Anti-Coronavirus Lockdown Rally in Ohio Led by Trumpists and Tea Party Members
The billionaire-backed libertarian group FreedomWorks is promoting the protest on its new Reopen America webpage.
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Groups Aligned with Right-Wing Megadonors Are Promoting Coronavirus Protests
FreedomWorks and Convention of States Action, both with Koch network ties, have new initiatives to promote state-based protests against COVID-19 social distancing measures.
COVID-19 'Liberate' Groups Are the Same Ones Pushing Climate Denial
The well-funded machinery that sowed doubt about climate is now sowing seeds of doubt over the economic and public health response to COVID-19.
ALEC’s Post-Janus Wishlist Revealed in Policy Document
A "labor reform" booklet of 50 "state factsheets" obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy reveals the ambitious agenda of the American Legislative Exchange Council to further weaken public sector unions in the wake of the Supreme Court's controversial ruling in Janus v. AFSCME.
42 of Right-Wing “Charitable” Group’s Trainees Elected in Wisconsin
American Majority, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, right-wing candidate training operation based in Virginia, claims to have successfully placed 42 of its trainees into local and state public office in Wisconsin after last week's controversial elections.
The group describes its role as "work[ing] to build a farm team of New Leaders at all levels of government."
Devos-Funded Group Organizes Protest Against Michigan Governor’s Stay-at-Home Order
Right-wing protest in Lansing against Governor Whitmer’s coronavirus-related restrictions draws Confederate flags, swastikas, and chants of “Lock her up!”
CMD Joins 150+ Groups Calling on Congress to Ensure Integrity of Elections Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Groups push Congress for $4 billion in state election assistance and a package of voting accommodations to avoid repeats of last week’s Wisconsin primary fiasco that unnecessarily risked lives and disenfranchised voters.
Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Has Provision to Safeguard Union Organizing Drives: Right-Wing Groups Not Happy
Democrats slipped in a provision requiring medium sized businesses taking out CARES Act loans to “remain neutral” if their workers try to organize a union.
Forcing Wisconsin Voters to Risk Their Lives for Partisan Gain Is Just Plain Wrong
Prioritizing partisan political gain over public safety forced Wisconsin voters to put their lives on the line in order to exercise their right to vote.
Koch Foundation Criticizes Turning Point USA Even as Koch Network Funds the Group
The far-right, Trump-aligned student activist group Turning Point USA is attempting to exploit the coronavirus pandemic to out “radical leftist” professors “corrupting our youth.”
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