…tank supports. Check. Now cue up the marketing blitz for David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity. As the National Journal reported, “Americans for Prosperity is pushing for a right to work…
Koch-Fueled Playbook against Working Families Exposed by CMD
“National School Choice Week” Fueled by Major Right-Wing Funders and Corporate Lobby Groups
…religious and for-profit ventures. In federal and state budgets, “school choice” policies often divert or reduce Americans’ tax dollars available for traditional public schools that educate our most underserved students…
CMD Submits Evidence of ExxonMobil Funding ALEC’s Climate Change Denial to California Attorney General
…change denial through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). CMD believes this information is relevant to her office’s investigation into whether ExxonMobil deceived its shareholders and the public about the…
How Charles Koch Backed the John Birch Society at the Height of Its Attacks on Martin Luther King
…a measure that made it harder for Americans to vote through ID restrictions following the election of President Barack Obama, the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office….
Koch Daddy and the Nazis, a Revealing History from Jane Mayer
…million is 1929 dollars. 1930 By the spring, more than 3.1 million Americans are unemployed. 1931 In February, there are food riots, with starving Americans standing in breadlines at the…
Right-Wing Network Puts Friedrichs v. California Teachers in Samuel Alito’s Lap
…close interlocking ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). CMD first documented this anti-worker Koch-ALEC-SPN agenda in a 2013 report. Today, CMD obtained a rally flyer with the SPN…
Koch Self-Interest in Criminal Justice Reform, Exposed
…Anglo-American heritage” to protect white collar criminals from criminal prosecution—when the burdens of an unjust criminal justice system have largely fallen on non-Anglo-Americans—further indicates the divide between the corporate criminal…
Koch-Funded Special Interest Groups and Utilities Bankrolling ALEC Meeting
…making in Paris at the United Nations convention on climate change happening at the same time as ALEC’s conference. From “model resolutions” opposing the climate action plan to “model policies”…
ALEC Invites Politicians to “Plan Your 2016 Agenda” at ALEC Confab in Scottsdale
…groundwork for further efforts to undermine worker protections. There is no doubt that the American workforce is changing. America’s failed trade policies (enthusiastically backed by ALEC) have resulted in the…
Scott Walker’s Legacy of Double-Dealing for Friends and Donors Revealed in New John Doe Emails
…District Attorney’s office has “conducted a continuous campaign of harassment and intimidation against individuals and organizations in retaliation for their association with Scott Walker and their support for his policies,…
