…in talking points written for Walker that the ads gave candidates the margin of victory and “moved independent swing voters to the GOP candidate.” He cut an ad and funneled…
Louisiana Senator Sharon Hewitt, ALEC’s Legislator of the Year, Voted “No” on Equal Pay for Equal Work
…her signature issues, in the state where women have the most to gain from equal pay protections. In Louisiana, the earnings gap between men and women is the largest in…
Corporate Front Group, American Council on Science and Health, Smears List of Its Enemies as “Deniers for Hire”
…it as a compliment to those of us who expose industry hacks posing as independent experts that industry shills are attempting to mimic good opposition research in an attempt to…
Billionaire Eli Broad Takes Public Education Private
…and independent charters, according to Stanford’s CREDO research group. The most problematic charter schools increase segregation, siphon away public money, and all too often spend it illegally, according to a…
Michigan GOP Defies Voters, Rams ALEC, Koch Priorities Through Lame-Duck Session
…of “business owners’ concerns.” Soon after the midterm elections, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) began lobbying Michigan lawmakers to take up the legislation during the “remaining weeks of…
Dispatches from COP 24 Climate Change Summit in Poland
…on Earth.” Every year, almost 60 percent of all pregnancies and 40 percent of all births in the United States are either mistimed or unwanted. Some 30 million American women…
ALEC Embraces Trumpism, Climate Catastrophe, and School Privatization at Policy Summit
…Leadership Development Act and the Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act. ALEC on Trade In addition to praising the Trump administration for its Intellectual Property (IP) Provisions in…
Wisconsin Nice Beats the Politics of Hate and the Scott Walker Money Machine
…smears and distortions. As of November 5, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign reported that Walker’s campaign had outraised Evers by $31 million to $9 million. Additionally, outside independent expenditure groups backing…
Koch Brothers Are Watching You: And New Documents Reveal Just How Much They Know
…the right voter wherever that might be.” This is notable because during the 2016 election, i360 also ran $11.7 million worth of “independent” expenditures for the National Rifle Association Political…
Koch Big Federal Election Spending a Mixed Bag So Far
The Kochs are struggling to take leads with their targeted candidates in U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and gubernatorial races, despite spending tens of millions of dollars in independent expenditures through…