U.S Justice Samuel Alito has been scouring the land looking for a case to make his mark on history. Now, he has found one.
Right-Wing Network Puts Friedrichs v. California Teachers in Samuel Alito’s Lap
By Mary Bottari | at
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How SPN “Think Tanks” Will Spin ALEC’s 2016 Agenda
By Brendan Fischer | at
ALEC’s sister organization convenes this week.
Kochs, Corps, and Monsanto Trade Group Have Bankrolled Group Attacking Dr. Oz
By Rebekah Wilce | at
One of the doctors who has called for TV’s Dr. Oz–a prominent proponent of GMO labeling–to be fired from Columbia University is a convicted felon who works for the American Council on Science and Health. An updated review of ACSH’s funding reveals it is funded by a trade group of food corporations (including Monsanto) that heavily opposes GMO labeling.
Who Is Behind the National Right to Work Committee and its Anti-Union Crusade?
By Jay Riestenberg and Mary Bottari | at
The Supreme Court is poised to decide is Harris v. Quinn, “the most important labor law case the court has considered in decades.”
One of the Koch Family-Controlled Foundations Has Quietly Folded
By Nick Surgey | at
The Koch family-controlled Claude R. Lambe Foundation (CRLF), one of the routine sources of funding for right wing groups for more than thirty years has dissolved, further limiting what little is publicly known of which groups seeking to change Americans’ rights receive money controlled or directed by Charles and David Koch and their operatives.
Documents from Open Records Lawsuit Further Undermine Claims that ALEC Is Legislator-Driven
By Brendan Fischer | at
Newly-released ALEC documents obtained as part of CMD”s open records litigation provide more evidence that lobbyists and special interests are calling the shots within ALEC, undermining that group’s latest PR spin that it is a “legislator-driven” organization.
Big Telecom Bankrolls a National Network of Stink Tanks
By Jay Riestenberg | at
As Comcast moves forward with its plan to take over Time Warner Cable, their legislative agenda is facing greater scrutiny.
The State Policy Network’s Cozy Relationship with Big Tobacco
By Rebekah Wilce | at
The State Policy Network (SPN), a web of right-wing “think tanks” in every state across the country, has close ties with the tobacco industry. When tobacco companies like Reynolds American or Altria/Philip Morris want to avoid tobacco taxes and health regulations, reports by SPN groups in many states can help inspire local resistance.
Did ALEC Found SPN? 1991 Report Suggests So, Exposes SPN Agenda
By Rebekah Wilce | at
The Madison Group, the predecessor to the State Policy Network (SPN) — which was exposed recently in a Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) report, followed by the release of funding proposals detailing its coordination by The Guardian — was “launched by the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC . . . and housed in […]
Guardian Documents Expose State Policy Network Groups’ Intent to Lobby
By Rebekah Wilce | at
The Guardian published a set of coordinated fundraising proposals from State Policy Network (SPN) members today that confirm many of these groups’ intent to change state laws and policies, referring to “advancing model legislation” and “candidate briefings.” These activities “arguably cross the line into lobbying,” The Guardian notes. The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) highlighted these questionable political activities in its recent report, “EXPOSED: The State Policy Network: The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government,” as well as in a recent follow-up article.