This Week at CMD

As we stare down another scary pandemic surge, CMD teamed up with The Daily Poster last week to expose how the Koch influence network has hijacked the war on Covid and embraced "herd immunity" — at a terrible price for Americans.

We also obtained exclusive audio from ALEC's last policy confab revealing the Right's dream plan for using their disproportionate power in the states to rewrite the U.S. Constitution and lock in minority control for generations to come.

And we flagged the early entry of Koch's political operation into the Missouri U.S. Senate race, queueing up one of several likely Trump v. Koch battles in the 2022 elections.

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How The Koch Network Hijacked The War On Covid

As Omicron surges, a shadowy institute filled with fringe doctors appears to be part of big business’ two-year strategy to legitimize attacks on pandemic interventions.

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The Right Is Trying to Rewrite the Constitution to Cement Minority Rule Forever

Convention of States, a right-wing group led by Tea Party organizer Mark Meckler, says it’s close to achieving enough supermajority control over state legislatures to make sweeping changes to the U.S. Constitution, even though its views aren’t popular.

Koch Group Canvasses for Schmitt in Crowded GOP Primary for Open Missouri Senate Seat

Charles Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Action has spent $300,000 for door-to-door canvassing to support Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s U.S. Senate bid, its biggest expenditure yet for the 2022 elections.

Democracy Now! Features CMD's Reporting

The Daily Poster's Walker Bragman, the co-author of our piece on the Koch-fueled campaign against public health, spoke with host Amy Goodman about our findings.

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CMD Around the Web

In addition to our Democracy Now! hit, our earlier scoop on ALEC's plans to get states to blacklist banks that divest from fossil fuels was picked up by ABC and lots of other outlets.

Read our story about the Koch network attacking public health in The Daily Poster and Jacobin.

Other coverage:

ABC News: Model legislation targets banks that divest from fossil fuel companies
Arkansas Times: Vaccine and mask resistance: Blame the Kochs
Daily Kos: Conservative Christian Hillsdale College: From 1990s Sex Scandal to Peddling COVID Disinformation
The Daily Poster: How Dark Money Bought A Supreme Court Seat

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