Investigating Power
…Sector, and Stand Together. Corporate Lobby In addition to Koch Companies Public Sector, the tobacco, fossil fuel, technology, and financial industries all sent lobbyists to the meeting. Altria and Phillip…
…to be defiant, willing to stand — be accused of being radical about things that are not radical at all.” Recently, Hegseth has made some radical comments himself, saying that…
…Peabody Energy, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Koch Industries still sitting on ALEC’s Private Enterprise Advisory Council, the Resolution Supporting Freedom in Energy Policy rejecting U.S. Sen. Edward Markey…
…behalf of their corporate funders is not how democracy is supposed to work,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas. “This report will help Texas voters understand who…
…seat on the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Public Safety and Elections Task Force, before it became a stand-alone task force in 2016, as well as ALEC’s Private Sector Executive…
…criticize mainstream media coverage, writing that “Trump didn’t say anything violent” and publishing another piece titled, “The ‘Squad’ Won’t Condemn Antifa Terrorism….WHERE Are The Media?” And Will Chamberlain’s Human Events…
…reform, civil rights, and advocacy organizations sent a letter of protest to ALEC’s largest corporate backers, including Comcast, urging them to “make it clear that [they] will not stand for…
…principles of our organization and the values of our members.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which often funnels money to right-wing candidates through the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, followed suit,…
…in the temporary occupation of the outer Assembly chamber. Students left post-it notes in the hallways with messages from the profound “I strike because I want to live to be…
Record-breaking heat last summer, inspired-15-year-old Greta Thunberg to pack a water bottle, a book, and a snack and take a stand outside the Swedish parliament with a handmade sign “School…
