Right-wing group holds its first “Leadership Summit” in Colonial Williamsburg as part of drive to radically curtail the federal government’s ability to safeguard civil rights, protect the environment, and regulate big business.
ALEC Doubles Down on Trump, Corporate Agenda at Annual Meeting in Texas
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meets this week in Austin, the capital of the Lone Star State, for its 46th Annual Meeting at the posh JW Marriott hotel.
Coke, Pepsi Drop Trade Association Pushing Plastic Ban Bans
Plastic Industry Association works with ALEC to block regulation of single-use plastics.
Koch, Bradley Money Fuels Trump’s Right-Wing Echo Chamber
Trump’s friends from the Summit have gone out of their way to justify his racist attacks.
Bradley Foundation Funds “Opt-Out” Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation pumped more than $5.6 million dollars into right-wing anti-labor groups efforts in 2018.
Kochs’ Dark-Money Network Bankrolls Campus “Free Speech” Group
Speech First may look like a student group, but its staff and PR firm are paid for by the Koch operation’s DonorsTrust.
Comcast Is Latest Telecommunications Company to Drop ALEC
The news of Comcast’s departure was made public in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing calling for increased lobbying disclosure by Comcast.
ALEC Teams up with Anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom to Promote So-Called “Campus Free Speech” Bills
The noted hate group is also a dues-paying member of ALEC, CMD has found.
ALEC’s Washington State Chair Discussed Violence, Surveillance Against Constituents
Rep. Matt Shea offered to gather information on political opponents for right-wing extremists advocating violence.
Koch Network and Christian Right Celebrate Apparent Hagedorn Victory in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race
Right-wing Judge Brian Hagedorn leads Judge Lisa Neubauer by less than half a percent.