…received written questions for the record from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA). Below is a video of Graves’ testimony, her written testimony, and her answers to…
More Staff Flee GOP Attorneys General Group After It Doubles Down on Insurrection
…violent events at the Capitol, where he told the crowd, “We will not quit fighting.” Schmitt’s Solicitor General John Sauer registered for a “Senior Staff Summit” organized by RLDF on…
Rand Paul Is Working with ALEC to Suppress the Vote
…second panel, Election 2020: What Happened and What Does it Mean for the Future?, included Rachel Bovard, senior policy director with the Trump administration-tied Conservative Partnership Institute; The Federalist‘s political…
Officials Use Digital Dodges to Hide Records
…I requested communications between ALEC and the office of John Nygren, then a Republican state representative. Nygren, who sat on ALEC’s board of directors at the time, provided me with…
State Policy Network Partners With RealClear to Promote Its Right-Wing Agenda
…posts and news coverage about the members. The description on the page doesn’t tell the reader that the content comes from a host of right-wing think tanks that work to…
Major Right-Wing Funders Push Supreme Court Case Against Donor Disclosure
…groups are part of the People United for Privacy coalition that SPN organized to block donor disclosure laws. The $222 million total does not include additional money donated directly by…
Wisconsin Far Right Lawmakers Seek Radical Rewrite of U.S. Constitution…Again
…Koch who serves as director for the right-wing blog Empower Wisconsin. O’Keefe is well known for being a target of the 2012-2015 “John Doe” criminal investigation into possible illegal campaign…
Now Is Our Last Best Chance to Confront the Climate Crisis
…extreme heat impact the stability of the region? How close is the West Antarctic ice sheet to collapse, and what does the risk of five or six feet of sea-level…
ALEC Members Lead Voter Suppression Efforts in 2020 Battleground States
…out-of-precinct voting, politicizing elections boards, and even criminalizing the distribution of food or drinks to voters waiting in line. ALEC’s Georgia state chair Sen. Bruce Thompson and ALEC-tied Sen. John…
Right-Wing Groups Unite in Campaign Against Bill to Improve U.S. Democracy
…targeting 51 Democrats. AAN ran radio ads in all of those districts and digital ads in 15 swing districts, including that of Rep. John Sarbanes (MD), the primary sponsor of…