Investigating Power
Campaign Finance, Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Wisconsin
Restoration PAC is funded almost exclusively by Richard Uihlein, president of the Uline shipping and packaging company. The Center for Media and Democracy reported last month that Uihlein and his wife Elizabeth have already given more than $35 million to right-wing PACs and candidates.
ALEC, Climate, Democracy, Environment
“Anti-riot” laws: Six months after the Black Lives Matter movement reached its peak, 25 states introduced 53 bills conflating protests with riots. By the summer of 2021, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee all had anti-riot laws on the books. No actual violence or property damage is required to be a “rioter” in […]
As Arn Pearson of the Center for Media and Democracy noted, “Contrary to his campaign promises, Trump has flouted the most basic anti-corruption principles embedded in our Constitution and woven into the fabric of our democracy. He has thrown open the floodgates to personal financial gain and corporate special interests alike, and invited the alligators […]
The Center for Media and Democracy describes ALEC as “a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wish lists to benefit their bottom line.”
Bradley Files, Democracy, Extremism, Trump
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) consulted on and provided research that was cited in this report by Isabela Dias for Mother Jones. For a more detailed analysis of Bradley’s 2022 funding see CMD’s December 2023 piece titled, “Bradley Funneled $86 Million to Right-Wing Litigation, Policy, Media, Youth Groups, and Higher Education in 2022.”
Campaign Finance, Climate, Democracy, Economy, Environment, RAGA
CleanTechnica readers, who are all above average, may find it curious that the attorney general of every red state has decided to join this lawsuit. How does such cooperation happen? MAGA lunatic are always looking for conspiracy theories and here is one happening right out in plain sight. Is anyone curious how something like that […]
These bills appear to have begun multiplying in state Capitols around the country right around the time that the American Legislative Exchange Council — the corporate-funded “bill mill” that produces model legislation for state legislatures to copy and tailor — published an “Asbestos Litigation Over-Naming Reform Act.” That’s according to the Center for Media and […]
Bradley Files, Extremism, Trump
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) consulted on and provided research for this report from Peter Stone. For a more detailed analysis of Bradley’s funding see CMD’s “Bradley Funneled $86 Million to Right-Wing Litigation, Policy, Media, Youth Groups, and Higher Education in 2022” piece from December 2023.
Campaign Finance, Democracy, Economy, Elections, Extremism, RAGA
A new disclosure first published today by the Center for Media and Democracy revealed a $1 million donation from Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund to the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA).
Follow the paper trail and you’ll find that it’s likely because AFPM (and its member organizations) are reliable donors for AGs and for their governing organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA). As tracked by the Center for Media and Democracy, AFPM donated $246,720 from 2014-2016, $60,625 in 2017, $220,725 from 2019-2020, $40,000 in 2021 and another $75,150 in 2023. […]