…and prohibited even under the 2015 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling shutting down the John Doe. (Moreover, Marquette Law Professor Ed Fallone points out that U.S. Supreme Court decision this week…
Secret Scott Walker John Doe Leak Inquiry Underway
Republicans Are Fundraising Off America’s Healthcare Misery
…we’re going to go,” said Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), vice chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health. As long the future of health care remains undecided, the…
Marc Short: Koch Dark-Money Operative Is Trump’s Liaison to Congress
…the Koch Brother’s Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the political fund organized by the Koch Brothers to advance their far-right, pro-corporate, anti-environmental agenda. While the group describes itself as a…
Election Losses Don’t Stop Corporate Efforts to Block Voter-Approved Minimum Wage Hikes
…several local Chambers of Commerce have gone to court to block the first phase of the law’s implementation scheduled for January 1. That phase would raise the wages for more…
Dutch Journalist Okke Ornstein Detained in Panama for Criminal Libel
…wrote about on his blog. In 1995, U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Friesner’s guilt on “twenty felony counts of wire fraud, money laundering and various crimes relating to…
Hypocrisy and Trumpism on the Agenda as ALEC Meets in Washington, D.C.
…is less interested in fiscal restraint than tax bashing PR stunts. Similarly, ALEC’s gratuitous anti-government proposals include a bill being considered by the Commerce Insurance and Economic Development Task Force…
Trump Names Controversial Lawyer to be White House Counsel
…his best to undermine the law.” McGahn’s Efforts to Aid the Koch Brothers’ Freedom Partners McGahn testified on behalf of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce and Freedom Partners Action Fund…
5 Things to Know about Billionaire Betsy DeVos, Trump Choice for Education
Billionaire Betsy DeVos, a major GOP funder and party activist from Michigan, has been tapped by Donald Trump to become the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education next year….
Don McGahn, Trump White House Counsel, Has Long Courted Controversy
…undermine the law.” McGahn’s Efforts to Aid the Koch Brothers’ Freedom Partners McGahn testified on behalf of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce and Freedom Partners Action Fund at an FEC…
Reince Priebus Promotion Another Big Win for the Koch Caucus
…and the Koch wing of the party will soon show. For instance, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is still pushing for a lame duck vote on the TPP behind the…
