…by creatures of the past. ALEC pushes policies that take us back to a federal government sitting on the sidelines while people suffered and starved, drank contaminated water and sustained…
The ALEC Swampland
Big Coal Burns Bright at ALEC Conference
My ALEC Diary Day #1 The best part of my 9th American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) conference so far was trying to get into the host hotel in Denver. When…
Save the Ice, or Lose the Rice
…ice. Mass Starvation The UK’s Special Representative for Climate Change, Sir David King, warns us that with current climate policies we risk simultaneous collapses of basic crop production in the…
Trump Team, ALEC, Koch Industries Debate Gerrymandering the U.S. Senate in Denver
…to use their clout to gerrymander the U.S. Senate. This week in Denver, July 19-21, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) will welcome Republican state legislators and its corporate funders,…
Koch-Trained Pundit Says London Fire Isn’t Government’s Problem. Tell It to the Victims.
…Suderman has worked at a number of Koch-funded institutions, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute, American Future’s Foundation and now the Koch mag. “Reason.” Project S.H.A.M.E, which tracks conflicts of interest…
More Than 100 Groups Call on Secretaries of State to Protect Voter Rights by Rejecting Pence-Kobach Request for Sensitive Voter Data
…and Kobach’s request for American citizens’ personal information. The full text of the letter is available here: WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with more…
Reagan vs. Cities: The Battle Over South African Apartheid and Lessons for the Trump Era
…provides historical examples of how cities and states can wield power in the face of threats of retaliation for local policies that defy a president’s political agenda. Between December 2016…
Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Chairman Art Pope’s Extreme Agenda in North Carolina
…states that have peddled the party line on voter ID. Bradley also funds the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity—$1.3 million to Americans for Prosperity Foundation from 1996-2015—which has pushed voter ID…
Bradley Foundation Fueled “Independent Women’s Forum” Campaign Against Paid Sick Leave Laws and More
…Donald J. Trump for President, Trump for America Inc., Mike Pence for Indiana, the Kochs’ network of billionaires called “Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce,” David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity and…
WILL’s Faulty School Voucher Study Cheered by Other Bradley Funded Groups
…are high. The Bradley Foundation has spent untold millions supplementing Milwaukee voucher schools and advancing school vouchers in cities and states in partnership with the Walton’s and Betsy DeVos’ American…
