…Americans’ abilities to make informed choices in the face of immense pressure. He did not conform to the prevailing orthodoxies about aspects of the pandemic that we now know were…
Covid Contrarian Doctor Scores Big With Far-Right Funding
Wisconsin Right-Wing Litigation Center Grooms School Board Members
…American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) for school boards. Echoing messaging used by Trump and MAGA Republicans that America was better in the past, WILL launched an initiative called “Restoring American…
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Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund Top Funder of Republican AGs Group in 2024
…ranked among the top donors to RAGA over the years. The companies General Motors, Upbound/Rent-A-Center, and Wal-Mart Stores; the fossil fuel industry’s largest trade association, the American Petroleum Institute; and…
GOP Megadonor Richard Uihlein’s PAC Brings in $3.1 Million in First Quarter
…with the goal of “enabl[ing] all Americans to live in true freedom.” Given that the PAC is committed to funding radical anti-abortion groups, Uihlein’s vision of “all Americans” living in…
U.S. House Anti-Woke Caucus Targets Programs Benefiting Minorities
…federal government contracting with minority-owned businesses, not as a means of addressing historical disparities but as a way to attract more Black, Latino, and Asian-American voters. The U.S. Black Chambers…
Members of the Anti-Woke Caucus at an event hosted by the Claremont Institute. Credit: Rep. Jim Banks/Instagram
ALEC Pushes Anti-Union Playbook
State lawmakers seeking to dismantle unions and implement anti-worker laws have just been handed a new state-by-state roadmap by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the corporate-funded bill mill popular…
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For-Profit Bail Industry Teams Up with ALEC to Target Charitable Bail Funds
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is helping the for-profit bail industry push legislation in four states to restrict or outright eliminate charitable bail funds, which provide those unable to…
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ALEC Legislator Proposes Law to Take Away Voters’ Ability to Choose Presidential Electors
A legislator affiliated with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) who served as a fake elector from Arizona during the 2020 presidential election is proposing legislation that state lawmakers —…
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Koch Still Funding Last Stand Against Medicaid Expansion
…from state Senate President Ty Masterson (R). Now the senator is using his new position as national chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to continue the fight across…
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Gearing Up for 2024 Elections, Big Tobacco Leads Top Donors to Republican AG Group
…(CMD) analysis of its IRS year-end report filed yesterday. Reynolds American topped all donors to the Republican pay-to-play group with $262,800 in contributions, followed by Phillip Morris International with a…
Republican Attorneys General Raúl Labrador (Idaho), Mike Hilgers (NE), and
Kris Kobach (KS). Photo adapted from RAGA image.