Investigating Power
This Americans for Prosperity Stimulating Growth Prospectus circulated to donors in January 2025 was obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy and shared with The Guardian.
Below is the list of sponsors of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2024 States and Nation Policy Summit held December 3-5 in Washington, D.C. obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). In 2023, CMD wrote about how the pay-to-play group offers its corporate sponsors a variety of options for buying access to state […]
This agenda for the State Freedom Caucus Network‘s 1st Annual State Freedom Caucus Summit in Dallas, TX on September 6-8, 2024 was obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy.
This agenda for the State Financial Officers Foundation‘s Public Fiduciary Network’s 2024 Meeting in Dallas, TX on July 23, 2024 was obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy.
The Center for Media and Democracy obtained this previously unreleased 2024 Academies Calendar from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The calendar shows that ALEC is still offering training sessions alongside its meetings with Leonard Leo‘s dark money voter suppression group: Honest Elections Project.
The Center for Media and Democracy obtained this email from documented insurrectionist Cleta Mitchell to American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) lawmakers asking them to pass the “Only Citizens Vote” model policy at ALEC’s 2024 Annual Meeting. In the email, Mitchell claims, without proof, that, “There is a growing recognition that the threat of noncitizen voting […]
U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden (R-03) will be the beneficiary of a fundraising event in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin at the residence of John and Linda Anderson on September 22, 2024. The hosts include GOP megadonors Liz and Dick Uihlein. Van Orden has been endorsed by Trump and was present at the violent insurrection at the […]
This email from AARP’s Idaho State Director Lupe Wissel to ALEC Idaho State Chair Ben Toews was obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy. In the email, Wissel writes that she is going to “get reservations set up for Idaho State dinner.” AARP reportedly left ALEC in 2016, but this email shows that AARP […]
This Citizen Only Voting Amendment pamphlet distributed the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2024 Annual Meeting was obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy.
This tentative agenda for the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Meeting of the Joint Task Forces on Federalism, Homeland Security and International Relations held on July 26, 2024 was obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy.