Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

June 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM

Kennedy Center Taps Renowned GOP Budget Slasher, A Wisconsin Doctor Makes Wild Measles Claims, and More!

  Dear John, Happy Juneteenth! Our staff will be at the Investigative Reporters and Editors annual conferences this week, so if you see them in the halls or exhibition area, stop and say hello! Now, on to the news!   Here…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM

Bells Ring for Freedom, Charter School Missing Millions, and More!

  Dear John, Happy Wednesday! Earlier this month, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) teamed up with faith groups to organize the inaugural Let Freedom Ring! event, a national cry for freedom marking America’s historic struggle against t…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

April 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Let Freedom Ring and Watch Heather Cox Richardson’s Historic Speech!

  Dear John,  This evening, from places of worship to campus greens, from town squares to street corners, from lighthouses to apartment windows, people from across the country will be ringing bells — large, small, and everything in between —…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

April 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM

TODAY: Let Freedom Ring and Watch Heather Cox Richardson’s Historic Speech!

  Dear John,  This evening, from places of worship to campus greens, from town squares to street corners, from lighthouses to apartment windows, people from across the country will be ringing bells — large, small, and everything in between —…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM

There's Still Time to Help CMD Let Freedom Ring!

  Dear John,  The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has teamed up with faith groups to organize a national cry for freedom tomorrow. On April 18th 250 years ago, Boston’s Old North Church hung two lanterns from its steeple to warn patri…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM

Help CMD Let Freedom Ring!

  Dear John,  The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has teamed up with faith groups to organize a national cry for freedom tomorrow. On April 18th 250 years ago, Boston’s Old North Church hung two lanterns from its steeple to warn patri…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

April 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Be Part of a National Moment — Let Freedom Ring!

  Dear John,  Across the country, Americans are coming together to Let Freedom Ring! On April 18, bells will ring from places of worship, campuses, neighborhoods, town squares, and even a Maine lighthouse — marking the 250th anniversary of…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

April 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM

Today’s Record-Breaking Election, ALEC’s Role in State Leadership, and More

  Dear John, Wisconsin voters go to the polls today to elect a new justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in what has turned out to be the highest-spending contest in the state's history, with Elon Musk stumping for former Attorney General Brad…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

February 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM

The Grassroots Resistance, ALEC’s Anti-Labor Playbook, and More

  Dear John, The grassroots resistance to Trump's full-scale assault on American democracy is starting to take shape. If you want to take action, check out the story below for links to groups leading protests around the country. Also, here's …

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

February 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM

ALEC’s Project 2025 for the States, a Warning from Robert Reich, and More

  Here’s the Latest From CMD ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States The close alignment between ALEC’s states-based agenda and Project 2025 is no coincidence. ALEC leaders served on the advisory board of Project 2025 a…

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January 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Koch’s Trump 2.0 Playbook Exposed

  Dear John, The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has just exposed Koch’s playbook for locking in massive tax cuts for corporations and billionaires and gutting consumer and environmental protections. A private donor prospectus sent by…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

January 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM

Anti-Union Activist Claims Satan is Corrupting Unions, Kochs Get Sued Over Oil Spill, and More!

  Dear John, Happy Friday! In case you missed it: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has been stonewalling the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) for almost five years now to keep his extensive dealings with the Republican Attorneys General As…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

January 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM

CMD Fights for Freedom of Information in Ohio Supreme Court

  Dear John, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has been stonewalling the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) for almost five years now to keep his extensive dealings with the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) secret from Ohio vo…

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  Lisa Graves · [email protected]

December 31, 2024 at 8:00 PM

Time is Running Out — Support CMD Before Midnight!

   Dear John, As we turn the corner toward a new year, I want to take a moment to thank you for all that you do, both for the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and the wider community of good people working to make this world a better pla…

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  Arn Pearson · [email protected]

December 31, 2024 at 1:00 PM

There's Still Time to Support CMD and Defend Our Democracy!

   Dear John, With this historic year drawing to a close, I want to thank you for your continued support of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). It’s people like you who make CMD’s work to expose corporate and right-wing influence and d…

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  Bill Moyers · [email protected]

December 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM

ICYMI: A Special Message from Bill Moyers

  CMD could not have succeeded in exposing corruption and disinformation for more than three decades without the loyal support of people like you. Thank you! Please help us reach our year-end goal of $150,000. Your gift makes all the difference. …

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  Arn Pearson · [email protected]

December 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM

We Need You Now More Than Ever!

  Dear John, It may be hard to imagine, but before we know it, the holidays will be over and the second Trump presidency will be upon us. Trump has promised to act on campaign promises to persecute his enemies, attack the press and academic …

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

December 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM

My Year-End Message About CMD

  Dear John, As I write this, Donald Trump and the billionaire oligarchs who back him are busy rolling out cabinet appointments and game plans to punish his political enemies and make the far-right authoritarian vision laid out in Project 20…

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  Arn Pearson · [email protected]

December 27, 2024 at 1:00 PM

ICYMI: The Kochs Have Deep Pockets. We Have You.

  Dear John, For over a decade, CMD has been exposing what the Koch network does with that money: influencing elections and bankrolling dark money groups responsible for anti-labor, anti-teacher, pro-corporate, and climate denial legislation…

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  Nancy MacLean · [email protected]

December 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM

The Far Right Intends to Embed Project 2025 in Our Constitution

  Dear John, As if we don’t have enough to worry about, ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) and the far right are waging a dark money campaign to force the first constitutional convention since 1787 in order to encase their radi…

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  Arn Pearson · [email protected]

December 23, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Happy Holidays from the Center for Media and Democracy!

  Dear John, I hope the holidays find you and your loved ones healthy and in good spirits, despite the crises facing our democracy. I am ever mindful of the fact that we couldn’t have succeeded in exposing corporate and right-wing influenc…

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  Lisa Graves · [email protected]

December 20, 2024 at 1:00 PM

The Right’s Secret Plan to Lock in a Stacked Supreme Court

  Dear John, Did you know that ALEC and far-right groups are pushing to cement a nine-member U.S. Supreme Court into the U.S. Constitution? More importantly, do you know what can be done about it? Heavy-handed partisan maneuvering and mill…

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  Arn Pearson · [email protected]

December 19, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Help CMD Expose the War on Workers!

  Dear John, This year, workers across the country had reason to rejoice: after more than a decade of living and working under Wisconsin's notorious Act 10, which stripped most public sector workers’ collective bargaining rights, the law was…

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  Arn Pearson · [email protected]

December 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Help CMD Keep Exposing the Groups Behind Project 2025!

  Dear John, This year, mainstream media turned its spotlight on Project 2025, widely considered “the conservative blueprint” for the next Trump administration. Project 2025 didn't come out of nowhere! For over a decade, CMD has b…

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  Bill Moyers · [email protected]

December 17, 2024 at 1:00 PM

A Special Message from Bill Moyers

  As Bill Moyers said, CMD could not have succeeded in exposing "corporate Goliaths and ravenous oligarchs" for more than three decades without the loyal support of people like you. Thank you! Please help us reach our year-end goal of $150,000. Y…

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  Arn Pearson · [email protected]

December 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM

The Koch Network Has Deep Pockets. We Have You.

  Dear John, For over a decade, CMD has been exposing what the Koch network does with that money: influencing elections and bankrolling dark money groups responsible for anti-labor, anti-teacher, pro-corporate, and climate denial legislation…

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  Arn Pearson · [email protected]

December 13, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Help Us Expose Big Oil’s War on Climate Progress

  Dear John, The climate crisis is already here — but it’s about to get a whole lot worse. After the Trump campaign solicited $1 billion in campaign donations from oil executives in exchange for rolling back regulations, Big Oil and the Ri…

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  Robert Reich · [email protected]

December 12, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Please Join Me in Supporting CMD!

  Dear John, As I write this, Donald Trump and the billionaire oligarchs who back him are busy rolling out cabinet appointments and game plans to punish his political enemies and make the far-right authoritarian vision laid out in Project 20…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

December 10, 2024 at 8:52 PM

ALEC Retaliates Against Democratic Lawmaker, Ranked-Choice Voting Gets the Boot, and More!

  Dear John, This week, a Democratic legislator from Wisconsin was kicked out of ALEC’s policy summit. Despite claiming to be nonpartisan, ALEC targeted the one Democratic attendee as supposedly being “disruptive,” even though he never actually…

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  Arn Pearson · [email protected]

December 3, 2024 at 9:00 PM

There’s Still Time! Please Support CMD’s Independent Journalism

    Dear John, Before Giving Tuesday draws to a close, please take a minute to show your support for the award-winning independent journalism of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). With president-elect Donald Trump dec…

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  Lisa Graves · [email protected]

December 3, 2024 at 1:01 PM

It’s Giving Tuesday! Support CMD’s Pro-Democracy Investigations

    Dear John, As we turn the corner toward the holidays and a new year, I want to take a moment to thank you for all that you do, both for the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and the wider community of good people workin…

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  Arn Pearson · [email protected]

December 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Help CMD Defend Democracy!

  Dear John, Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, a day when people across the globe unleash a wave of radical generosity to transform our communities and our planet.  With storm clouds gathering in Washington, D.C., this Giving Tuesday is …

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

November 14, 2024 at 1:43 PM

A Post-Election Message From CMD’s Executive Director

  Dear John, There is a lot to process since last week’s election results, both in Washington, D.C., and closer to home. I suspect that many of you, like the team at CMD, are still struggling to come to terms with the weight of this moment an…

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November 12, 2024 at 7:50 PM

Climate Denialism Crosses the Atlantic, and More

  Dear John, There’s a lot to process after last week’s election results, both nationally and closer to home. With storm clouds gathering on the horizon, rest assured that CMD will continue to engage in hard-hitting independent journalism to ex…

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  Center for Media & Democracy · [email protected]

October 10, 2024 at 1:41 PM

Project 2025, Koch-Funded Vaccine Skepticism, and More!

  Happy Thursday! A couple quick updates before diving into our most recent work: If you missed our webinar “Setting the Stacked Court in Stone?” last month, you can now stream the recording on CMD’s YouTube page. CMD’s Executive Director A…

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