In the last two weeks, the Center for Media and Democracy has reported on the American Legislative Exchange Council, hate group funding, and the nonprofit behind the right-wing website The Federalist. Here’s the latest!
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CMD Joins 300+ Groups in Call for Companies to Quit ALEC Over Voter Suppression Bills
The American Legislative Exchange Council faces new backlash over its leading role in pushing new voting restrictions in battleground states.
Donors Pumped Millions into White Nationalist Hate Group
SPECIAL REPORT published with the Southern Poverty Law Center:
The foundation of white nationalist hate group VDARE took in $4.3 million in 2019, over eight times more than the year before, according to tax records obtained by CMD and shared with Hatewatch.
The right-wing website's nonprofit took in $800,000 in 2019, some of it from extremist megadonors, according to tax records obtained by CMD. We have identified the donors behind most of that money.
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More on ALEC
Five ALEC Corporate Members Paid No Federal Taxes on Huge Profits in 2020
Five of the American Legislative Exchange Council's major corporate members are among the largest corporate tax dodgers in America and paid no federal taxes last year. One received a tax rebate.
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