Investigating Power
Businesses and investors must take action on this growing threat, but they should prepare for significant pushback. In recent years, Dismantling advocates have mounted a large-scale advocacy effort to undercut businesses and investors working to address Environmental, Social, and Governance risks. As reported by Center for Media and Democracy, their arguments center around the claim […]
Progress Michigan says the Mackinac Center’s connections to the Heritage Foundation run deep, noting that both are members of the State Policy Network, described by the Center for Media and Democracy as “the tip of the spear of far-right, nationally funded policy agenda in the states that undergirds extremists in the Republican Party.” Additionally, Progress […]
As the 2021 chair of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, Adams sat on a panel with Israeli-American Council CEO Elan Carr, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump as the Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism — a position focusing on foreign policy. Carr told the audience that Adams was a “champion” […]
ALEC, Campaign Finance, Democracy
David Armiak, research director at the Center for Media and Democracy, says that overturning Citizens United would be a way to bring integrity back to politics and “get back to a situation where politicians actually listen to their constituents and visit with their constituents, rather than those that give them a bunch of money.”
Although it is uncertain if there is a financial link between ALEC and the financial technology groups supporting the earned-wage access bills, ALEC is known to peddle its influence for money, said David Armiak, research director for the Center for Media and Democracy. “The more money you spend, the more influence you get,” Armiak told The […]
Bradley Files, Education, Koch
The Bradley Foundation spent $7.5 million to fund 34 state affiliates of the State Policy Network to push conservative policy agendas, including privatizing education, and $8.3 million to building a youth movement to “win the American Culture War.”
The financial supporters for the Courage Tour are not yet clear, but Wallnau’s media channels have attracted a broad range of donors. According to the Center for Media and Democracy’s David Armiak, these include, unsurprisingly, Mike Lindell’s MyPillow (another partner in the Courage Tour) and the conservative Christian dark money groups, the Capstone Legacy Foundation […]
Campaign Finance, Democracy, Elections, Koch
David Armiak, research director and investigative journalist at the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), notes in an interview that, increasingly, brand new nonprofits “that haven’t filed any IRS disclosure yet” are formed and start running issue ads or targeting candidates just weeks before voters go to the polls. Such pop-up groups—usually super PACs or […]
The Center for Media and Democracy’s research informed this report and is cited throughout.
The American Legislative Exchange Council proposed a piece of legislation dubbed the “Marriage Contract Act,” which would have eliminated no-fault divorce. [Center for Media and Democracy, ALEC Exposed, 2/13/17]