…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…
Billionaire Megadonors Push State Courts Rightward
…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…
Koch Super PAC Shatters Its Election Spending Record
…Another $43 million has come from one of the Koch network’s “dark money” organizations, Stand Together Chamber of Commerce. Tax documents show that much of Stand Together’s funding, a combined…
A Constitutional Convention Would Supercharge Project 2025
Several groups affiliated with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have been waging a well-funded campaign to call a convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to amend our…
Extreme Right Caucus Poised to Take Over Wyoming State House
…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…
Big Oil’s Plan To Criminalize Pipeline Protests
…total, 124 new oil, gas, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide pipelines have been announced or are in the preconstruction or construction phase in the U.S., according to data from fossil fuel…
Recent State Legislative Primaries Reveal a GOP at War with Itself
…allowing public schools to teach about the history of racism in the U.S. Most favor increasing voting restrictions. They oppose Republicans working with Democrats on any issue, and label any…
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…
Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund Top Funder of Republican AGs Group in 2024
…Chamber Institute for Legal Reform contributed $250,000 each, making them the second largest RAGA donors in the first quarter. Charles Koch’s conglomerate and the U.S. Chamber’s legal arm have consistently…