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How Scott Walker Made Wisconsin the National Poster Child for Dark Money Corruption
The tale of Wisconsin’s lead poisoned children becomes “Exhibit A” in congressional hearing Thursday.
Koch Kumbaya: The Billionaire Industrialists Appropriate Frederick Douglass, Pledge to “Do Right”
What are we to make of all the good news and talk of bipartisanship coming from the Koch camp?
Meet Scott Beightol: Anti-Worker Corporate Lawyer and Scott Walker’s Lame Duck Pick for UW Board of Regents
Scott Beightol defends corporations accused of racial, gender, and age discrimination, and employers who want to deny workers medical and family leave.
Howard Buffett’s Border War
A billionaire’s son is spending millions in Cochise County.
GOP Strips Rep. King of Posts, but ALEC Keeps White Supremacist State Chair
Washington State Rep. Matt Shea keeps his leadership post in ALEC despite circulating a white nationalist manifesto calling for a violent Christian holy war.
Time for a Clean Sweep at the Capitol
As Scott Walker scurries out the door, CMD recommends five anticorruption measures needed at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
ALEC Union Busting Proposal Defeated in Michigan Lame Duck
Bill’s author never met the threshold for election that he is demanding for union recertification.
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Michigan GOP Defies Voters, Rams ALEC, Koch Priorities Through Lame-Duck Session
Unconstitutional voter restrictions, lower wages, less health care, donor secrecy, and union-busting add up to an agenda only the Koch brothers would love.