An All-Out Assault: GOP-Aligned Groups Attack Voting Rights From All Angles
The Republican Party and numerous allied groups are taking an “all-of-the-above” approach to restrict voting as much as they possibly can in this year’s November elections.
News Articles By Alex Kotch
Corporate Lobby Group Attacks Teachers' Unions in Call for Schools to Reopen Despite COVID-19 Risks
Bankrolled by anti-labor billionaires, the Job Creators Network is using its push for schools to reopen quickly as a wedge issue to attack teachers unions.
Conservative Plutocrats Pour Enormous Sums of Money into GOP Super PACs
A CMD analysis of campaign finance data has found that just 44 individuals, couples, families, or corporations have poured more than $230 million into conservative super PACs in the 2020 cycle, nearly 60 percent of the total amount they raised.
Facing Increased Scrutiny, TikTok Gave Money to State Attorneys General Groups
The Chinese-owned company made its first-ever political donation on June 30 to the Republican Attorneys General Association, followed by a donation to the group's Democratic counterpart.
Trump Megadonor in Charge of U.S. Postal Service Poses Grave Threat to U.S. Elections
As President Trump makes false claims about mail-in ballot fraud, one of his campaign's megadonors has been installed at the helm of a financially ravaged Postal Service that will make or break the 2020 general elections.
Right-Wing Groups Opposing State and Local Coronavirus Bailouts Take Millions in PPP Loans
A number of Koch-linked nonprofits that advocated against federal aid to states and cities facing crushing coronavirus budget deficits received up to $5.4 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loans; additional anti-government spending groups took millions more.
Hate Groups Rake In PPP Loans as Racial Justice Movement Expands
At least six organizations considered hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center received as much as $5.7 million in forgivable paycheck protection loans.
Koch-Backed Groups Fight to Block Ohio COVID-19 Bailouts, Despite Crushing Pandemic Deficits
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine already slashed state spending by $775 million, the state faces another $2.4 billion shortfall, and county and municipal governments face staggering deficits due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Koch-funded groups are lobbying to stop a federal government bailout.
U.S. Election Assistance Commissioners Join Voter Suppression Group to Discourage Mail-In Voting
The Republican commissioners appeared on a podcast made by True the Vote, a right-wing group that promotes voter roll purges, voter ID laws, and using retired military and police officers as poll watchers in minority precincts.
ALEC Legislator Introduces Bill to Suppress the Vote in Ohio
State Rep. Cindy Abrams proposed a bill on Monday that would make vote-by-mail more difficult and add headaches on Election Day.
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