ALEC's Washington State Chair Discussed Violence, Surveillance Against Constituents
Rep. Matt Shea offered to gather information on political opponents for right-wing extremists advocating violence.
ALEC Exposed
Trump Appoints Stephen Moore, ALEC's Favorite Economist, to Fed
Stephen Moore, Trump's most recent appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, has served as the American Legislative Exchange Council's leading voice for austerity and anti-labor policies for over a decade.
CMD Continues to Throw Spotlight on Legislators Heralded by Secret Group
ALEC switches "Legislator of the Week" award to a monthly award.
State Bills to Criminalize Peaceful Protest of Oil & Gas "Critical Infrastructure"
These anti-protest bills adopted by ALEC and by CSG allow prosecutors to impose large fines and felonies, not only on individuals who are arrested, but organizations that are deemed to be supporting those individuals.
"The House is on Fire," Climate Strikes Come to America March 15
Record-breaking heat last summer, inspired-15-year-old Greta Thunberg to pack a water bottle, a book, and a snack and take a stand outside the Swedish parliament with a handmade sign "School Strike for Climate." By January 2019, school strikes were spreading across Europe and some 70,000 teens hit the streets to demand action in Brussels, where the EU Parliament meets.
DonorsTrust Bankrolled Right-Wing Judicial Appointments, Trump's Acting AG, and Lobbying Front Groups in 2017
The Koch network's favorite piggy bank DonorsTrust and its sister organization Donors Capital Fund doled out $114.2 million in grants in 2017.
How Scott Walker Made Wisconsin the National Poster Child for Dark Money Corruption
The tale of Wisconsin's lead poisoned children becomes "Exhibit A" in congressional hearing Thursday.
ALEC Corporations Are Leaders in Workplace Discrimination and Harassment
ALEC is good at protecting the "rights" of corporations, not so good at encouraging its members to protect the legal rights of their employees.
Koch Kumbaya: The Billionaire Industrialists Appropriate Frederick Douglass, Pledge to "Do Right"
What are we to make of all the good news and talk of bipartisanship coming from the Koch camp?
Louisiana Senator Sharon Hewitt, ALEC's Legislator of the Year, Voted "No" on Equal Pay for Equal Work
The fact that Louisiana has the worst gender pay gap in the nation doesn't seem to bother her.
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