Investigating Power
…Almost $4 million of that total has gone to pro-Schimel ads alone. The other biggest spenders supporting Schimel’s campaign are Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Fair Courts America PAC, AFP, and…
…RAGA is also linked to another longtime Schimel backer, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC), which received $300,000 from RAGA in 2014 and spent roughly $1.5 million on pro-Schimel TV ads…
…Fund gave RSLC $7.9 million, outpacing all other funders. But the group has also taken in large contributions from Nevada billionaire Miriam Adelson, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Charles Koch’s…
…both legislative chambers: Alabama, Kansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah, and Wisconsin, giving them effective control over the entire legislature — or at least over which bills get heard and…
…10 after a new justice is seated in August. Strong Corporate Backing The issue advocacy arm of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC), the state’s chamber of commerce, has spent $2.9…
…and oppose public sector unions, expanded health care, and environmental safeguards. Its budget, which is mostly bankrolled by the Koch-funded Stand Together Chamber of Commerce, was $168 million in 2023….
…and Charles Koch. State Senator Kirk A. Cullimore, who sponsored the bill in his chamber, is also an active ALEC member. These out-of-state, billionaire-funded groups have long bankrolled attempts to…
…Fellowships ($48,000) and Stand Together Chamber of Commerce ($25,000) over the same period. IRS filings obtained by CMD for 2023, the most recent year available, show net assets of $237.7…
…received $2 million from Ben Walton, heir to the Walmart fortune; $600,000 from the Colorado Chamber of Commerce; $500,000 from Chevron; $100,000 from Kimbal Musk, Elon Musk’s brother; $496,000 from…
…ties to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, along with donors such as Yass and Vivek Ramaswamy, the anti-woke firebrand Trump has picked to partner with Musk to radically slash federal…
