Investigating Power
…and therefore “cannot use taxpayer funds” to place the question on the ballot. Seventh Judicial Circuit Judge Raylene DeWitte Grischow disagreed, saying there were “no reasonable grounds” for keeping the…
After recently contributing a record-breaking total of $45 million to a candidate running for governor of Illinois, Chicago-based hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin has become the largest GOP megadonor in…
…organization, the Rule of Law Defense Fund (RLDF), ran robocalls in the weeks leading up to the insurrection urging protesters to march on the Capitol. Paxton is currently under FBI…
…candidates. Even though this coterie of campaign funders doesn’t often shy away from extremism, Uihlein is the only one to give directly to the campaign of U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar…
…leads in-depth, award-winning investigations into special interest influence undermining our democracy, environment, and economic prosperity. CMD publishes at ExposedbyCMD.org, Sourcewatch.org, and ALECExposed.org. The Proteus Fund provided funding for this project….
…Internal Revenue Service. RAGA accepts unlimited contributions from corporations, individuals, and special interest groups—including Koch Industries, Altria, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce—primarily to fund the campaigns of Republican candidates…
…executive. The Concord Fund is consistently one of RAGA’s top funders. RAGA received $2.5 million from The Concord Fund in early 2021, or 37% of its revenue in the first…
…with the deal valued at $3.9 billion at the time. The largest institutional investor in Sharecare is Charles Koch’s private equity fund, Koch Strategic Platforms. Koch invested in Sharecare as…
…challenging Obama-era federal legislation and regulations—including the Affordable Care Act—and defending Republicans’ extreme gerrymandering of the state. RAGA and its policy arm, the Rule of Law Defense Fund, fully embraced…
…Foundation granted the Judicial Education Project—now rebranded as The 85 Fund—$450,000 in 2020 for “election integrity initiatives in various states.” The large grant likely went to the fund’s Honest Elections…
