…Senior Counsel at ADF, attempted to make the case that Christianity is under attack in America and defended businesses that want to discriminate against LGBT people for religious reasons in…
New Technology Allows Election Officials to Verify Votes Like Never Before—Will It Be Widely Used in 2018?
By Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Technology has bestowed a stunning twist of fate in the arcane world of counting how America votes. A decade ago, activists railed against…
ALEC Payday Loan Company Gets Reprieve Under Trump Administration
…a payday lender and the state Attorney General accused Advance America of charging excessive fees and fines. 2009: Advance America agrees to pay a minimum of $2 million to Georgia…
Trampling Local Democracy: Beverage Industry Pushes Soda Tax Ban in Harrisburg
…sugary drinks are the leading source of added sugar in American diets contributing to Type II diabetes, obesity and heart disease,” said David Greineder of the American Heart Association. “We…
Under New Rules, Zuckerberg Will Be America’s Biggest Propaganda Cop
…to existing non-profits and known groups. There’s America First. The America First the political action committee, which is not the [previous] group we identified. There’s groups with no information, no…
ALEC Task Forces Gather in Grand Rapids to Draft Bills for Its Corporate Sponsors
…Marathon Petroleum, the Edison Electric Institute, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, American Gas Association, the Nuclear Energy Institute, and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association are ALEC members. One piece…
Wisconsin GOP Was in Retreat and Disarray Before Paul Ryan Raised the White Flag
Wisconsin’s right-wing machine, including U.S. Speaker Paul Ryan, Governor Scott Walker and a host of dark money groups which have gerrymandered the state, passed scores of right-wing policies, lowered wages,…
Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook
…American Heart Association and more – are energized to take action as never before on soda and other sugary drinks because new data is showing that consuming sugar in liquid…
Donors Trust, the Right-Wing Secret Money Machine, Doled Out $66.7 Million in 2016
…Donors Trust bankrolls a raft of Koch groups including, $2.6 million to the Koch’s astroturf group the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, $750,000 to Freedom Partners Institute, $150,000 to the Koch…
Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has joined the American Legislative Exchange Council, a private group set up for corporations and other interest groups to ghostwrite legislation that is sponsored by legislators…