— By Steve Arnold, Mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin I recently returned from the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2016 States and Nation Policy Summit, in Washington, DC. As a Mayor, I…
ALEC’s Little Brother, ACCE, Has Big Plans for 2017
Jeff Sessions and Trump’s White House Swamp
…Trump’s business interests and the interests of the nation, and what type of blind trust or other arrangement is adequate to cure that conflict. Ethics experts are clear that Trump…
Why Is Trump Fighting So Hard to Stop the Recount in Michigan?
…of the nation’s leading cyber security experts and a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan who filed court papers supporting a recount. “Paper ballots, like those used…
A Trump Nation in an ALEC Land
…in privatizing, and ultimately trying to destroy, public education. ALEC members are salivating at the prospects. As usual, the likely big losers in this collision of Trump nation with an…
Trump Names Controversial Lawyer to be White House Counsel
…and the National Republican Campaign Committee–combined with his disdain for laws enacted by Congress–raise serious concerns about what advice he is providing Trump and his transition team. Trump’s recent decisions…
5 Things to Know about Billionaire Betsy DeVos, Trump Choice for Education
…schools. The nomination of Betsy DeVos to be the head of the Department of Education is a clear sign that the nation is about to embark on a dangerously extreme…
Historic Victory Against Hyper-Partisan Gerrymandering Emerges from Wisconsin
…gap.” The gap in Wisconsin was one of the largest in the nation. In almost 800 state legislative elections that Stephanopoulos studied, the average efficiency gap has actually been zero,…
Fracking Special Interests Spent Big in 2016 Elections
…million dollar donation came from Hushang Ansary, the Chairman of Stewart & Stevenson, a manufacturer and distributor of well-stimulation equipment like fracking blenders, fracking pumps, and chemical additive units. Fracking…
Don McGahn, Trump White House Counsel, Has Long Courted Controversy
…campaign finance laws while serving as a GOP-selected FEC commissioner from 2009-2013. McGahn’s embrace of dubious campaign finance and ethics practices as counsel to Rep. Tom Delay and the National…
Reince Priebus Promotion Another Big Win for the Koch Caucus
In his first major signal of how he will govern post-election, Donald Trump chose Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus as his Chief of Staff. The flame throwing Breitbart executive…
