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Secretive Council for National Policy Closely Tied to Trump
By David Armiak, October 27, 2020

Secretive right-wing Christian group's ties to Trump and GOP go beyond coordinated effort to confirm Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, documents show.

Net Worth of Wisconsin Billionaires Jumps $11 Billion Since Pandemic
By PRWatch Editors, October 23, 2020

Spike in wealth – led by John Menard, Jr., Herbert Kohler, Jr., and Diane Hendricks – is five times more than Wisconsin’s $2 billion revenue shortfall, according to a new report.

GOP Politicians and Conservative Groups Set the Stage for Attempted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor
By Alex Kotch, October 21, 2020

The billionaire family of Education Sec. Betsy DeVos funded a political group that helped organize anti-lockdown protests, and Trump and other GOP figures stirred the pot by claiming Gov. Whitmer is a tyrant.

ALEC Board Member Reveals Kansas Partisan Gerrymandering Plan to Donors
By David Armiak, October 15, 2020

ALEC board member, Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, pitches political donors on the need for a GOP supermajority to stack congressional districts for the next decade, while ALEC trains members on the art of gerrymandering.

Senator Whitehouse Calls Out Dark-Money Networks Behind Amy Coney Barrett’s SCOTUS Nomination
By PRWatch Editors, October 13, 2020

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse draws on CMD research to connect the dots between the dark money forces hand-picking Trump’s Supreme Court nominees and those spending millions to bankroll right-wing, pro-corporate amicus briefs in scores of important Supreme Court cases.

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Secretive Council for National Policy Closely Tied to Trump
Net Worth of Wisconsin Billionaires Jumps $11 Billion Since Pandemic
GOP Politicians and Conservative Groups Set the Stage for Attempted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor
ALEC Board Member Reveals Kansas Partisan Gerrymandering Plan to Donors
Senator Whitehouse Calls Out Dark-Money Networks Behind Amy Coney Barrett’s SCOTUS Nomination
Koch-Funded Legal Group Pushes to Allow Mass Evictions During Pandemic
Snapshot of Secret Funding of Amicus Briefs Tied to Leonard Leo–Federalist Society Leader, Promoter of Amy Barrett
Delaware GOP Sticks with Senate Candidate Who Backs White Nationalist Group and QAnon
Major GOP Super PAC Goes All-In on QAnon-Friendly Candidate Lauren Boebert
ALEC Circulates Sign-On Letter Urging “Swift Confirmation” of Trump’s SCOTUS Pick

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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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