…being insufficiently conservative. In Missouri, five GOP members of the state legislature filibustered the state Senate earlier this month in an unsuccessful attempt to defund the state’s Medicaid program. In…
The Big Money Behind Chris Rufo’s Right-Wing Agitating
…2020 to 2022. $157,000 from Thomas Smith’s foundation. The school has also received millions in untraceable funding through mainstream donor-advised funds. Hillsdale got nearly $12.2 million through Schwab Charitable Fund…
Assets of Koch-Controlled Organizations Soar to Over $8.1 Billion
…which incoming and outgoing funds are disclosed. Two 501(c)(4) organizations that began operations in 2022 are incorporated into our dataset: the Stand Together C4 Fund, and Music C4. The new…
In Backlash to Campus Pro-Palestine Protests, Echoes of Standing Rock and the Global Crackdown on Climate Protest
…is deemed terroristic. Suddenly, new anti-terrorism laws spread across the nation and the world. Environmental movements learned after 9/11 how easily laws and police funding designed to protect against terrorism…
Railroad Owned by RFK Jr.’s Megadonor Repeatedly Violated Environmental and Safety Laws
…conditions. Also, in 2021 “Pan Am Railways agreed to pay a $140,000 penalty to [Maine’s] environmental clean-up fund and $60,000 to the State general fund in settlement of multiple alleged…
Wisconsin Right-Wing Litigation Center Grooms School Board Members
…its donor advised fund, the Bradley Impact Fund, is included, the percentage of funding jumps to 40. Bradley calls WILL the “MVP” of its Wisconsin network, making it the logical…
Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund Top Funder of Republican AGs Group in 2024
…$1 million contribution from The Concord Fund made Leonard Leo’s nonprofit funding vehicle (formerly registered as the Judicial Crisis Network) the top donor to RAGA, bringing the total it has…
GOP Megadonor Richard Uihlein’s PAC Brings in $3.1 Million in First Quarter
…three funding vehicles — along with the Voter Reference Foundation, a subsidiary of Restoration Action — are run by GOP operative Doug Truax and pumped with Uihlein cash. The $3.1…
U.S. House Anti-Woke Caucus Targets Programs Benefiting Minorities
…diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in both hiring and workplace practices. The group wants to “protect taxpayer’s [sic] from being forced to fund woke and divisive ideologies.” Republican Rep. Jim…
ALEC Pushes Anti-Union Playbook
State lawmakers seeking to dismantle unions and implement anti-worker laws have just been handed a new state-by-state roadmap by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the corporate-funded bill mill popular…