American Beverage Association Sweetened the Pot in Cook County Race with Unsuccessful Last-Minute Funding
Campaign finance reports show Big Soda willing to reward friends and punish enemies.
Corporations
Is ALEC Too Extreme for Exxon? Long-Term ALEC Board Member Dumps ALEC over Climate Denial Policy
ExxonMobil will not renew its membership in ALEC after differences arise over how to address climate change.
Teamsters Vote to Authorize a Strike at UPS
Union pushes for better pay and benefits as ALEC member's profits rise.
Report: Wage Theft is Pervasive in Corporate America; Big Banks, Insurers are Among Most-Penalized Firms
New research finds that a wide range of big corporations have been shortchanging the people who work for them.
Harley-Davidson Insiders Hog Tax Cut Revenue
Harley-Davidson announces $700 million stock buyback plan that benefits big investors and CEOs while laying off hundreds of workers.
Take the Money and Run: Trump Tax Cuts Boost Earnings of ALEC Corps Which Promptly Layoff Workers
Comcast, Eli Lilly, Verizon, Chevron, Marathon, Pfizer, Times Warner, Caterpillar, Altria Announce More Layoffs.
Trampling Local Democracy: Beverage Industry Pushes Soda Tax Ban in Harrisburg
You wouldn't watch your kid gobble up nine teaspoons of sugar a day would you?
Why Are Railroads Funding ALEC?
Hint: Koch Industries is one of their biggest customers
Chicago’s “Independent” Project Six Funded By Illinois Policy Institute
CMD uncovers that Faisal Khan's Project Six is funded almost totally by the Illinois Policy Institute.
‘Influence Watch’ Website Launched: Berman, ALEC, Heartland Copy CMD’s Sourcewatch.org Site
The Capital Research Center (CRC), a right-wing opposition research group with deep ties to PR spin doctor Richard Berman and bankrolled by the $800 million Bradley Foundation, launched an “Encyclopedia of the Left” inspired by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD)’s Sourcewatch.org this month called Influence Watch.
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