Research Cited

Tax-Exempt Nonprofit Electioneering to Boost GOP

Source: Institute for Public Accuracy | Published: 9/18/2024

A new Center for Media and Democracy report found that American Majority, a tax-exempt group, trains Republican candidates and party organizations on how to win elections. But the organization’s tax-exempt status prohibits it from such activities. CMD filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Service and the Minnesota attorney general’s office, requesting a thorough investigation into […]

Trump Loyalists Take Over Election Boards in Key States: Shocking Analysis Reveals

Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump

Source: Kawsachun News | Published: 9/18/2024

Over 100 election officials from eight pivotal states in the U.S. presidential race have demonstrated partisan election denial in recent years. This has led to concerns that they could attempt to manipulate the November result in favor of Republican candidate Donald Trump, as per a report published on Friday. The comprehensive 88-page report, compiled by […]

Endgame: The Risk of a Trump Coup and How to Prevent It

Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump

Source: Washington Spectator | Published: 9/17/2024

In a recently released report, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) identified 239 election deniers in eight swing states (Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin). 50 are Republicans running for the House or Senate, 6 are Republicans running for state executive office, 102 are sitting state and county election officials, […]

Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves

Climate, Democracy, Environment

Source: CNN | Published: 9/14/2024

ExxonMobil severed ties with ALEC in 2018, but had given more than $1.7 million to the group between 1998 and 2015, according to Exxon’s publicly available disclosures published by the Center for Media and Democracy. Chevron and Energy Transfer have not replied to CNN’s request for comment.

Fears mount that election deniers could disrupt vote count in US swing states

Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump

Source: The Guardian | Published: 9/13/2024

A new survey of eight vital swing states reveals that at least 239 election deniers who have signed up to Trump’s “election integrity” conspiracy theories – including the false claim that the 2020 election was rigged against him – are actively engaged in electoral battles this year. The deniers are standing for congressional or state […]

Analysis Shows Trump Loyalists Have ‘Infiltrated’ Election Boards in Key States

Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump

Source: Common Dreams | Published: 9/13/2024

More than 100 election officials across eight swing states in the U.S. presidential race have engaged in partisan election denial in recent years, raising fears they could try to turn the November result in favor of Republican nominee Donald Trump, according to a report released Friday. The 88-page report, produced by the Center for Media […]

Complaint alleges illegal Minnesota funds by American Majority

Democracy, Elections

Source: MinnPost | Published: 9/11/2024

Complaints filed with the Minnesota Attorney General and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday by The Center for Media and Democracy allege that the nonprofit American Majority broke campaign finance laws that limit political activity by charitable organizations. The complaint says American Majority, which trains Republican political activists and candidates, should be barred from […]

Are You Ready for Some (Private Equity) Football!

Campaign Finance, Democracy, Economy

Source: Inequality.org | Published: 9/5/2024

But that success won’t come easy. Private equity execs are spending more than ever these days on politics. In the current election cycle, notes the Center for Media and Democracy, the top 50 national contributors to political campaigns include 11 private equity giants. These 11 have already contributed over $223 million to congressional and presidential […]

Southern economic policies undermine job quality for auto workers: Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation

ALEC, Economy

Source: Economic Policy Institute | Published: 9/4/2024

Most recently, several states across the South have passed laws prohibiting companies from receiving state-provided economic subsidies if they voluntarily recognize a union (AP 2024; Wiener 2023). This is a particularly telling choice, given the region’s embrace of subsidizing employers with generous economic development incentives, not to mention the Southern economic development model’s general deference […]

How One Investigation Exposed an Alarming Threat to the US Election — And Why Others Should Dig Deeper

Democracy, Elections, Extremism

Source: Global Investigative Journalism Network | Published: 9/2/2024

Watchdog databases on America’s far right. Glawe says useful databases for this work include the Insurrection Index; the Election Threat Index from Public Wise; the Resources dashboard at the States United Democracy Center; and the Center for Media and Democracy’s Insurrection Exposed database.