Charles Koch’s Political Operation Readies for 2020 Election: New PAC Report
Charles Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Action has reported receiving nearly $6 million this quarter, bringing the total raised in 2019 to $14.16 million.
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Centrist Third Way, Funded by Corporate Interests, Attacks Sanders in Iowa
Third Way, a think tank funded by the likes of Amgen, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Reynolds American tobacco, is warning Iowa voters about the democratic socialist candidate.
Pence to Speak at Madison School Choice Event
Vice President Mike Pence will speak at a capitol rally organized by groups linked to school privatization advocates like the Bradley Foundation and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Right-Wing Business Billionaires Launch Attack on Bernie Sanders
Yesterday, the billionaire-funded Club for Growth Action released an ad criticizing Sanders’s health care and climate change policies.
Ohio’s Right-Wing Buckeye Institute Goes National
The Ohio-based Buckeye Institute has nearly doubled its revenues in recent years and is increasingly taking its pro-corporate fights to other states.
Right-Wing Megadonors Are Financing Media Operations to Promote Their Ideologies
Some of the wealthiest conservative donors in the U.S. have poured over $100 million into media since 2015, a CMD analysis has found.
Koch Spends More in 2019 to Stop Action on Climate
Koch Industries spent $11 million in 2019 lobbying Congress to block climate action, renewable energy subsidies, automobile fuel efficiency standards, and donor disclosure.
Koch-Favored DonorsTrust Keeps Funding Anti-Muslim and Anti-LGBTQ Hate Groups
The bigoted nonprofits that wealthy conservatives fund through DonorsTrust include some that the Southern Poverty Law Center identifies as hate groups.
Justice Kelly’s Campaign Haul for Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat Eclipses Opponents
GOP megadonors helped Justice Kelly raised $800,000 in 2019, more than double his nearest challenger.
Right-Wing PragerU Triples Revenue in Two Years
Recent tax filings show that “most viewed conservative site in world” saw dramatic growth after Trump’s election, and has paid its founder and his brother close to $1 million.
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