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A Coalition of Pro-Trump Doctors Is Forming to Defend the President’s COVID-19 Blunders
By Alex Kotch, May 19, 2020

Right-wing activists are helping the Trump campaign put together a coalition of doctors that Trump can use to cover for his COVID-19 decisions.

Groups Call on ALEC’s Corporate Funders to Cut Ties Over Its Coronavirus Lobbying Efforts
By PRWatch Editors, May 18, 2020

CMD joins Common Cause and 71 other groups calling on companies to stop funding ALEC due to its leading role in the right-wing campaign to protest COVID-19 public safety measures and reopen the economy despite warnings from public health officials.

Secretive Right-Wing Nonprofit Plays Role in COVID-19 Organizing
By Alex Kotch, May 15, 2020

The Council for National Policy, a powerful behind-the-scenes player, has been hosting weekly calls with conservative figures to promote anti-lockdown protests and coordinate policy responses to the coronavirus pandemic.

ALEC Holds Tutorial with Republican’s “Chief Authority on Redistricting” Amidst Pandemic
By David Armiak, May 14, 2020

American Legislative Exchange Council which claims to be a "nonpartisan" charitable group, connects Republican legislators with Fair Lines America, the GOP's leading group for opposing voter-enacted redistricting reforms and crafting the party's 2020 redistricting strategy.

State Supreme Court Allows Alaska Campaign to Recall Governor Dunleavy to Move Forward
By Don Wiener, May 11, 2020

Friday’s decision puts Koch-darling Dunleavy back in the hot seat after allowing Americans for Prosperity to run his budget-cut roadshow last year angered voters.

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A Coalition of Pro-Trump Doctors Is Forming to Defend the President’s COVID-19 Blunders
Groups Call on ALEC’s Corporate Funders to Cut Ties Over Its Coronavirus Lobbying Efforts
Secretive Right-Wing Nonprofit Plays Role in COVID-19 Organizing
ALEC Holds Tutorial with Republican’s “Chief Authority on Redistricting” Amidst Pandemic
State Supreme Court Allows Alaska Campaign to Recall Governor Dunleavy to Move Forward
Right-Wing Out-of-State Funders Bankroll Anti-Union Campaigns in Ohio
Foreign-Owned Entertainment Company Lands Federal COVID-19 Loan
ALEC Leading Right-Wing Campaign to Reopen the Economy Despite COVID-19
Ohio’s Buckeye Institute Uses Coronavirus to Push Its Budget Cuts Wish List
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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.

--Jay Heck, Common Cause in Wisconsin

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