Investigating Power
Documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy show SFOF holding events and panels at ritzy hotels all over the country, attended by right-wing state treasurers and auditors as well as executives from conservative think tanks, financial firms, and lobbying and consulting firms.
In fact, this was delivered as part of a 1943 speech by Henning W. Prentis Jr., former president of the National Association of Manufacturers, a group that, according to the Center for Media and Democracy, more recently has been heavily funded by the libertarian Koch brothers.
Campaign Finance, Climate, Democracy, Environment, RAGA
Further, Raga has received a whopping $18.8m from the Leo-linked Concord Fund since 2014 when the dark money non-profit first registered with the IRS, according to the liberal-leaning Center for Media and Democracy.
Campaign Finance, Democracy, Elections
In the current cycle, just 11 private equity billionaires all by themselves have so far pumped over $223 million in contributions to congressional and presidential candidates, an amount that more than doubles, notes the Center for Media and Democracy, what moguls from 147 private equity firms plowed into political campaigns back in the 2016 election […]
“Behind closed doors, corporations hand state legislators the changes to the law they desire that directly benefit their bottom line,” the Center for Media and Democracy watchdog wrote about the organization on their website, ALEC Exposed. “Participating legislators, overwhelmingly conservative Republicans, then bring those proposals home and introduce them in statehouses across the land as […]
Climate, Environment, Koch, SPN
The Center for Media and Democracy’s research is cited multiple times in this report.
Democracy, Elections, Extremism, Trump
CMD reported that with the selection of election denier extraordinaire, J.D. Vance, as the vice presidential candidate, the liars have effectively taken over the Republican Party. Plus, at least 16 delegates invited to the convention had signed fraudulent Electoral College documents in their states in an attempt to subvert the official counting of the ballots […]
Bradley Files, Education, SPN, Wisconsin
David Armiak, research director with the progressive watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy, said it is impossible to compare the state school board association to WILL. He said the association is statewide non-partisan organization “where WILL is a right-wing funded ideological group that is pushing right-wing policies.” “They’re getting paid to do this by […]
Climate, Economy, Environment, Koch, RAGA
RAGA obtains some of its largest donations from the fossil fuel industry — including Koch Industries, Exxon, and the American Petroleum Institute, all of whom are defendants in climate liability cases — according to an analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy.
Businesses and investors must take action on this growing threat, but they should prepare for significant pushback. In recent years, Dismantling advocates have mounted a large-scale advocacy effort to undercut businesses and investors working to address Environmental, Social, and Governance risks. As reported by Center for Media and Democracy, their arguments center around the claim […]