…Fair Lines America Foundation’s sister organization, the 501(c)4 Fair Lines America, works to block the creation of independent redistricting commissions in the states, conducts redistricting trainings, and weighs in on…
Koch-Backed Groups Fight to Block Ohio COVID-19 Bailouts, Despite Crushing Pandemic Deficits
…on women’s hygiene products. Leaders from dozens of right-wing groups, including a number directly funded by the Charles Koch Foundation, signed a May 8 letter from the Conservative Action Project…
Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers
…just one issue: It wasn’t true. This is exactly the kind of mess that Facebook’s network of independent fact-checkers is supposed to solve. In May 2019, Facebook partnered with Science…
Supreme Court Will Have Chance to Review Case Seeking to End Super PAC Spending in U.S. Elections
…Constitution, apply to political committees that promised to make only “independent” expenditures, thus unleashing super PACs. “In keeping with the Supreme Court’s typical practice, the Justices of that Court –…
U.S. Election Assistance Commissioners Join Voter Suppression Group to Discourage Mail-In Voting
…security of mail-in voting for the upcoming November 2020 elections. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is an independent, bipartisan commission, established in 2002 by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)…
Bradley Spent Millions on Voter Suppression, Union Busters, Climate Deniers, and Right-Wing Media in 2019
…of missing ballots. Bradley granted another $225,000 to the Heritage Foundation for its “Election Law Initiative and Legal Strategy Forums.” Heritage’s Election Law Reform Initiative is led by Hans A….
Coalition of Pro-Trump Doctors Will Defend the President’s COVID-19 Blunders
…the Congressional Prayer Caucus Wives Council, and organized a “Women for Trump” bus tour in North Carolina during the 2016 campaign. Mercedes Schlapp, a lobbyist and senior adviser to the…
Secretive Right-Wing Nonprofit Plays Role in COVID-19 Organizing
…Alabama Capitol Building in Montgomery, organized by the anti-LGBTQ group Eagle Forum. The forum’s founder, the late Phyllis Schlafly, was a CNP member, and several current staffers are part of…
ALEC Holds Tutorial with Republican’s “Chief Authority on Redistricting” Amidst Pandemic
…FLA works to prevent independent redistricting commissions from establishing in the states, conducts redistricting trainings, and weighs in on redistricting litigation. In addition to heading up FLA, a 501(c)(4), and…
ALEC Leading Right-Wing Campaign to Reopen the Economy Despite COVID-19
…of her late mother Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum, serves on the steering committee. The Eagle Forum, while not considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is a…