Senator Whitehouse Calls Out Dark-Money Networks Behind Amy Coney Barrett’s SCOTUS Nomination By ExposedByCMD Editors | October 13th, 2020 at 6:21 PM (CDT) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse draws on CMD research to connect the dots between the dark money forces hand-picking Trump’s Supreme Court nominees and those spending millions to bankroll right-wing, pro-corporate amicus briefs in scores of important Supreme Court cases.
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Koch-Funded Legal Group Pushes to Allow Mass Evictions During Pandemic By Alex Kotch | October 13th, 2020 at 3:45 PM (CDT) The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit heavily funded by the Charles Koch Foundation, succeeded in getting the Trump administration to greenlight eviction proceedings despite its eviction moratorium.
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Snapshot of Secret Funding of Amicus Briefs Tied to Leonard Leo–Federalist Society Leader, Promoter of Amy Barrett By Lisa Graves | October 10th, 2020 at 8:41 PM (CDT) AFP Action is canvassing for GOP candidates in six key U.S. Senate races, making it one of the few political outfits going door-to-door during the COVD-19 pandemic
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Delaware GOP Sticks with Senate Candidate Who Backs White Nationalist Group and QAnon By Alex Kotch | October 8th, 2020 at 2:42 PM (CDT) White nationalist ideas and extremist conspiracy theories find a home in the Republican Party, as its Delaware U.S. Senate nominee Laurne Witzke embraces Proud Boys, VDARE, and QAnon.
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Major GOP Super PAC Goes All-In on QAnon-Friendly Candidate Lauren Boebert By Alex Kotch | October 7th, 2020 at 9:44 AM (CDT) In September, the super PAC of right-wing political group Club for Growth poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Republican nominee Lauren Boebert’s race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.
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ALEC Circulates Sign-On Letter Urging “Swift Confirmation” of Trump’s SCOTUS Pick By David Armiak | October 2nd, 2020 at 12:42 PM (CDT) The American Legislatives Exchange Council is gathering signatures from its legislative members urging U.S. Senators to confirm Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States Amy Coney Barret “as soon as possible."
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Trump Megadonors, Freedom Caucus, and CEOs Bankroll QAnon-Supporting, Extremist Candidates By Alex Kotch | October 1st, 2020 at 2:35 PM (CDT) QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene and other extremist candidates find growing support from the GOP and corporate executives.
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Koch Super PAC Touts GOP Senators’ Support for “Junk” Insurance Plans By Alex Kotch | September 24th, 2020 at 2:11 PM (CDT) Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Action is spending millions on TV and digital ads that claim vulnerable GOP senators are fighting for better health care. Their records indicate otherwise.
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