…might moderate some of its views in more public forums — such as its website — its leadership and ranks include notable white nationalists and anti-Semites, often operating behind the…
Groups Aligned with Right-Wing Megadonors Are Promoting Coronavirus Protests
…is building a forum and other tools into the openthestates.com site after Facebook removed “Reopen” events from its site. The group has advertised the site and asked for money, on…
COVID-19 ‘Liberate’ Groups Are the Same Ones Pushing Climate Denial
…the science of global climate change” and that “it’s well past time that we have a full and independent review of the climate science that is driving energy and environmental…
“Identity-Scrubbing” Charities Bankroll Heartland’s Climate Denial
…DAF sponsor formerly known as the DuPage Community Foundation, gave $130,000 from fiscal year 2014 to fiscal year 2019. The Pew Charitable Trusts, an independent, nonpartisan nonprofit that devotes significant…
Right-Wing Super PAC Runs Pro-Sanders Ad After Running Anti-Sanders Ad
…Federal Election Commission data. Club for Growth Action has made over $5 million worth of independent expenditures in the 2020 elections so far, much of it going towards Republican congressional…
Independent Spending for Biden and Warren Dwarfs Outside Support for Sanders
As of March 4, the day after Super Tuesday, independent spending groups in the Democratic presidential primary had poured money into ads supporting candidates Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren…
Candidates Backed by Bloomberg Helped Pollute the Planet
The current version of Michael Bloomberg–not the 20th century Democrat, not the Bush-era Republican, not the independent third-term New York City mayor–is a generous, liberal billionaire at the forefront of…
Wealthy Donors and Fossil Fuel Interests Pump Millions into Super PACs for 2020 Elections
Independent political spending groups are readying their arsenals to flood the airwaves with 2020 election ads praising their preferred candidates or attacking those they don’t like. Right-wing millionaires and billionaires…
Dark Money “Women’s” Group Claims Pivotal Role in 2016 Presidential Election
Independent Women’s Voice (IWV) and its sister organization Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) may have played a “pivotal role” in electing Donald Trump through a sophisticated electioneering effort in Wisconsin, a…
Democratic Presidential Candidate Michael Bloomberg Is a GOP Bankroller
…Shirley, who had strong fundraising and the endorsement Emily’s List, a liberal political group that helps elect women. But a few months later, Emily’s List invited Bloomberg, one of its…