…and until recently, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) tracked active caucuses in Mississippi and Nevada. State Representative John Bear (R–31), who chairs the WFC, told Cowboy State Daily…
Extreme Right State Freedom Caucuses Create Big Headaches for Republicans
…state caucuses comes from the HFC. “What we try to do is push conservative policy,” Roth told the South Carolina Daily Gazette. “If we win, we win. If we lose,…
Charles Koch’s “Stand Together” Donor Conduits Move $176 Million into his Network, Higher Education, and Right-Wing Policy, Advocacy, Litigation, and Media Groups in 2022
…with $60 million, as The Daily Beast exposed. Charles Koch, the CEO and chairman of Koch Industries, is worth $53.6 billion, according to Forbes. $107.5 Million to Tax-Exempt Groups in…
Dispatches from the COP28 Climate Talks in Dubai
…Of course in Africa today there are at least 53 million people who used to get an important part of their daily nutrition from fish, but now face hunger. As…
Parent Company of Taco Bell & KFC Pivots to Funding Right-Wing Causes
…out on Jan. 6 for the protests that precipitated the insurrection. Yum! was included in the Investor’s Business Daily list of the 100 Best ESG Companies 2021, but did not…
ALEC Plots Post-Dobbs Strategy at 50th Annual Meeting
…an ALEC press release after the Dobbs decision. ALEC member and Virginia State Delegate Kathy Byron (R-22) made the same claim when she wrote in an op-ed in the Daily…
Candace Owens’ ‘Blexit’ Operation Bankrolled by Wealthy White Conservatives
…2020, coinciding with the presidential election. As The Daily Beast first reported in October, the group’s income shrank significantly in 2021—even though Owens continued to collect a sizable salary of…
Charles Koch’s Campaign to Make Dark Money Even Darker
…ruling. Several Koch-funded blogs and magazines publicized the lawsuit, including the Daily Caller, RealClear Network, Center Square, National Review, and American Spectator. Koch’s Troubled History with the IRS and California…
Dispatches From the COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt
…side. Yeb Saño, formerly the chief climate negotiator for the Philippines and now the executive director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, made this statement to DemocracyNow!, the indispensable daily news portal…
Koch-Funded Legal Group Fights to Protect Online Covid Misinformation
…to perform daily tasks. In July, the American Academy of Neurology suggested that the condition is now the nation’s third leading neurological disorder. Covid misinformation is also radicalizing people. It…