Investigating Power
…2015 ruling. “The Wisconsin court was wrong to say that coordination between a candidate and outside groups only matters if there’s express advocacy,” said Donald Simon, a prominent national expert…
…this week are replete with evidence of expenditure coordination. In concert with federal FEC rules, Wisconsin Government Accountability Board rules at the time stated that there is coordination “where there…
…public records law enjoys as one of the nation’s broadest. While the federal approach relies on a purported need for agencies to operate in secrecy in order to produce the…
…groups by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) reveals them to be anything but that. Joan Walsh in the Nation broke this story today along with other new details…
…net neutrality debate in 2014. Expedia supported an “open internet” while ALEC called net neutrality rules an “inflated regulatory burden.” At the Netroots Nation 2016 conference in St. Louis in…
…ALEC National Chair: AARP Is “Being Intimidated” (By Its Own Members Asking about ALEC) The outcry by AARP members was not well-received at ALEC. The corporate bill mill has struggled…
PHILADELPHIA — Two people from Milwaukee took to the national stage at the Republican National Convention (RNC) and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to present two very different perspectives on…
…picture of the state of the nation and the world. Our Convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation. The attacks on our police, and the terrorism in…
CLEVELAND — There is little commingling between Clevelanders and delegates at this week’s Republican National Convention (RNC). An army of imported police from around the nation works hard to keep…
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) is a nationally recognized watchdog that leads in-depth, award-winning investigations into the corruption that undermines our democracy, environment, and economic prosperity. The Koch…