A Disturbing New Plan for Picking Your Senators
Jul 24, 2017 The American Legislative Exchange Counsel has drafted “model legislation” that would empower gerrymandered legislatures to choose senators for us.
Truthdigger of the Week: Matthew Cardinale, Affordable Housing Advocate, Foe of Corporate Lobbyists
Jul 3, 2016 The founder of SMART ALEC, a progressive nonprofit, is determined to help people take control of public policy.
Despite Pledge, ExxonMobil Paid Millions Toward Climate Change Denial
Jul 15, 2015 The oil giant gave over $2.3 million to members of Congress and a corporate lobbying group to support climate change denial, even though it pledged to cease such funding in 2007.
Big Business Rewards California Democrats for Passing Model ALEC Legislation
Mar 27, 2014 It may be “the most anti-consumer bill ever introduced in California," and it was approved and signed into law by Democrats.
ALEC’s Horror Show Is Coming to Your Hometown
Mar 15, 2014 "The rightwing group Alec is preparing to launch a new nationwide network that will seek to replicate its current influence within state legislatures in city councils and municipalities," The Guardian reported earlier this month.Conservative Coalition Prepares Public Sector Attacks Across 34 States
Dec 6, 2013 After revelations this week about the legislative agenda of the Koch brothers-backed American Legislative Exchange Council, documents obtained by The Guardian give a closer look into a coordinated assault by conservative groups across the U.S. against public sector rights and services in education, health care, income tax, workers' compensation and the environment.
To the Barricades! ALEC Posts Issues for 2014 Legislative Wars
Dec 3, 2013 The secretive Koch brothers-backed American Legislative Exchange Council has its sights set on labor laws, consumer protections and public education, among others. So you can’t say you weren’t warned.
What Liberal Media?
Aug 10, 2013 "If you know anyone who still believes in a 'liberal media,' " writes David Akadjian at The Washington Spectator, "here are 13 things everyone would know" if it really existed.
ALEC Puts Utah on Top of ‘Rich States’ List
Jun 7, 2013 A new report from the corporate lobby would be laughable if it wasn't being taken seriously by media outlets.
A Call to Action
May 23, 2013 The Obama administration has passed or made use of a host of laws to infringe our civil liberties, obliterate the balance of power, legitimize a military dictatorship, and control the dissemination of truth in the name of protecting its "secrets." Soon we will have lost our freedom, not to some foreign nation that hates it, but to our own devices.The Obama administration has passed or made use of a host of laws to infringe our civil liberties, legitimize a military dictatorship and control the dissemination of the truth.
