The Heritage Foundation, the prime force driving Project 2025, has strongly endorsed the effort to call an Article V convention.
A Constitutional Convention Would Supercharge Project 2025
By David Super | at
Featured Investigations
Climate Clarity: The Biggest Problems, The Best Solution
By Alex Carlin | at
After reporting from every UN climate conference since the one in Peru in 2014, I have come to realize that the climate problems we face and their solutions have crystallized for me in the following way.
A Koch-Funded Lawfare Group Is Suing The Biden Admin To Protect Vaccine Skepticism
By Walker Bragman | at
A corporate-aligned litigation outfit with deep ties to right-wing petrochemical billionaire Charles Koch is once again suing key officials and agencies within the Biden administration for their alleged role in influencing content moderation decisions made by social media companies.
Super PAC Spending on Montana Senate Race Breaks Records
By Colleen Scerpella and Don Wiener | at
Montana is a must-win state for both parties in the 2024 general election for the U.S Senate, and it is shaping up to be the most expensive in U.S. history in terms of the cost per vote.
Project 2025 Architects Weaponize State Superintendents in Culture War
By David Armiak | at
Hundreds of pages of materials obtained and reviewed by the Center for Media and Democracy demonstrate how Heritage has weaponized state superintendents to ramp up culture war divides, move education policy to the Right, and promote the privatization of schools.
Turning Point Turns Into a Trump Field Operation
By Colleen Scerpella | at
TPUSA, along with its political arm Turning Point Action, has emerged as one of Trump’s most loyal and valuable allies in his campaign for reelection, and has amplified his ongoing grievances with the 2020 election and unfounded claims of voter fraud.
An Ex-Con Promoted Campaign Software at ALEC’s Annual Meeting
By Juliana Broad | at
Just before the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting in July, a former Oklahoma legislator and convicted felon reached out to ALEC state chairs to market a campaign data management platform favored by the Republican National Committee (RNC).
Utility-Backed Candidates and Undemocratic Oversight Create Obstacles to Arizona’s Transition to Clean Energy
By Juliana Broad | at
A recent Arizona primary election sheds light on the entrenched power of the state’s utilities, with critics worried that more state representatives may work at the behest of the utilities instead of focusing on much-needed reforms to accelerate Arizona’s move towards renewable energy.
New CMD Report: Hundreds of Public and GOP Officials in Eight Battleground States Stand Ready to Subvert the 2024 Election Results
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
The Center for Media and Democracy released a major new report today highlighting the elevated threat to the peaceful transition of power following this November’s national elections — more than 200 public and Republican Party officials in swing states who either deny the 2020 election results, have refused to certify previous elections, or spread disinformation about widespread voter fraud.
CMD Files IRS, Minnesota Complaints Against American Majority Alleging Civil and Criminal Violations of Tax and Campaign Finance Laws
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
The Center for Media and Democracy filed complaints today with the Internal Revenue Service and the Minnesota attorney general’s office requesting investigations into improper partisan and electoral activity by American Majority, a tax-exempt group that trains Republican candidates and party organizations on how to win elections.