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CMD Wins Reversal of Restrictive DOJ Public Records Policy
By PRWatch Editors, May 21, 2019

Group obtains more than 3,000 records relating to former Attorney General Schimel's war on the Affordable Care Act.

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Koch Industries' Federal Lobbying Rose 35 Percent in First Quarter of 2019
By Don Wiener, May 10, 2019

Koch Industries has lobbied against every major measure to reduce reliance on fossil fuels so far this year.

ALEC Teams up with Anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom to Promote So-Called "Campus Free Speech" Bills
By David Armiak, May 6, 2019

The noted hate group is also a dues-paying member of ALEC, CMD has found.

How the Kochs' Americans for Prosperity Hijacked Alaska's Tax and Budget Hearings
By Don Wiener, May 2, 2019

The Kochs' political astroturf operation sponsored, paid for, and restricted the terms of attendance for Governor Dunleavy's "Statewide Discussion for a Permanent Fiscal Plan."

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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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