Investigating Power
…to right-wing litigation, advocacy, and other tax-exempt groups. The lion’s share of that funding, $1.9 million, went to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Charles Koch is the CEO and…
…legacy of its Stand Your Ground model legislation. From Castle Doctrine to Stand Your Ground Stand Your Ground laws are an expansion of what’s known as the “Castle Doctrine,” the…
…mock convention seek to curtail the federal government’s discretionary spending authority, land ownership rights, ability to regulate interstate commerce — and, most radically, power to enforce any federal law or…
…Project (HEP), tobacco giant Altria, Charles Koch’s Stand Together, UPS, PhRMA, as well as several trade groups representing hotel chains and the telecom and tech industries. Right-wing think tanks including…
…joined ALEC. Sponsors also included some of the county’s most hard-line conservative think tanks and policy groups, including billionaire Charles Koch’s Americans for Prosperity and Stand Together; the State Policy…
…violence to the people using them instead of guns themselves. And the list goes on. ALEC’s most infamous partnership with the NRA took the form of the “Stand Your Ground”…
…forces (Energy, Environment, and Agriculture, along with Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development) at its State and Nation Policy Summit last December, but ALEC’s board of directors rejected it due to…
…second largest donor to RAGA so far this year. This affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce focuses on advancing business-friendly legal reforms such as making class-action lawsuits more difficult…
…Altria, Charles Koch’s Stand Together, UPS, and another right-wing nonprofit active in the fight against woke capitalism: the Foundation for Government Accountability. Others listed as Vice Chairman-level sponsors include: American…
…CMD reported. The second largest known donor to ALEC is Charles Koch, who gave just over $2 million between 2017 and 2021 through his personal foundation and Stand Together Fellowships,…
