Last week Senate Republicans passed a tax bill that hands massive tax breaks to corporations and the rich at the expense of low-income and middle-class Americans. Written behind closed doors…
GOP Angles for More Campaign Cash, Less Disclosure
ALEC Hires Former Koch Staffer to Lead Its Energy Task Force
By Jamie Corey, Senior Researcher with Documented The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has hired Grant Kidwell, a former analyst from two major Koch-backed groups–Americans for Prosperity and the…
Koch Latino Front Group Instructs Arizona Moms About School Vouchers
…including ethics complaints against signature gatherers (who allegedly failed to check the volunteer box on the form), robocalls, and lawsuits. In August, the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity filed suit alleging…
Interstate Policy Alliance Members
…Opportunity Ohio (e) Oklahoma Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (i) Oregon Cascade Policy Institute Pennsylvania Commonwealth Foundation Rhode Island Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity South Carolina South Carolina…
Fake News Machine Ready to Defend Trump White House Against Robert Mueller
…three major voter suppression operations under way.” These were, writes the magazine, “aimed at three groups Clinton needs to win overwhelmingly: idealistic white liberals, young women, and African Americans.” For…
Koch Troops Queasy About Killing State and Local Tax Deduction to Fund Tax Breaks for the Rich
…where most taxpayers benefit from it. Americans for Prosperity The Koch’s astroturf field operation, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), claims to have 3.2 million members and, if the national average applies…
Consumer Product Safety Commission Cracks Down on Flame Retardants Linked to Health Problems
…“migrate widely,” resulting in human exposure. This class of chemicals have been found in the bodies of 97% of Americans says the Center for Disease Control. They have been linked…
Voter ID Suppressed the Vote Exactly as Wisconsin Republicans Predicted
…27.5% of African Americans. Roughly 80% of registrants who were deterred from voting by the law, and 77% of those actually prevented from voting, cast ballots in the 2012 election….
SCOTUS Prepares to Hear Case that Could Put an End to Hyper-Partisan Gerrymandering and One Party Rule
…McCain (R-AZ) joined Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to argue in a brief: “The increase in partisan gerrymandering . . . distorts our representative democracy and pollutes Americans’ faith in their political…
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…propping him up. They’re waging a methodical war on the vast majority of Americans and on the planet we share. This is a crucial guide to get ready to stop…
