Investigating Power
…right-wing “think tanks” that produces studies to promote the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) cookie-cutter model bills, including right-to-work legislation. Two of Rick Berman’s anti-labor front groups, the Center for…
…Daniel Kelly in the race. Justice Brian Hagedorn, the newest member to the court, spoke at Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity (AFP) events around the state on the “Proper Role of…
…political network, such as Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners Institute (rebranded in 2017 as Capital Leaders), and the Seminar Network Trust. Many more have contributed to heavily Koch-funded groups such…
…Americans for Tax Reform ($170,000), and Goldwater Institute ($50,000). Part of Pew’s funding for the Texas Public Policy Foundation goes towards the group’s criminal justice reform program. The Chicago Community…
…reported in May 2019. In 2017, the former British spy helped direct an operation to copy files and record conversations in a Michigan office of the American Federation of Teachers,…
…government are acting in the interest of the American people, not in their own financial interest. No administration should be able to prevent Congress from securing the documents it needs…
…million to three super PACs, including $4 million to AFP Action, which is the sister group of Charles Koch’s flagship political nonprofit, Americans for Prosperity. Also funding AFP Action is…
…project founded by Mark Meckler and Eric O’Keefe and promoted by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC is a pay-to-play operation where legislators and corporate lobbyists meet behind closed…
…the 21st century.” The Heartland Institute, which once received funding from ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute, hasn’t gotten direct donations from Koch’s family foundations in recent years, but DonorsTrust…
…House candidate Andrew Rorabach, as well as $963,000 supporting Dold. Americans for Responsible Solutions, a gun control-focused super PAC heavily funded by Bloomberg, also spends the majority of its money…
