Fact: Much of the anti-turbine disinformation is supported by “dark money” that is connected to conservative anti-environmental organizations. Two of those, Protect our Coast New Jersey and Save Our Beach View, purport to be grassroots organizations but are actually funded by the Ocean Legal Defense Fund, which is controlled by the Caesar Rodney Institute. That […]
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What Can Democrats Do About Clarence Thomas’s Ethics Fiasco?
Yes. I think it has grown rapidly in the last few years. I think the Dobbs decision was a clarion call. We’re going to continue to have an uphill struggle against that Republican political machine because the same big donors who ran the court-capture operation for all those years, which Center for Media and Democracy […]
Key conservative group joins attacks on partnership that improves voter rolls
To be sure, Judicial Watch has had success raising big bucks from conservative donors and foundations, as Fitton has risen in the right’s ecosystem. Since 2010, Judicial Watch has roped in six- and seven-figure checks from such top conservative donors as the Schwab Charitable Trust, the Sarah Scaife Foundation, Donors Trust and others, according to […]
Koch Industries Backed Tennessee Republicans Who Expelled Black Democrats
Koch Industries, which is controlled by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, is also one of the corporate backers of the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has crafted model gun legislation for Republican allies to pass in state legislatures around the country, according to a report by the Center for Media and Democracy’s (CMD) ALEC […]
AGs Defending Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States
That “aggressive pursuit” goes both ways. According to emails and documents obtained by the nonpartisan Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), Republican AGs offer lobbyists and lawyers private, confidential meetings in exchange for contributions to RAGA, which—as a 527 political organization—can raise unlimited amounts of cash from individuals and corporations.
Apple’s Diversity Efforts Targeted as the Right Steals the Left’s Activist Playbook
Many anti-ESG efforts, especially those directed at climate change, have been documented as being funded by the fossil fuel industry since at least the late 1990s. NCPP does not identify its donors, but it was explicitly founded as a conservative and free-market think tank. The Center for Media and Democracy has identified a history of dozens of major […]
Durham Activist Asks J. Cole to Cancel Dreamville Over the GOP’s ‘Anti-Woke’ Education Bill
ALEC is a corporate-funded entity whose members include “global corporations and state politicians [who] vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights,” according to the progressive nonprofit watchdog the Center for Media and Democracy. “These so-called ‘model bills’ reach into almost every area of American life and often directly […]
Koch-Funded Astroturf Campaign For Vouchers Hits Texas Neighborhoods
The group behind the efforts is Young Americans for Liberty. In 2021, Young Americans for Liberty received a $662,475 grant from DonorsTrust as part of their widespread youth outreach project that includes Turning Point USA, and was the third largest recipient of grants. According to the Center for Media and Democracy, DonorsTrust is a favorite dark money […]
Patronis targets BlackRock as GOP leaders work in concert to discredit ESG
Fidelity is a Silver sponsor, which means it paid $25,000 for “one 30-45 minute virtual private meeting, potential to contribute a speaker to panel discussion, and sponsorship of ‘e-blasts,” according to the Center for Media and Democracy. As a Bronze sponsor, Wells Fargo paid $15,000 for “invitations to SFOF special events, distribution in conference swag […]
What Fossil Fuel Executives Really Think About ESG
Not all of Devon’s top brass have been so reticent to declare their side in the ESG war. Devon CEO Rick Muncrief sits on the board of directors of the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance. Earlier this year, DEPA urged board members of the American Legislative Exchange Council to adopt the “Eliminate Economic Boycotts Act” as […]