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• Secretive Council for National Policy Closely Tied to Trump

  By David Armiak | October 27th, 2020 at 3:23 PM (CST)

  Secretive right-wing Christian group's ties to Trump and GOP go beyond coordinated effort to confirm Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, documents show.

• Net Worth of Wisconsin Billionaires Jumps $11 Billion Since Pandemic

  By ExposedByCMD Editors | October 23rd, 2020 at 8:55 AM (CST)

  Spike in wealth – led by John Menard, Jr., Herbert Kohler, Jr., and Diane Hendricks – is five times more than Wisconsin’s $2 billion revenue shortfall, according to a new report.

• GOP Politicians and Conservative Groups Set the Stage for Attempted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor

  By Alex Kotch | October 21st, 2020 at 3:07 PM (CST)

  The billionaire family of Education Sec. Betsy DeVos funded a political group that helped organize anti-lockdown protests, and Trump and other GOP figures stirred the pot by claiming Gov. Whitmer is a tyrant.

• Koch-Funded Legal Group Pushes to Allow Mass Evictions During Pandemic

  By Alex Kotch | October 13th, 2020 at 3:45 PM (CST)

  The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit heavily funded by the Charles Koch Foundation, succeeded in getting the Trump administration to greenlight eviction proceedings despite its eviction moratorium.

• Koch Super PAC Touts GOP Senators’ Support for “Junk” Insurance Plans

  By Alex Kotch | September 24th, 2020 at 2:11 PM (CST)

  Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Action is spending millions on TV and digital ads that claim vulnerable GOP senators are fighting for better health care. Their records indicate otherwise.