon Unions

Koch, SPN

Source: Geneseo Republic | Published: 4/25/2019

IPI [Illinois Policy Institute] is an ultra-conservative think tank with offices in Springfield and Chicago, and a member of the State Policy Network, according to the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), an independent watchdog group based in Madison, Wis.

Out-of-State Corporate Interests Fighting Legislation to Protect Alabama’s Small Businesses

Democracy, Economy

Source: Alabama Political Reporter | Published: 4/24/2019

“Through videos and other techniques, IFA [International Franchise Association] has sought to vilify Americans seeking better wages and basic benefits,” according to Sourcewatch.org.

Right-Wing Legislator Offered to Help Enact Violence Against Constituents

ALEC

Source: Truthout | Published: 4/24/2019

Washington State Rep. Matt Shea (R-Spokane) has found himself back in the spotlight again, this time for messages sent and received through the Signal app discussing acts of violence against and surveillance of left-wing activists, as revealed by The Guardian.