Victor Davis Hanson is a retired California State University – Fresno classics professor, and visiting lecturer at Arnn’s Hillsdale College. He is also a fellow at the free-market Hoover Institution, which receives its funding from right-wing and libertarian donors (including the Sarah Scaife, Olin, Bradley, and Shelby Cullom Davis Foundations). He has attended at least one Koch donor summit and serves on […]
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Shadowy Right-Wing Strategy Group Embraces Islamophobic Figures, Policies, Presents Challenge to Democracy
Like other anti-Muslim and far-right actors, CNP has begun to frame China as a new Cold War-style adversary. Gaffney and his group are active in stoking alarmism about the supposed threat from China. At a CNP conference in August 2020 in Arlington, Virginia, the coalition’s sister lobbying arm CNP Action, Inc., hosted a panel titled […]
How so-called libertarian Charles Koch drove a national wave of anti-protest laws
Sometimes described as a “corporate bill mill,” ALEC demands impressive fees from its member companies, which are increased if a company wants to play a direct role in writing proposed laws. The Koch network has used ALEC, by many accounts, as a private legislative incubator, where state lawmakers and company lobbyists can collaborate in drafting bills — including this new wave […]
Ted Cruz’s Wildly Dishonest Defense of Voter Suppression
In fact, the Center for Media and Democracy recently exposed the real truth. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a group that helps big business and right-wing groups get their policies passed into laws at the state level, has been pushing legislators to pass voter suppression bills so they can keep corporation-friendly Republicans in power.
Michigan Tribes Plan Peaceful Gatherings For Enbridge ‘Eviction Day,’ LaDuke To Speak
The nonprofit Consumers Energy Alliance — a front group for the energy industry that pushes pro-oil and gas messaging in the United States, according to SourceWatch — released a report Monday arguing that a Line 5 shutdown would devastate energy supplies of surrounding states.
MAGA Attorneys General Are Winning a GOP Civil War
Jason Heath, RAGA’s director of operations, was next out the door. “I respect your votes but the direction is not one I can honestly stand behind,” he wrote in an April 25 email obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy.
Scientists Must Get Involved in Democracy Reform!
They are based on the deceitful, politically fabricated need to reassure voters that the elections are secure. This the punchline of a lie-fueled campaign, by the self-same proposers of these bills, to cast doubt on fair and secure elections, despite all evidence to the contrary. In other words, they manufactured a problem that doesn’t exist […]
Another GOP attorneys general group leader resigns amid Capitol attack fallout
Jason Heath, RAGA’s director of operations, announced his resignation in an April 25 letter obtained and reported by The Center for Media and Democracy on Tuesday.
Missouri AG takes over GOP group facing scrutiny and staff shake-ups after Jan. 6
The Center for Media and Democracy, a progressive watchdog group, reported Tuesday that RAGA’s operations director, Jason Heath, stepped down in the wake of Bisbee’s promotion.
Right-wing group sues Biden for giving aid to Black farmers
Diane Hendricks, described by the Center for Media Democracy as the institute’s largest known donor, donated $4.7 million to the Wisconsin Republican Party between 1998 and 2018 and $5 million to Walker’s PAC when he ran for president.