…and funneled into Wisconsin Club for Growth (WCFG) were then disbursed for ads run under several groups’ names, including the shell group Citizens for a Strong America, funded entirely by…
Supreme Cover-Up: How the Wisconsin Justice System Failed in the Walker John Doe
…its offshoot Citizens for Strong America, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC), Jobs First Coalition (a shell group tied to American Federation for Children’s Scott Jensen, the former Speaker of the…
Koch Star State: the Kochs Flood Texas with Campaign Cash
…the Koch Industries, Inc. Political Action Committee (KochPAC), show that the Kochs are flooding Texas elections with cash. The billionaire brothers are backing 15 Texans for the U.S. House of…
Fossil Fuel Industry Paid for Meetings with GOP Attorneys General to Plan Attack on Clean Power Plan
…American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), American Chemistry Council, America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA), Devon Energy, Edison Electric Institute, Georgia Power, National Mining Association, NextEra Energy, Nuclear Energy Institute,…
Coveted Records Exemption Wrong for Wisconsin
…“flies in the face of long-held policies underlying Wisconsin’s open records law.” Regardless of whether the next attempt to introduce it comes by judicial or legislative cover, a deliberative process…
New Koch-Funded Campaign to Kill the Electric Car and Squash Clean Energy
…the disastrous impacts of climate change that are no longer theory, but playing out in America’s backyards, the Koch’s Fueling U.S. Forward has a very real risk of flying back…
Independent Women’s Forum and Independent Women’s Voice Use “Independent” Brand to Push Right-Wing Agenda to Women Voters
…women while pushing corporate-backed policies or extreme candidates that actually make things harder for working women and their families, in CMD’s assessment. IWF Attacks Work Policies It Admits Many Women…
Koch Money Trail Reveals Great Interest in 2016 State Elections In WI, OK, and TX
…in the Koch network “such as Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners Action Fund, Concerned Veterans for America, the Libre Initiative and Generation Opportunity.” Those are all Koch-driven groups, designed to…
AARP To Drop ALEC after Members’ Outcry
AARP will drop its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has a long history of peddling bills that harm the interests of retirees and other Americans. The…
Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC
…pensions and healthcare of those over 50, is secretly funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization whose bills have acted against the interests of ordinary Americans, including retirees…