Fox News has been radicalizing the American Right for decades, and it has never been more racist and conspiratorial than it is today. The Center for Media and Democracy tracks…
CMD Signs Coalition Letter Asking Corporations to Drop Fox News
Rand Paul Is Working with ALEC to Suppress the Vote
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) last month said he has spoken with state legislators through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) about passing state bills that restrict voting rights and…
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Major Right-Wing Funders Push Supreme Court Case Against Donor Disclosure
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rodriquez. The case challenges the constitutionality of a California law that requires nonprofits operating in…
Leaking Oil and Gas Wells: A Ticking Time Bomb
…of abandoned wells leak methane, according to the American Geosciences Institute. The Environmental Defense Fund notes that methane is 84 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in contributing to climate…
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The Food Industry Is Shaping the Principles of Scientific Integrity, Study Says
…was conducted by ILSI-North America, which changed its name in February to the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences. As a measure of its success, ILSI-North America…
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ALEC-Led Effort to Preserve Conservative Majority on Supreme Court Gains Steam in the States
…amending America’s founding document to preserve the Court’s current conservative 6-3 majority. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which called Barrett “tremendously qualified” for the Supreme Court in a letter…
The Pro-LGBTQ Companies That Helped Elect Arkansas Anti-Trans Bill Sponsors
…its PAC, and CVS Caremark have given nearly $25,000 to the campaigns of anti-trans bill sponsors, including $21,000 to sponsors of the health care law. https://twitter.com/CVSHealth/status/1354144580321603588?s=20 Altria, American Electric Power,…
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The Right’s “Dark Money ATM” Launches Funding Stream to Exploit Pandemic for Movement Goals
…from the corporate bill mill the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) for a “A Rapid Response Roadmap to Reopen America and Save Our Country,” and from FreedomWorks for an “Economic…
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Right-Wing Groups Unite in Campaign Against Bill to Improve U.S. Democracy
…rights of Americans.” A large number of State Policy Network members signed onto the letter, as well as Charles Koch’s Americans for Prosperity and Libre Initiative. A messaging kit distributed…
Democratic senators hold a press conference about the For the People Act in 2019. (Credit: Senate Democrats)
The Right’s Campaign to Erase America’s Racist Roots
…principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority” and co-founded by Hillsdale College’s Arnn, recently launched a new Washington, D.C.-based think tank, the Center for the American Way…
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