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.
Democracy
Fracking Lobbyists Plan to Spend Big at Trump Hotel
The fracking lobby will host its annual “Congressional Call-Up” event at the Trump International Hotel in March.
Retribution and Revenge in the Wisconsin John Doe
The long running criminal investigation into whether or not Scott Walker and deep-pocketed dark money groups illegally coordinated the expenditure of some $30 million to win the 2012 recall elections should be old news by now.
Contempt of Court: Trump’s Judicial Blitz Betrays His Hostility to Rule of Law
President Donald Trump’s open hostility to the functioning of federal government has been painfully obvious for months.
‘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.
Fearing 2018 Democratic Wave, Right-Wing Lobbyists Are Mobilizing Against a $15 Minimum Wage Push
By Lee Fang and Nick Surgey
Even before Democrat Doug Jones’s unlikely win in the race for an Alabama Senate seat, Republicans were worried: There could be a wave of Democratic victories ahead, a backlash against President Donald Trump, in next year’s elections. The wave could carry with it a raft of pushes for progressive policies. But the right is girding itself for the fights they see coming up. One such fight could emerge over increasing the minimum wage.
Carrying Water for the Kochs, Mackinac Center Misleads on Professional Licensing
The Koch brothers have been on a tear, demanding the roll back of occupational licensing in states, claiming that "government overreach" is creating "barriers to opportunity" for average Americans.
GOP Angles for More Campaign Cash, Less Disclosure
Policy riders buried in tax and spending bills would let in more political money, less light.
Credo Delivers Petition to UPS Demanding that It Drop ALEC
Credo Action delivered a petition to the United Parcel Service (UPS) with 84,453 signatures earlier today asking the company to dump the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
ALEC Backs Extreme Climate Denial, Constitutional Rewrite, Corporate Wish List at Nashville Summit
ALEC States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, Tennessee December 6-8.
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