The poison papers were analyzed and published by the Center for Media and Democracy and Dr. Jonathan Latham. They are a compilation of over 20000 documents obtained from federal agencies and chemical manufacturers via open records requests and public interest litigation. They include internal scientific studies and summaries of studies, internal memos and reports, meeting minutes, strategic discussions, and sworn testimonies.
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His Deputy Called a Pro-Fracking Letter ‘Political, Plain and Simple.’ Why Utah A.G. Sean Reyes Signed It Anyway.
The emails were obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, or CMD, a progressive watchdog group that sued to force Pruitt to release thousands of similar emails that outlined his close ties with the oil industry.
Patience and Secrecy in the Kochs’ Complex Conspiracy
To learn more about the Koch agenda, check out the Center for Media and Democracy’s work at www.exposedbycmd.org/Koch
Michigan Conservatives Hope to Make Inroads on Clean Energy with ALEC
The progressive Center for Media and Democracy watchdog group started tracking ALEC activities in 2011, noting prominent members like Exxon Mobil, the American Gas Association, the Heritage Foundation and multiple Koch brothers-related companies.
A Quiet Conspiracy of Billionaires
To learn more, check out the extensive Koch web files at the Center for Media and Democracy: www.exposedbycmd.org/koch/
The Koch Brothers’ Plutocracy
The Koch conspiracy’s attack on our democratic rights has already rigged our country’s economic and political rules so the richest of the rich can now grab even more of society’s wealth and power, thus shattering America’s commitment to the Common Good and creating a savage level of inequality. To learn more, go to the watchdog group, Center for Media and Democracy.
Pruitt Flipped Vacant Lot to Contributor, Made $70K
When Pruitt bought the lot, it was the subject of litigation. A report from the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) published earlier this month in Salon said Pruitt and his wife bought it “just days before a court ruled that it had been fraudulently transferred by a Las Vegas developer who was on the hook for a $3.6 million loan default.”
YOUR VIEW: Right-Wing Propagandist Pushes Sanitized Version of Jefferson
Pioneer [Institute] is a right-wing think-tank, a member of the State Policy Network, an $83 million web of right-wing think-tanks who serve as a “dating service” between major corporations and state legislatures which operates in 49 states. According to the Center for Media and Democracy, The New York Times, and Blumberg Businessweek, the State Policy Network and their associate the American Legislative Exchange Council, write legislation for state legislatures; legislation which is often passed unchanged. The Pioneer Institute and its co-conspirators subvert the democratic process. They are lobbyists and propagandists.
Duke Energy Won’t Comment on Top State Lobbyists’ Membership in Controversial Group
Since then, information has been more difficult to come by. The Center for Media and Democracy, another watchdog group that tracks ALEC, says Duke was a $10,000 sponsor for the group’s 2015 annual meeting and a $25,000 sponsor for its 2016 annual meeting.
Oklahoma Court Removes Some Language in Pruitt FOIA Ruling
The wording is in a 2017 ruling that ordered the attorney general’s office to provide the Wisconsin-based Center for Media and Democracy with records it had requested in 2015 involving Pruitt, who now heads the Environmental Protection Agency.