CMD NEWS ABOUT Economy

• The Food Industry Is Shaping the Principles of Scientific Integrity, Study Says

  By ExposedByCMD Editors | April 21st, 2021 at 3:06 PM (CDT)

  The food industry has been trying to revise the standards and principles by which science is conducted in ways that benefit industry.

• The Right’s “Dark Money ATM” Launches Funding Stream to Exploit Pandemic for Movement Goals

  By David Armiak | March 30th, 2021 at 7:56 AM (CDT)

  DonorsTrust, the preferred donor conduit of the Koch political network, has launched a new funding stream to resist public health measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and use the crisis to further its broader policy goals.

• Right-Wing Network Opposes Initiative to Increase Charitable Giving During Pandemic

  By Alex Kotch | March 8th, 2021 at 1:12 PM (CST)

  A coalition of conservative groups funded by private foundations and donor-advised funds is denouncing a plan to make those foundations and funds pay out more of their endowments to charity.

• Koch-Funded Groups Back Anti-Union Bills in the States, Oppose Pro-Union Legislation in Congress

  By Don Wiener and David Armiak | February 24th, 2021 at 7:49 AM (CST)

  Anti-union forces are on the offensive again in the states, but are playing defense this year at the federal level.

• Elon Musk’s SpaceX Gave $119,000 to Congress Members Who Voted to Overturn the Presidential Election

  By Don Wiener | February 18th, 2021 at 12:05 PM (CST)

  So far, SpaceX has not joined other major aerospace and technology companies in suspending its political contributions to Members of Congress who voted against certifying the presidential election results.