This week, we launched a new video that highlights the little-known but highly-consequential movement by far-right groups to radically rewrite the Constitution. | |
Groups on the far right – bankrolled by Big Oil, Koch Industries, and right-wing mega-donors — want to rewrite the Constitution in order to take America back 100 years to a time that was largely devoid of federal oversight. The right-wing bill mill the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has provided model text for state lawmakers to bring back to their statehouses for a resolution demanding the first Constitutional convention since 1787. All of our rights and a century of progress in making America a more just society is at stake — from cleaning up the environment and protecting workers’ rights to providing social security and affordable health insurance. The endgame is to return our country to its pre-Constitution roots under the Articles of Confederation, with a weak central government and sovereign states. Please spread the word by sharing the video on X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, BlueSky, or your favorite social media network! | |
Here’s the Latest From CMD | |
Wisconsin Right-Wing Litigation Center Grooms School Board Members The Bradley Foundation’s “MVP” is positioning itself to be the ALEC of school boards. You can read the full story here. | |
Covid Contrarian Doctor Scores Big With Far-Right Funding Stanford’s Dr. Jay Bhattacharya just won a major prize from one of the most powerful right-wing foundations in America. You can read the full story here. | |
Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund Top Funder of Republican AGs Group in 2024 The Republican Attorneys General Association brought in $5.3 million in contributions in the first quarter of 2024, as its latest Federal Elections Commission disclosure CMD examined shows. The amount raised is almost a million more than RAGA raised in the first quarter of 2020, the last major election cycle. You can read the full story here. | |
GOP Megadonor Richard Uihlein’s PAC Brings in $3.1 Million in First Quarter GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein provided his Restoration PAC with $3.1 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Election Commission filing released today. Uihlein, who owns the shipping and packaging company ULINE, gave $2.4 million to the PAC directly and funneled another $742,503 through his Restoration of America and Fair Courts America groups. You can read the full story here. | |
U.S. House Anti-Woke Caucus Targets Programs Benefiting Minorities Calling for the total elimination of any preferential treatment based on race, color, or national origin — part of the so-called “leftist” agenda — may make for good GOP rhetoric and energize a receptive base of Christian white nationalists. But it also has real-world implications that conflict with the positions of other Republican interest groups. The Anti-Woke Caucus, a group of House Republicans, is now targeting support for minority-owned businesses. Read the full story here. | |
Our research has recently been cited by or featured in the following publications: - Clean Technica: “Repugnican States Sue To Block Already Weakened Exhaust Emissions Rules”
- Jason Garcia/Seeking Rents: “A National Insurance Company Wrote a Bill To Obstruct Asbestos Lawsuits In Florida”
- Accountable.US: “Leonard Leo’s Network Is RAGA’s Top Funder Once Again”
- The Guardian: “Powerful conservative funds hand out millions to pro-Trump far-right groups”
- Talking Points Memo: “Republican AGs Are Teaming Up With The Corporations Poisoning Their States To Gut The Clean Air Act. Why?”
- Texas Observer: “TPPF’s Long Love Affair With Ken Paxton”
- Law360: “Do New Laws Seek To Regulate Charitable Bail, Or End It?”
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That’s all for this week. Thank you for following our investigations and for your continued support! Team CMD | |
