…the Independent Women’s Forum, a dark money group bankrolled by Koch organizations and the heirs to the Walmart fortune; and the State Policy Network, a web of libertarian state-based policy…
How Dark Money Shaped the School Safety Debate
ALEC Cozies Up with Designated Hate Group Promoting Anti-Abortion Policies
…National Pro-Life Women’s Caucus. The event also fits into ALEC’s strategy of outsourcing access to its legislative members on controversial issues that could jeopardize the group’s support from the corporations…
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Once Obscure Secretary of State Races Suddenly Hot
…counted for decades,” Marchant told the crowd at a recent candidate forum in Reno, according to the Nevada Independent. “You haven’t elected anybody. The people that are in office have…
Billionaires Bet Big to Influence 2022 Elections
…million), the super PAC of Club for Growth that spent $65 million on independent expenditures in 2020, has already poured $10.6 million into GOP congressional primaries this cycle, backing insurrectionist…
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Tea Party Backers Pour Millions into Key 2022 Senate Races
…in the GOP primary through opposing super PACs. AFP Action runs independent expenditure campaigns and spent nearly $48 million in the 2020 federal elections, the majority of which boosted Republican…
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Two Koch-Tied Candidates Vie for Colorado’s New 8th CD
…AFP Action, which undertakes independent expenditure campaigns and spent nearly $48 million in the 2020 federal elections, primarily to boost Republican Senate candidates through a combination of digital advertising, direct…
ALEC Is Enabling Anti-LGBTQ Hate
…Enterprise Institute, the Council for National Policy, Charles Koch-funded advocacy organizations such as Independent Women’s Forum and the 60 Plus Association, and the Public Interest Legal Foundation, which advocates for…
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ALEC Forum Promotes Manufactured Controversy Over the Factual Teaching of Racism in K-12 Schools
…forum, called Bradley the “cornerstone of conservative philanthropy.” The Bradley Foundation’s $3.9 million in funding to ALEC between 2014 and 2019 makes it the pay-to-play group’s top identifiable donor, CMD…
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Fair Elections and U.S. Constitution Come Under Attack at ALEC Meeting
…or officer from infringing on that interest. The Bradley Foundation will host a forum for meeting attendees on “harnessing parental engagement: to push for education reforms, and oppose “school lockdowns,…
Koch Network Makes Rare U.S. Senate Primary Endorsement in Missouri
…seat for the U.S. Senate. Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action), the electoral operation of the astro-turf Americans for Prosperity advocacy group, runs independent expenditure campaigns and spent nearly $48…
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