…to protect the environment, its own workers, and American taxpayers. During an inspection of Alabama Power’s steam plant in June 2016, the EPA found a Southern Co. subsidiary to be…
When It Comes to Jeff Sessions, D.C. Stands for “Dodge City”
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DeVos Design Flaw: Math and Reading Scores in Michigan are Tanking
…spent millions more on special interest groups, like American Federation for Children, that do not report their spending to influence elections and legislation. “Their influence can be seen in just…
Did Pruitt Lie about Fundraising for RAGA?
…asking them to intercede with the American Petroleum Institute – a trade organization for Devon Energy and the oil industry – to get API to buy a “membership,” a euphemism…
Breaking Good News: Truth-Telling Gets an Oscar Nod
…American criminal justice system and racial discrimination from the Civil War to the modern day. And it includes CMD’s research. At their best, documentaries have the power to galvanize movements,…
Betsy DeVos: Transcript of James Madison Center Awards Banquet Speech, July 12, 2002
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Betsy DeVos and “Biblical Capitalism:” Transcript of Interview at The Gathering 2001
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Marc Short: Koch Dark-Money Operative Is Trump’s Liaison to Congress
…groups working to repeal Obamacare, the 60 Plus Association and the Center to Protect Patient Rights (CPPR) run by Koch money man Sean Noble (who renamed the group American Encore.)…
The DeVos Legacy: Crumbling Schools, Poisoned Water
…Betsy DeVos has been pushing the same education privatization and deregulation scheme nationally through groups like the American Federation for Children, the Alliance for School Choice, and the American Legislative…
Scott Pruitt: Trump’s Pick for EPA
…cash, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Heartland Institute and the 60 Plus Association. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) expressed its own support for Pruitt, who is a former…