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The Center for Media and Democracy (PRWatch, ALECexposed, SourceWatch) is a national watchdog group that investigates corruption and corporate front groups.
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NEW: Today, the Center for Media and Democracy is launching a new website, SFOFExposed.org, to expose a weaponized group of GOP state treasurers, auditors, and financial officers’ role in legitimizing the latest front in the Right’s culture wars.
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Center for Media and Democracy Launches New Website Exposing Right-Wing Group of Anti-ESG State...
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) is launching a new website, SFOFExposed.org, to expose the State Financial Officers Foundation's role in legitimizing the latest front in the Right's culture...
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The anti-BDS law proved to be a template for other anti-boycott laws drafted to protect big polluters, the weapon industry, & others. CMD first exposed this scheme back in December 2021 when it published an email from Jason Isaac lobbying for a new model.
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ALEC Launches Attack on Banks That Divest From Fossil Fuels - EXPOSEDbyCMD
At today's policy summit of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), state legislative and corporate members unanimously approved a model bill that would penalize companies that stop...
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Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss billionaire, gave $72 million to left-leaning groups through his Berger Action Fund in 2021. As a foreign national, Wyss is prohibited from donating to candidates or political committees.
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Group steers Swiss billionaire's money to liberal causes
The Berger Action Fund is a nondescript name for a group with a rather specific purpose: steering the wealth of a Swiss billionaire, Hansjörg Wyss, into the world of American politics and policy. As...
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ICYMI: A recent legal decision in a case involving Johnson & Johnson (J&J) may ultimately impact the massive profits Koch Industries and its Georgia-Pacific subsidiary have been raking in while sidestepping asbestos liability claims. #KochExposed
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Court Ruling Could Curtail Koch’s Legal Sleight of Hand on Asbestos Claims - EXPOSEDbyCMD
A recent legal decision in a case involving Johnson & Johnson (J&J) may ultimately impact the massive profits Koch Industries and its Georgia-Pacific subsidiary have been raking in while sidestepping...
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NEW: A recent legal decision in a case involving Johnson & Johnson (J&J) may ultimately impact the massive profits Koch Industries and its Georgia-Pacific subsidiary have been raking in while sidestepping asbestos liability claims. #KochExposed
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Court Ruling Could Curtail Koch’s Legal Sleight of Hand on Asbestos Claims - EXPOSEDbyCMD
A recent legal decision in a case involving Johnson & Johnson (J&J) may ultimately impact the massive profits Koch Industries and its Georgia-Pacific subsidiary have been raking in while sidestepping...
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Matt Cohen
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New reporting from me, w/ a crucial research assist from
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: So far, more than $6 million in Uihlein money has gone to Wisc Supreme Court candidate Dan Kelly through various PACs and dark money groups:
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Uihlein money runs deep in Daniel Kelly's Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign
Kelly's campaign has received at least $6 million from groups associated with far-right megadonor Dick Uihlein.
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NEW: 1 out of 4 members of the State Financial Officers Foundation—the group of Republican state treasurers, auditors, and other financial officers on the frontlines of the campaign against “woke capitalism”—has been a member of ALEC, CMD has found.
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ALEC to SFOF Pipeline Unearthed - EXPOSEDbyCMD
One in every four members of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF)—the group of Republican state treasurers, auditors, and other financial officers on the frontlines of the campaign against...
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NEW: 1 in every 4 members of the State Financial Officers Foundation—the group of Republican state treasurers, auditors, and other financial officers on the frontlines of the campaign against “woke capitalism”—has been a member of the ALEC, CMD has found.
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ALEC to SFOF Pipeline Unearthed - EXPOSEDbyCMD
One in every four members of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF)—the group of Republican state treasurers, auditors, and other financial officers on the frontlines of the campaign against...
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"However, the stated justification for the Utah legislation does not seem to be past fossil fuel protests. Instead, proponents of the bill repeatedly referred to the recent spate of attacks on electrical substations in the U.S." #ALECExposed
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Welcome to Utah, where pipeline protests could now get you at least five years in prison
Since the Standing Rock protests in 2017, 19 states have passed so-called critical infrastructure laws that could stifle environmentalists.
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Heidi Cuda
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“I would argue the motivation for downplaying the seriousness of the pandemic and obstructing lockdown measures was driven by a concern that any reduction in mobility lowers demand for petrol and diesel, depressing the crude oil price.”-⁦
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How Russia Joined With Anti-Vaxxers to Wage Biological Warfare by Proxy Against the West
Heidi Siegmund Cuda explores how the carpet-bombing of anti-science disinformation turns sick people into biological weapons
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NEW: At The Heartland Institute's climate change conference on Feb. 25, UT Treasurer Marlo Oaks proclaimed key similarities between Hitler's drive to create a uniform Aryan society & the desire of "global elites" to implement uniform investment practices.
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Utah State Treasurer Compares ESG Policies to Nazism at Heartland’s Climate Misinformation Fest -...
In his keynote address at The Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change, Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks—a longtime investment banker prior to being appointed state treasurer in...
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Brian Schwartz
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NEW: Meanwhile, the Mitchell tied group is a sponsor of the State Financial Officers Foundation, a nonprofit of GOP state officials targeting BlackRock and other firms. Other previous SFOF sponsors are similar dark money groups &companies like
@jpmorgan
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How Trump allies and wealthy donors helped to fuel the GOP fight against ESG investing platforms
The GOP fight against ESG investing at firms like BlackRock has ties to allies of former President Trump, wealthy Republican donors and state treasurers.
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NEW: Inside the network of anti-ESG conservative groups taking on BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street that are fueled by numerous Trump allies and wealthy GOP donors. A new org has origins to Trump attorney Cleta Mitchell and a former P&G executive.
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How Trump allies and wealthy donors helped to fuel the GOP fight against ESG investing platforms
The GOP fight against ESG investing at firms like BlackRock has ties to allies of former President Trump, wealthy Republican donors and state treasurers.
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A letter from the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance obtained by CMD claims that ALEC's Eliminate Economic Boycotts Act would “ensure that our state and local taxpayer dollars are not advancing the woke agenda,” and “eschew ESG ideology." The bill was not finalized by ALEC's BOD.
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NEW: Koch Industries & its funding vehicles funnel millions to groups that are decrying “woke capitalism” & attacking the investment giant BlackRock. Yet that hasn’t stopped Koch’s subsidiaries from partnering w/ BlackRock to invest in technology startups.
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Koch Funds BlackRock Bashing…While Profiting from Joint Investments - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Koch Industries and its funding vehicles funnel millions to groups that are decrying "woke capitalism" and attacking the investment giant BlackRock for its leading role in ESG investing. Yet that...
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