…came.” All four are American citizens, and three of the four were born in the United States. Since then, Trump has doubled down on the attacks, saying the lawmakers “hate…
Right-Wing Network Fights Proposed Wisconsin Minimum Wage Hike
…giving them academic credibility. Those studies are then reported on by Bradley-funded groups’ “news outlets,” latched onto by political advocacy operations like Americans for Prosperity, and echoed by legislative members…
Bradley Foundation Funds “Opt-Out” Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions
…grants for “Workplace Freedom Efforts” include: Americans for Fair Treatment: $50,000 (newchoiceny.com) Association of American Educators: $50,000 Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions: $100,000 (workerschoose.org) California Policy Center: $50,000 Center…
ALEC Says “Strike!” Just Do It Without Unions
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has gone on the record as supporting the right of workers to bargain collectively, and even strike, for better working conditions — as long…
Kochs’ Dark-Money Network Bankrolls Campus “Free Speech” Group
…CRC, it is no wonder “CRC’s president, Greg Mueller, describes himself as a friend of Leo.” Other CRC clients include the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax…
Franklin’s Right-Wing Watchdog.org Rebrands as The Center Square
…to “innovation and adaptation for the betterment of American journalism.” Picking Up Where Wachtdog.org Left Off Recent articles on The Center Square website give no indication that it will operate…
Comcast Is Latest Telecommunications Company to Drop ALEC
Comcast, one of the remaining telecommunication members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), has left the corporate bill mill, Ars Technica reported. The news of Comcast’s departure was made…
Corporate-Funded Groups Continue Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions
…in fair share fees paid by 2,700 Illinois public employees to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) between May 1, 2017 and June 27, 2018. Public…
ALEC Teams up with Anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom to Promote So-Called “Campus Free Speech” Bills
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is actively working with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a Christian Right litigation nonprofit that pursues an anti-LGBT agenda, to push so-called “Campus Free Speech”…
How the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity Hijacked Alaska’s Tax and Budget Hearings
To some it may sound incredible, but Alaska Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy let the Kochs’ political field operation, Americans for Prosperity-Alaska, sponsor and pay for statewide field hearings on his…