…Koch-backed groups actively pressured the governor and legislators to pass a slate of bills reducing taxes on the wealthy and corporations: Americans for Prosperity–Louisiana (AFP–LA) and the Pelican Institute. Both…
Top Leonard Leo Lieutenant Leads ALEC Bootcamp Against “Woke” Capitalism
…by 2050 through renewable energy production would force Americans to cede “two-thirds of [the] U.S. electricity generation supply chain to the Communist Party of China.” He didn’t cite a source…
ALEC Maps Out Right-Wing Legislative Agenda for 2025 in DC
…a deliberate attempt to confuse,’” Truthout reported in June. A 2021 University of Chicago and Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that “almost all Americans see the…
Billionaire Megadonors Push State Courts Rightward
…and democracy project at True North Research. State judges, especially in the post-Dobbs era, “wield extraordinary power over the lives of millions of Americans.” Still, progressive judicial candidates were able…
When Voters Vote, Vouchers Lose
…vice president for strategy and innovation and state director for Charles Koch’s astroturf operation Americans for Prosperity. As of 2022, Unite for Colorado provided Colorado Dawn with almost half of…
Dispatches From the COP29 Climate Talks in Baku
…that still remains a top priority. We need to do economic development, technological development, innovation, and [strive for] prosperity… for society — that’s top [on the] agenda. And, you know,…
Koch Super PAC Shatters Its Election Spending Record
…spending in this election cycle by a more familiar conservative billionaire: industrialist Charles Koch and his Americans for Prosperity Action super PAC. Overall, AFP Action’s spending in 2024 federal elections…
ULINE CEO’s Restoration PAC Hauls in $51.8 Million in Third Quarter
…the goal of “enabl[ing] all Americans to live in true freedom.” However, as FEC filings detail, the PAC supports anti-abortion groups and former President Donald Trump (R), who recently stated…
A Koch-Funded Lawfare Group Is Suing The Biden Admin To Protect Vaccine Skepticism
…efforts to get Americans vaccinated amid a global pandemic in the face of widespread misinformation online about the jabs. The COVID vaccines provide robust protection against severe illness and death,…
Super PAC Spending on Montana Senate Race Breaks Records
…of small donors. Charles Koch’s astro-turf group Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) spent $2.3 million opposing Tester and $4.3 million supporting Sheehy. AFP Action spent more than $140 million…