…current legal order,” received a $3.7 million grant from DonorsTrust. Six Supreme Court Justices are current or former members of the organization: Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts,…
Dispatches From the COP27 Climate Talks in Egypt
…does not actually reduce the CO2 blanket, and so does not stop the floods and hurricanes and droughts, whereas CDR can remove the blanket and restore a safe climate by…
Republican State Financial Officers Bring ESG Fight to Washington
…and wrote talking points for 2022 SFOF National Chair John Murante, the state treasurer of Nebraska, for an appearance on Fox News where he attacked the current administration’s energy policies…
ULINE CEO Pours Another $7.1 Million Into His Restoration PAC to Boost Anti-Abortion and Right-Wing Candidates and Causes
…state Republican candidates and other individuals as “RINOS” (Republicans in Name Only) and others as not far Right enough. “We’re educating voters against phony politicians,” John Karakoulakis, head of Western…
ALEC Held Third Voter Suppression Summit with Dark Money Group This Summer
…in promoting voter ID legislation. “ALEC doesn’t have ‘template legislation’ on voting because ALEC doesn’t work on voting issues,” Nelson wrote in a June 2021 opinion piece for Real Clear…
GOP Megadonor Looks to Inject Late Cash Into Wisconsin Governor’s Race with Oct. 5 Fundraiser for Tim Michels
…billion, Forbes estimates. Richard Uihlein is the largest donor to federal Republican candidates this cycle, according to OpenSecrets. Helen Johnson-Leipold, heir to the family-owned SC Johnson, a privately-held cleaning products…
State Policy Network and Affiliates Raises $152 Million Annually to Push Right-Wing Policies
…DonorsTrust, the preferred donor conduit of the Koch political network, CMD reported. The $152 million in revenue does not include contributions to advocacy or litigation arms of SPN, which would…
Kyrsten Sinema Has Many Friends in Private Equity
…New York Times, which acknowledges the campaign contribution connection but questions why the senator doesn’t explicitly explain her support of the carried interest loophole. A Center for Media and Democracy…
Koch Network Uses National Philanthropic Trust to Conceal Transactions
…A massive donor-advised fund—independent from the Koch family—the NPT routes billions of dollars to thousands of charities, policy organizations, and nonprofits every year. The NPT does not disclose its donors…
Here are Five of ALEC’s Most Far-Right Members
…have I heard in recent memory other than John 3:16. He talked about the communists that have taken over the Democrat party and are destroying the nation from within. Specifically…