…write in that “the coin” supports ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation more than extraction, the coin-network will reward this behavior. Angus told me that one way to understand how this new…
Dispatches from COP23 Climate Change Summit in Bonn
The Koch Brothers Purchase a Stake in SINA, the Chinese Telecommunication Company
…working for Stalin helping to build 15 Soviet oil refineries. The experience made him virulently anti-communist and anti-“big government” in general, but these beliefs did not seem to stand in…
Cleaning Up the Courts, Citizen Hearings at Three Locations in Wisconsin
…written by one of the state’s biggest spenders in Supreme Court elections, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC). While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a 2009 case called Caperton v….
Voter ID Suppressed the Vote Exactly as Wisconsin Republicans Predicted
…coward’s way out and come up with a plan to suppress the vote under the guise of ‘voter fraud.’” Later on the witness stand in a lawsuit brought by One…
Sen. Sanders Medicare for All Act – The Time Has Come Today
By RoseAnn DeMoro As the Chambers Brothers might put it, with the introduction of Sen. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All Act of 2017 the time has come today. The…
SCOTUS Prepares to Hear Case that Could Put an End to Hyper-Partisan Gerrymandering and One Party Rule
…are urging the Supreme Court to take action. Their brief asks the court to “adopt an articulable standard for adjudicating partisan gerrymandering claims. Social science tools now allow courts to…
Bradley Foundation Funnels Millions to State Policy Network Groups
…due to its propagation of voter suppression bills, extreme gun bills (Stand Your Ground), and climate change denial. The documents show Bradley has funded ALEC to beef up its website…
Infighting, Legal Questions Slow ALEC Push for Second Constitutional Convention
…actively peddling the Constitutional Convention idea and competing for the attention of ALEC legislators. The longest standing campaign is being pushed by the Balanced Budget Amendment Task Force (BBATF), started…
“Poison Papers” Snapshot: HoJo Transcript Illustrates EPA Collusion with Chemical Industry
…reports, according to the transcript, indicating that staff were unwilling to stand behind the findings. As Fred Arnold told the attendees, “A number of scientists, who may have been involved…
Big Coal Burns Bright at ALEC Conference
…the fracking industry had received billions of dollars in public subsidies. You could hear a pin drop in response. And on the docket today is the consideration by the Commerce,…
