A mix of high-powered lawyers, pastors, and corporate leaders funded the Council for National Policy’s 40th Anniversary celebration in May.
Turning Point USA Seeks $43 Million to Escalate the Right’s Culture War in American Schools
The Trump-aligned nonprofit pitches a “Systematic Effort” to “Inspire Our Kids [to] Love America Again” in investor prospectus obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy.
Republican AGs Expand Their Pay-to-Play Operation
The Republican Attorneys General Association has added another weapon to its arsenal of pay-to-play groups designed to influence state attorneys general and national policy.
GOP Megadonor Art Pope Plays Leading Role in GOP Gerrymandering Operation
GOP megadonor and power broker Art Pope has gone all-in to help Republicans rig elections in their favor for the next decade.
Trump Die-Hards Launch MAGA Voter Suppression Center
Materials obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy detail a sophisticated, well-funded effort by the America First Policy Institute to engage state-level allies and coordinate with national right-wing groups working on elections to advance voter suppression measures embraced by the far right.
ALEC Claims Credit for Voter Suppression and Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws at Secret Meeting
ALEC boasted about its role in promoting and passing laws making it harder to vote, barring schools from teaching about America’s racist past, and protecting employers from COVID-related lawsuits at a May meeting of the right-wing Council for National Policy.
ALEC Lied About Its Work on Election Suppression Bills
ALEC claims that it “doesn’t work on voting issues,” but its CEO told a very different story to her right-wing audience at a Council for National Policy meeting in May.
Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Controversial ALEC Voter Software
The right-wing Bradley Foundation has earmarked at least $1.7M for ALEC’s distribution of sophisticated voter management software deeply tied to the Republican Party since 2017, the subject of an IRS whistleblower complaint and multiple state campaign finance complaints.
Group Run by Trump’s “Judge Whisperer” Leonard Leo Provides More Than a Third of RAGA’s Revenue So Far in 2021
The Republican Attorneys General Association reported $6.7 million in revenue in the first half of 2021, according to a mid-year IRS filing examined by the Center for Media and Democracy, $2.5 million of which came from came from a dark money group run by Trump’s go-to man for packing the federal courts with right-wing judges.
At Least 100 ALEC Lawmakers Signed Letter Opposing Worker Protections in PRO Act
ALEC Action organized a letter signed by 100 lawmakers to members of Congress urging them to oppose the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act).