Investigating Power
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) obtained America’s Frontline Doctors’ 1023 tax-exempt application from the Internal Revenue Service. The organization was previously registered as the Free Speech Foundation but is now formally registered as the Common Sense Foundation. According to the filing, America’s Frontline Doctors receives fiscal sponsorship through the Tea Party Patriots Foundation, CMD […]
This Council for National Policy meeting program for its 40th Anniversary meeting was obtained and published by the Center for Media and Democracy. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) led two panel discussions on state legislation in which it claimed credit for helping to push and pass a host of laws to make it harder to […]
Candidate for Congress in Wisconsin’s 3rd District Derrick Van Orden (R) will be the beneficiary of a fundraising event featuring U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R) in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin on September 16, 2021. The hosts include GOP megadonors Diane Hendricks and Liz and Dick Uihlein. Van Orden has been endorsed by Trump. U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D), […]
U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) was the beneficiary of a fundraising event hosted by Patricia and Vince Kolber and Jean Barry in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin on August 15, 2021. GOP megadonor Diane Hendricks is also listed on the host committee. The invitation was acquired by the Center for Media and Democracy. Attendees are asked to donate […]
The Center for Media and Democracy obtained this pamphlet for a July 20, 2021 “Rock for Right” fundraiser for Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost through an open records request.
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes (R) is holding a three-day “Summer Symposium” fundraiser August 18-20, 2021 in Deer Valley, Utah. The Center for Media and Democracy obtained a pamphlet on the fundraising event where attendees can give between $2,500 and $7,500 through an open records request.
On June 28, 2021, The Heritage Foundation held a “half-day briefing” on “redistricting, election security, and current election-related litigation and legislation” for Republican Secretaries of State. This invitation was obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy through an open records request in the state of Missouri.
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) is to be the beneficiary of a fundraising event hosted by Marilyn and Lee Tenzer and Linda and John Anderson in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin on August 19, 2021. GOP megadonors Liz and Richard Uihlein are also listed on the host committee. The invitation was acquired by the Center for Media and […]
The Center for Media and Democracy obtained Turning Point USA’s 1023 tax-exempt application from the Internal Revenue Service. Turning Point USA was an organizing member of #StopTheSteal protests and the “March to Save America” rally that led to the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The Center for Media and Democracy obtained Women for America First’s 1024 tax-exempt application from the Internal Revenue Service. Women for America First played a major role in organizing the “March to Save America” on January 6, 2021 that resulted in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.