CMD Reporting on Walker Dark Money Criminal Probe
New reports from the Center for Media and Democracy/PRwatch.org on the John Doe criminal probe.
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REVEALED: The Federalist Foundation's Tax Records
The right-wing website took in $800,000 in 2019, some of it from extremist megadonors.
CMD Signs Coalition Letter Asking Corporations to Drop Fox News
Fox News is a toxic media network that spreads misinformation, conspiracy theories, and hate.
State Policy Network Partners With RealClear to Promote Its Right-Wing Agenda
The billionaire-funded foundation of news site RealClearPolitics will promote the anti-labor and pro-corporate libertarian agenda of the State Policy Network.
Charles Koch's "Uniter" Rebrand Strains Credulity After Funding Congressional Coup Supporters
The billionaire fossil fuel executive and GOP megadonor has spent his entire adult life financing partisan politics, right-wing think tanks, and ideological education programs. At 85, that's unlikely to change.
Who Funds the Federalist? Finally, We Know.
Tax records obtained by CMD reveal two donors to the right-wing publication's new, affiliated nonprofit.
Bradley Spent Millions on Voter Suppression, Union Busters, Climate Deniers, and Right-Wing Media in 2019
The Milwaukee-based foundation pumped more than $42 million in 2019 into a network of right-wing groups dedicated to attacking unions, blocking climate action, creating obstacles to voting, and promoting the GOP’s political power and policy agenda.
Koch-Linked Charity Bankrolled Project Veritas as It Worked With Ex-Spies to Infiltrate Liberal Groups
DonorsTrust, the corporate Right’s most popular donor-advised fund sponsor, provided the sting operation with nearly one-third of its revenue over the last five years on record.
Right-Wing Megadonors Are Financing Media Operations to Promote Their Ideologies
Some of the wealthiest conservative donors in the U.S. have poured over $100 million into media since 2015, a CMD analysis has found.
Right-Wing PragerU Triples Revenue in Two Years
Recent tax filings show that “most viewed conservative site in world” saw dramatic growth after Trump’s election, and has paid its founder and his brother close to $1 million.
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