…enjoyed a trifecta in Wyoming, with both legislative chambers and the governor’s office in GOP hands. Republicans still hold firm control over state government, but in the House there is…
The Rise of “Pro-Labor” Conservatism
…How can we let that stand?” he wrote. “Unions are a vital piece of the fabric of a nation that depends on working people.” But Hawley’s staunch anti-labor track record…
Election Deniers Dominate Wisconsin’s GOP Congressional Primary
…in Madison, let me assure you, we’ve got to make sure that there’s somebody standing by that drop box literally 24 hours a day, you know, for, you know, 45…
ALEC Moves a Partisan and Corporate Agenda at This Week’s Annual Meeting in Denver
…personnel altogether,” as CMD reported earlier this month. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, ALEC is circulating the…
The Right-Wing Network Manufacturing the War Against Higher Education
…standards, ending student loan forgiveness, strictly focusing higher education on job training and economic growth, and expanding “parental rights” and school choice, among other reform measures. AAUP also…
Big Oil’s Plan To Criminalize Pipeline Protests
…of service and attacks on construction sites.” The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s draft reauthorization bill, approved in March, would add “impairing the operation of” interstate pipelines, “damaging or destroying…
Recent State Legislative Primaries Reveal a GOP at War with Itself
…six legislators in each chamber — along with the governor and the education commissioner — for being “beholden to special interest money” and for having “actively worked with left-leaning corporations…
Big Oil Backs GOP Effort to Shield the Industry from Climate Litigation
…other pro-corporate major donors have included The Concord Fund, which is controlled by Trump’s “court whisperer” Leonard Leo, Big Tobacco, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform….
Assets of Koch-Controlled Organizations Soar to Over $8.1 Billion
…(For example: the Stand Together Chamber of Commerce gave AFP Action $26.5 million in 2022. AFP Action gave Stand Together Chamber $1.45 million in the same year. This results in…
In Backlash to Campus Pro-Palestine Protests, Echoes of Standing Rock and the Global Crackdown on Climate Protest
…at Standing Rock, was among 79 people arrested this week while protesting at the University of Texas at Austin. “It really felt like the same as Standing Rock, when we…