With less than two months until Trump begins his second term, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is meeting in Washington, D.C., this week for its annual States and Nation…
ALEC Maps Out Right-Wing Legislative Agenda for 2025 in DC
Billionaire Megadonors Push State Courts Rightward
…and the American Civil Liberties Union, both of which started spending on state court races in 2022. “After Roe v. Wade was overturned, we had to turn to state courts…
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DonorsTrust Injected More Than $150 Million in Untraceable Cash Into Right-Wing Groups in 2023
…the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which received $111,100 from DonorsTrust in 2023. The largest SPN affiliate grant of $2.6 million went to the Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA),…
The Invisible Hand: How Dark Money Is Inventing Prestige for Right-Wing Academics
This article was first published by Important Context. On October 24, an organization called the American Academy of Sciences and Letters (AASL) honored Stanford University Professor and health economist Dr….
Dispatches From the COP29 Climate Talks in Baku
…America steadily increases oil and gas production, it also pitched to the world something called the Global Methane Pledge. A: The Global Methane Pledge? They signed something? Z: No, no,…
Koch Super PAC Shatters Its Election Spending Record
…spending in this election cycle by a more familiar conservative billionaire: industrialist Charles Koch and his Americans for Prosperity Action super PAC. Overall, AFP Action’s spending in 2024 federal elections…
Chase Koch, Liz Koch, and CEO of Koch Industries Charles Koch attend the Fontainebleau Las Vegas Star-Studded Grand Opening Celebration on December 13, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images)
Here Are 15 Swing State Counties Where Deniers May Refuse to Certify Election Results
…policies rooted in election denialism. Many of these election administrators are also steeped in other conspiracy theories, often ones that are racist, sexist, and Islamophobic. And, despite expressing outright denialism,…
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The American Invasion: Climate Denialism Crosses the Atlantic
…an anti-democratic, left-wing plot to consolidate global power, echoing conspiracy theories associated with recent Covid-19 measures. Morano further claimed that sustainable farming policies would force American farmers to sell their…
ULINE CEO’s Restoration PAC Hauls in $51.8 Million in Third Quarter
…run by right-wing operative Doug Truax and fueled by Uihlein cash that includes the Foundation for the Restoration of America, the Voter Reference Foundation, and Fair Courts America. Uihlein also…
Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund Again Tops Funders of Republican AG Group in Third Quarter
…policies across the country. The contribution of $1 million from the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) placed it second among all RAGA donors in the third quarter. The Big Tobacco…
Rep. Dan Bishop, North Carolina Republican candidate for Attorney General, speaks at the Wallbuilders Congressional Pastors' Briefing. Photo credit: X/ @RepDanBishop