Happy Thursday! We have lots of great updates to report. Our project SFOF Exposed was instrumental in the SEC complaint filed by the progressive watchdog group Campaign for Accountability. See this report by Rolling Stone to read more about the complaint. This week’s roundup of our work includes stories on the GOP’s pro-labor posturing, hype around noncitizen voting, and the Kochs’ agricultural land grabs in Africa. Have someone who you think would like to get updates from CMD? Feel free to forward this newsletter or send them this link to sign-up: TinyURL.com/CMDEmails | |
Here’s the Latest From CMD | |
The Rise of “Pro-Labor” Conservatism The appearance of Teamsters president Sean O’Brien at the GOP convention last month was the most public salvo yet in an otherwise quiet conservative debate: whether, and how, to embrace labor, and what to do about the union question. Read the full story here. | |
Eight States Will Vote on Amendments to Ban Noncitizen Voting in November Eight states will vote to amend their state constitutions in November to ban noncitizens from voting in elections. If these amendments pass in Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin, it will bring the total number of states with constitutions specifying only citizens are allowed to vote to 20. Read the full story here. | |
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Private Equity Giants Pump More Than $200 Million in Federal Races Koch, Inc. (formerly known as Koch Industries) is investing in an agricultural business venture that will provide corporations with carbon offsets while pulling local natural resources from almost 7.2 million acres of land in West Africa. Read the full story here. | |
Lots of New “Featured Documents” Check out the archive of documents on our website, where we’ve just added new records related to: - ALEC’s Citizen Only Voting Amendment pamphlet
- A roster of the members of ALEC’s International Relations and Federalism Task Force
- A provisional agenda for a meeting of ALEC’s Joint Task Forces on Federalism, Homeland Security and International Relations
- An email showing that AARP reengaged with ALEC after reportedly leaving the bill mill in 2016
And much, much more! Check out our featured documents here. | |
Our research has recently been cited by or featured in the following publications: - Economic Policy Institute: “Southern Economic Policies Undermine Job Quality for Auto Workers”
- Global Investigative Journalism Network: “How One Investigation Exposed an Alarming Threat to the US Election — And Why Others Should Dig Deeper”
- The Guardian: “Oil Firms and Dark Money Fund Push by Republican States to Block Climate Laws”
- Alternet: “Opinion | Conservative Excuses for Preventing Everyone from Voting”
- The Lever: “Leonard Leo’s Swing-State Voter Purge”
- Common Dreams: “Opinion | The Younger Wealthy’s Alternative Approach to Investments Doesn’t Extend to Taxation”
- Inequality.org: “Today’s Young Mega-Millionaires, They Just Wanna Have Fun”
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That’s all for now! Hope you have a great start to your week. Thank you for following our investigations and for your continued support! Team CMD | |
