CMD NEWS ABOUT Koch

• ALEC Leading Right-Wing Campaign to Reopen the Economy Despite COVID-19

  By David Armiak and Alex Kotch | April 30th, 2020 at 3:16 PM (CDT)

  Documents obtained by CMD show the extent of the corporate lobby group’s role in pressuring the states to force a rapid reopening of the economy despite strong public resistance and health concerns.

• Ohio’s Buckeye Institute Uses Coronavirus to Push Its Budget Cuts Wish List

  By Don Wiener | April 30th, 2020 at 9:53 AM (CDT)

  The Koch-funded policy group calls for broad cuts to Medicaid, education, and water quality protection on top of Governor DeWine’s hiring freeze and budget cuts.

• While Nation Focused on Impeachment and the Coronavirus, Koch Continued to Lobby to Stop Climate Legislation

  By Don Wiener | April 22nd, 2020 at 1:37 PM (CDT)

  Koch Industries spent $2.7 million in the first quarter of 2020 on lobbying Congress to block climate progress, weaken environmental protections, and protect its bottom line.

• Groups Aligned with Right-Wing Megadonors Are Promoting Coronavirus Protests

  By Alex Kotch | April 22nd, 2020 at 11:02 AM (CDT)

  FreedomWorks and Convention of States Action, both with Koch network ties, have new initiatives to promote state-based protests against COVID-19 social distancing measures.

• COVID-19 ‘Liberate’ Groups Are the Same Ones Pushing Climate Denial

  By ExposedByCMD Editors | April 21st, 2020 at 1:41 PM (CDT)

  The well-funded machinery that sowed doubt about climate is now sowing seeds of doubt over the economic and public health response to COVID-19.