…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…
ULINE CEO Pours Another $7.1 Million Into His Restoration PAC to Boost Anti-Abortion and Right-Wing Candidates and Causes
…Conservatives, told the Cowboy State Daily. “We’re looking at their record and taking that into account.” Karakoulakis is a lobbyist for the Conservative Energy Network, and the treasurer of its…
ESG Companies Bankroll GOP AGs—the Very Officials Retaliating Against Their Climate Goals
…Investment Business Daily (IBD) list of 100 Best ESG Companies in 2021. In addition, many signed on to RE100 and/or The Climate Pledge, another initiative to get corporations to commit…