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Progressive Power Shifts Will Happen From the Bottom Up

Bradley Files

Source: AlterNet | Published: 6/22/2017

And while Trump may not have been their candidate, he’s an ideal cover. It’s a virtuous, or is that, vicious cycle. Anti-labor laws and declining membership don’t just boost corporate profits by suppressing wages. They also result in depleted Labor coffers and depress Democratic turnout. You can read more about the right’s weaponized philanthropy in a trove of documents turned up by PR Watch and the Center for Media and Democracy.

The Energy 202: California Scores Its First Big Environmental Victory of the Trump Era

Climate, Environment

Source: Albuquerque Journal | Published: 6/19/2017

The Associated Press dug into that new batch of emails released by the Center for Media and Democracy. The reporters’ conclusion: the “emails underscore just how closely Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt coordinated with fossil fuel companies while serving as Oklahoma’s state attorney general.”

Emails Reiterate EPA Chief’s Ties to Fossil Fuel Interests

Democracy, Environment

Source: Times Record | Published: 6/16/2017

Democratic senators fought unsuccessfully to get copies of Pruitt’s emails from Oklahoma prior to his February confirmation vote. Shortly after Pruitt was sworn in as EPA administrator, an Oklahoma judge ruled that Pruitt had been violating the state’s public records law by withholding his correspondence for at least two years. The judge ordered their release following a lawsuit filed by the Center for Media and Democracy, a left-leaning advocacy group.

The Energy 202: EPA Head Pruitt Had Two Government Email Addresses in His Last Job

Democracy, Environment

Source: The Washington Post | Published: 6/15/2017

Ever since then, Oklahoma’s Office of the Attorney General has been tightfisted when it comes to open-records request. Following that reporting, the Center for Media and Democracy first submitted an open-records request in January 2015 for Pruitt’s records. It took over two years — and a judge’s order — for the office to cough up any documents to CMD.

Scott Pruitt Used Two Government Email Addresses in His Last Job. He Told Congress He Used One.

Democracy, Environment

Source: The Washington Post | Published: 6/14/2017

A batch of emails recently acquired by a watchdog group, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), shows that Pruitt used two addresses out of the Oklahoma attorney general’s office: scott.pruitt@oag.ok.gov and esp@oag.ok.gov. Documents the nonprofit watchdog received through an open-records request show Pruitt’s name associated with both the “scott.pruitt” and “esp” handles, the latter being initials for the former Oklahoma attorney general’s full name, Edward Scott Pruitt.

Koch Brothers’ Former Right-Hand Man’s New Gig: Helping Reactionaries Dismantle the Constitution

Democracy, Koch

Source: Fusion | Published: 6/12/2017

“Convention of States is a much more radical approach to a constitutional convention” than earlier efforts, Arn Pearson, General Counsel at the Center for Media and Democracy, told Fusion. “Their budget has increased dramatically. This is their effort to push the state agenda as far as they can while they hold peak power.”

Conservative Group Led By EPA Chief Pruitt Received Dark Money to Battle Environmental Regulations

Climate, Environment, Koch, Trump

Source: Fast Company | Published: 6/7/2017

The fracking letter interested Devon Energy. Allen Wright, the company’s vice president for government affairs, contacted a top Pruitt aide for a copy of the letter, according to emails published by the Center for Media and Democracy. “Good to see you this week,” Wright wrote. “Can you send me a copy of Scott’s letter regarding the EPA [inspector general’s] inquiry into state regulation of O&G?”

Gagging the UW: Critics Worry Campus Speech Bill Is Another Attack on Academic Freedom

Bradley Files, Education, Koch

Source: The Cap Times | Published: 6/7/2017

The Bradley Foundation donated almost $3 million to the Ethics and Public Policy Center between 2001 and 2010, according the Madison-based Center for Media and Democracy. And the Goldwater Institute has received significant amounts of funding from sources with close ties to David and Charles Koch, leading funders in conservative politics and policy, the center reported.