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Charles Koch Ramps Up Higher Ed Funding to Fuel ‘Talent Pipeline’
…2015 – 990 Fred and Mary Koch Foundation 2015 – 990 Alex Kotch is an independent investigative journalist. This article is published exclusively with the Center for Media and Democracy….
Betsy DeVos: Transcript of James Madison Center Awards Banquet Speech, July 12, 2002
…from 1985 to 1988 before resigning after independent prosecutor James McKay concluded a 14-month investigation into his conduct. No charges were filed against Meese, but the independent counsel referred certain…
Trump Picks a Fight with the Facts on His First Full Day
…inauguration. This compares to the 470,000, calculated by the crowd scientists, for the Women’s March on Washington D.C. This compares to the 3.1 to 4.6 million, tallied by academics in…
Betsy DeVos and “Biblical Capitalism:” Transcript of Interview at The Gathering 2001
CMD transcribed audio of Betsy and Dick DeVos being interviewed at an event called “the Gathering” in 2001. The audio is available here. Founded in the mid 1980’s, the Gathering…
Former Chief Nominations Counsel Opposes Sessions for Attorney General
…the very next week, June 19, despite the many concerns Senators raised about Mr. Pryor’s extreme callousness toward prisoners, his hostility to constitutional protections for women’s reproductive rights, and more….
Trump Urged to Put Nation Before Family Profits
…business enterprises into a true blind trust managed by an independent trustee having no family relationship with you, or the equivalent, in accordance with the guidelines of the Ethics in…
Jeff Sessions and Trump’s White House Swamp
…cabinet secretaries with independent legal advice while enforcing the laws of the United States. But let’s face it: It will take an exceptionally strong and independent-minded AG to call a…
Rex Tillerson and Exxon Spent Big on Climate Change Denial while Misleading Public, Evidence Shows
…of the world’s leading independent scientists about any massive expansion of the burning of fossil fuels–will be probed at potential confirmation hearings early next year. Notably, Tillerson’s block of shareholders…
Trump Names Controversial Lawyer to be White House Counsel
…McGahn also oversaw an NRCC scheme in 2002 to circumvent the McCain-Feingold soft money ban by transferring $1 million to the Leadership Forum, a front group set up by House…
