Eight years after disbanding its task force on Public Safety & Elections due to controversy over its “Stand Your Ground” and voter ID legislation, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)…
Bradley Foundation Bankrolled Right-Wing Reopen Effort Despite Rising Coronavirus Cases
…Charles Koch’s Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin. Bradley and its affiliated Bradley Impact Fund has granted WILL $7.7 million and Americans for Prosperity Foundation $1.4 million between 2011 and 2020, according to…
Right-Wing Groups Opposing State and Local Coronavirus Bailouts Take Millions in PPP Loans
…federal bailout coordinated by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a pay-to-play operation that brings together state legislators and business representatives to craft model legislation. Thomas Schatz, president of Citizens…
Partial Victory and a Punt by SCOTUS in Trump Financial Records Cases
…so, it will be at the expense of the rule of law and our Constitution’s checks and balances—and ultimately, at the expense of the American people. The Center for Media…
Hate Groups Rake In PPP Loans as Racial Justice Movement Expands
…650,000 PPP beneficiaries that received $150,000 or more in forgivable loans from the agency. That list included anti-immigrant hate groups the Center for Immigration Studies and the Federation for American…
CMD Files IRS Complaint Against Fair Lines America Foundation for Misreporting Its 2018 Income
…GOP’s redistricting-related legal and data needs.” In May, CMD exposed Fair Lines America’s six-part “Mapping America” webinar for American Legislative Exchange Council (AELC) legislative members and “key redistricting staff.” On…
Koch-Backed Groups Fight to Block Ohio COVID-19 Bailouts, Despite Crushing Pandemic Deficits
…groups like Americans for Prosperity Ohio and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are lobbying hard to block any relief from the federal government. Americans for Prosperity wants state and…
Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers
…Feedback’s ruling. American political conservatives have a long, well-documented history of perpetuating climate disinformation in order to delay climate action. Disinformation—that is, the intentional spread of misinformation—has been a key…
ALEC Economist Denies Red State Coronavirus Surge Just Hours Before Texas Governor Warns About Spike in Hospitalizations
…enterprise board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), was an economic adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign, and co-founded the pro-business Club for Growth. Moore has a daily newsletter, “Unleash…
Supreme Court Will Have Chance to Review Case Seeking to End Super PAC Spending in U.S. Elections
…huge corporations and the super-wealthy can drown out the voices of ordinary Americans, we’ve lost President Lincoln’s vision of a government of the people, by the people, and for the…