Investigating Power
The Center for Media and Democracy obtained this invitation to a voter suppression strategizing session by The Heritage Foundation. The live event held on January 26, 2022 features Kevin Roberts, president at The Heritage Foundation; Jessica Anderson, executive director at Heritage Action for America; John Fund, national affairs columnist for the National Review; Texas State […]
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) held its annual “Life Sciences Academy” on October 15-17, 2021 in La Jolla, California. The training session for ALEC lawmakers was not published. The Center for Media and Democracy obtained the invitation and agenda for this event through a public records request.
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) held an “Innovating the Future” Academy on October 13-15, 2021 in Silicon Valley, California. The training session for ALEC lawmakers was not published. The Center for Media and Democracy obtained this invitation for the event through a public records request.
This invitation for an “Honest Elections Academy Part Two,” obtained and published by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), was sent to ALEC lawmakers and held on November 29 and 30 before the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s 2021 States and Nation Policy Summit. The invitation states that, “Over the summer, we discussed best […]
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) obtained Fair Lines Action’s 1024 tax-exempt application from the Internal Revenue Service. Fair Lines Action is a sister organization of Fair Lines America, a registered 501(c)4 non-profit that works to prevent independent redistricting commissions from establishing in the states, conducts redistricting trainings, and weighs in on redistricting litigation.
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) obtained Fair Lines America Foundation ’s 1023 tax-exempt application from the Internal Revenue Service. Fair Lines America Foundation is the sister organization of Fair Lines America, a registered 501(c)4 non-profit that works to prevent independent redistricting commissions from establishing in the states, conducts redistricting trainings, and weighs in […]
This Turning Point USA Investor Prospectus was sourced to the Center for Media and Democracy alongside a personal letter from Charlie Kirk dated August 2021.
Edwin Feulner, founder of The Heritage Foundation, delivered these remarks at the Council for National Policy’s 40th Anniversary Black Tie Gala. The Center for Media and Democracy obtained these remarks and held them until The Washington Post’s Robert O’Harrow’s “God, Trump, and the Closed-Door World of a Major Conservative Group” was published. The Center for […]
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) obtained Rule of Law Endowment’s 1023 tax-exempt application from the Internal Revenue Service. The Rule of Law Endowment received tax-exempt status from the IRS on Feb. 10, 2021, retroactive to Dec. 15, 2020, and operates out of the same office and with the same staff as the Republican […]
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) obtained America First Policy Institute’s 1023 tax-exempt application from the Internal Revenue Service. The nonprofit spin-off of the Trump administration established in April 2021 released the name of its board chair, Linda McMahon, but not the rest of the board. The 1023 application shows that the board also includes […]