CMD NEWS ABOUT Democracy

• Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bill Designed to Chill Campus Protests

  By David Armiak | February 12th, 2020 at 10:45 AM (CST)

  Modeled after a similar measure drafted by the right-wing Goldwater Institute, the bill imposes mandatory disciplinary sanctions on anyone under the jurisdiction of an institution "who engages in violent or other disorderly conduct that materially and substantially disrupts the free expression of others."

• Fox in the Henhouse: Koch-Backed Opponent of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Chairs Taskforce to Evaluate Its Regulations

  By David Armiak | February 10th, 2020 at 5:27 PM (CST)

  The Koch anti-regulatory political network has given $63.6 million to groups that taskforce chair Todd Zywicki has held senior level positions in since 2008.

• Private Prison Giant GEO Group Gives to Super PAC Backing Susan Collins

  By Alex Kotch | February 6th, 2020 at 9:33 AM (CST)

  The recent donation is one of many contributions that GEO Group has made via its subsidiaries, potentially skirting federal campaign finance rules.

• Charles Koch’s Political Operation Readies for 2020 Election: New PAC Report

  By Don Wiener | January 31st, 2020 at 5:41 PM (CST)

  Charles Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Action has reported receiving nearly $6 million this quarter, bringing the total raised in 2019 to $14.16 million.

• Centrist Third Way, Funded by Corporate Interests, Attacks Sanders in Iowa

  By Alex Kotch | January 31st, 2020 at 1:23 PM (CST)

  Third Way, a think tank funded by the likes of Amgen, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Reynolds American tobacco, is warning Iowa voters about the democratic socialist candidate.