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Facing Increased Scrutiny, TikTok Gave Money to State Attorneys General Groups
By Alex Kotch, August 7, 2020

The Chinese-owned company made its first-ever political donation on June 30 to the Republican Attorneys General Association, followed by a donation to the group's Democratic counterpart.

ALEC and GOP Push Corporate Immunity From COVID-19 Workplace Illnesses and Deaths
By Don Wiener, August 6, 2020

ALEC joins with other business lobbyists and Senate Republicans to back sweeping immunity for corporations that negligently spread coronavirus to their workers or customers.

Trump Megadonor in Charge of U.S. Postal Service Poses Grave Threat to U.S. Elections
By Alex Kotch, August 6, 2020

As President Trump makes false claims about mail-in ballot fraud, one of his campaign's megadonors has been installed at the helm of a financially ravaged Postal Service that will make or break the 2020 general elections.

Koch Group Pushing for Employer Immunity Takes $3.5M From Company with COVID-19 Outbreaks
By Don Wiener, July 27, 2020

Owner of Mountaire Farms, one of the nation’s largest poultry processors with multiple COVID-19 outbreaks, gives millions to American for Prosperity’s PAC, which is advocating for state and federal legislation to protect employers with workplace coronavirus cases.

ALEC 2020 Annual Meeting Attendees and Sponsors Revealed
By David Armiak, July 24, 2020

The American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) annual meeting continues this week online with workshops on rewriting the U.S. Constitution, reopening schools amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and school privatization.

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Facing Increased Scrutiny, TikTok Gave Money to State Attorneys General Groups
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Koch Group Pushing for Employer Immunity Takes $3.5M From Company with COVID-19 Outbreaks
ALEC 2020 Annual Meeting Attendees and Sponsors Revealed
ALEC Exploits Pandemic to Push Right-Wing Policy Goals at Annual Meeting
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There is a "sucker punch" aspect of this entire episode, that has been used in the past, that makes it doubly despicable. The now dead open records issue was so completely outrageous and unexpected that it served its intended purpose – to draw attention away from the many other very contentious and controversial aspects of this budget. And that was exactly what Walker and the majority Republicans wanted to happen.

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