Voters Pass Economic Justice Measures Despite Corporate Opposition
While House Democrats took a hit in the 2020 elections, voters in several states favored progressive policies.
Corporations
Net Worth of Wisconsin Billionaires Jumps $11 Billion Since Pandemic
Spike in wealth – led by John Menard, Jr., Herbert Kohler, Jr., and Diane Hendricks – is five times more than Wisconsin’s $2 billion revenue shortfall, according to a new report.
Trump Megadonors, Freedom Caucus, and CEOs Bankroll QAnon-Supporting, Extremist Candidates
QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene and other extremist candidates find growing support from the GOP and corporate executives.
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.
ALEC and GOP Push Corporate Immunity From COVID-19 Workplace Illnesses and Deaths
ALEC joins with other business lobbyists and Senate Republicans to back sweeping immunity for corporations that negligently spread coronavirus to their workers or customers.
Koch Group Pushing for Employer Immunity Takes $3.5M From Company with COVID-19 Outbreaks
Owner of Mountaire Farms, one of the nation’s largest poultry processors with multiple COVID-19 outbreaks, gives millions to American for Prosperity’s PAC, which is advocating for state and federal legislation to protect employers with workplace coronavirus cases.
ALEC 2020 Annual Meeting Attendees and Sponsors Revealed
The American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) annual meeting continues this week online with workshops on rewriting the U.S. Constitution, reopening schools amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and school privatization.
Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers
A group with ties to the fossil fuel industry plans to use Facebook's op-ed loophole to spread climate misinformation.
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