…federal voter protection legislation that has stalled out in Congress. Thomas More Society — $250,000 The Thomas More Society (TMS) received $250,000 in 2020 for its “election integrity initiatives.” The…
The Dirty Dozen: The Biggest Nonprofit Funders of Climate Denial
…member. 6. Bradley Foundations — $2.5 million The Wisconsin-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation was founded by a charter member of the far-right John Birch Society in 1942. Now a…
Revealed: New Leaders of Council for National Policy Set Extremist Agenda
…in Oct 2020. “They have worked through the Federalist Society, the Heritage Foundation, and the National Rifle Association, all run by members of the CNP.” Dannenfelser was among 14 other…
How Dark Money Shaped the School Safety Debate
…million fewer workers. “Policies about COVID in schools have often been at the vanguard of the push to reopen society more broadly,” said social epidemiologist Justin Feldman of Harvard’s FXB…
Billionaires Bet Big to Influence 2022 Elections
…Federalist, a right-wing website that often publishes misinformation and until recently kept its donors secret. The Uihleins have also bankrolled Republican party organizations and leadership committees with $12 million so…
Republican Group of State Financial Officers Takes on Woke Capitalism
…since the book was published last June. Ramaswamy has delivered speeches to just about every influential group on the Right, including at multiple Federalist Society events, a meeting of the…
ALEC’s New Push to Protect Corporations from Damage Claims
…jurors need to take into account the plaintiff’s loss of the decedent’s love, companionship, comfort, care, assistance, protection, affection, society, moral support, and so forth. Noneconomic damages do not include…
Tea Party Backers Pour Millions into Key 2022 Senate Races
…to the nonprofit behind The Federalist, a pro-Trump, conspiracy-laden media outlet. So far this cycle, the Uihleins have contributed $3.9 million, $2.5 million, and $1 million to super PACs supporting…
How The Koch Network Hijacked The War On Covid
…fellowships to academics in several Koch-funded programs. That includes economist Peter Boettke, the former president of the Mont Pelerin Society, of which Charles Koch has been a member, and Michael…
Bari Weiss’ New “Fiercely Independent” University Closely Tied to Right-Wing Koch Network
…to combat racism and other bigotry in society, and they have used the resulting blowback from their communities to launch right-wing media tours as free speech warriors and victims of…