Conservative Activist Leaders Call For an End to Democracy

By Alex Kotch | December 11th, 2020 at 1:43 PM (CST)

A number of prominent members of the right-wing Council for National Policy published a letter demanding that state lawmakers throw out 26 million votes in swing states that Joe Biden won.

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Who Funds the Federalist? Finally, We Know.

By Alex Kotch | December 9th, 2020 at 4:24 PM (CST)

Tax records obtained by CMD reveal two donors to the right-wing publication’s new, affiliated nonprofit.

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ALEC’s Pennsylvania Leaders Lobby to Overturn 2020 Election Results in Last-Minute Effort

By David Armiak and Arn Pearson | December 8th, 2020 at 8:18 AM (CST)

The Pennsylvania state chairs of the American Legislative Exchange Council are leading a GOP effort to overturn the state’s presidential election results when Congress convenes in January to certify the Electoral College’s election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

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CMD Files Lawsuit…Again Against IRS for Refusing to Release Tax Records

By ExposedByCMD Editors | December 4th, 2020 at 2:24 PM (CST)

The Center for Media and Democracy filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in federal court on Thursday, December 4, 2020, for illegally withholding tax documents for five right-wing funders.

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“Dark Money ATM of the Conservative Movement” Gives $1.5 Million to White Nationalist Hate Group

By Alex Kotch | December 4th, 2020 at 11:37 AM (CST)

For the first time, DonorsTrust donated to explicitly white nationalist groups—and its contribution to VDARE tripled the group’s annual revenue.

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Koch Fought the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Ten 2020 House Races

By Don Wiener | December 4th, 2020 at 6:41 AM (CST)

The election on November 3 revealed splits between business leaders, with two of the nation’s largest spending political groups squaring off on congressional contests.

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ALEC Holds Virtual States and National Policy Summit

By David Armiak | December 3rd, 2020 at 9:27 AM (CST)

After canceling its plans for an in-person meeting, ALEC opened its annual policy summit online yesterday to consider a wide variety of measures to limit governors’ power to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, stop a bailout for hard-hit states, and lock in a nine-member Supreme Court, provide trainings to help its overwhelmingly Republican members run better campaigns.

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DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Pumped at Least $90 Million into Right-Wing Causes in 2019

By David Armiak | December 3rd, 2020 at 6:41 AM (CST)

The preferred funding conduits of the Koch political donor network gave out $165 million in grants in 2019, $90 million of which went to right-wing think tanks, advocacy groups, litigation centers, media outlets, extremists, and climate deniers.

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Watchdog Group Files Suit Against Ohio AG Dave Yost for Withholding Records of Dealings with Powerful Influence Groups

By ExposedByCMD Editors | December 1st, 2020 at 9:46 AM (CST)

The Center for Media and Democracy filed suit in Ohio’s Court of Appeals today against Ohio Attorney General David Yost for his office’s refusal to hand over records concerning Yost’s work with two powerful and partisan influence groups, the Republican Attorneys General Association, and its sister organization, the Rule of Law Defense Fund, in violation of the Ohio Public Records Act.

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