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Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama Raises Funds Off Colorado Tragedy, Fleeces Contributors

by Brendan Fischer — July 30, 2012 - 8:12am
  • Topics: Democracy

    • On July 20, hours after the horrific shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama sent an email to supporters with the subject line "OUTRAGEOUS: Media Tries to Blame Tea Party for Colorado Shooting."

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    "Tobacco Can Cure Smoking" and other Highlights of ALEC's Annual Meeting in Salt Lake

    by Brendan Fischer — July 26, 2012 - 10:12am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Democracy, Politics

    • By Brendan Fischer and Mary Bottari

    State legislators attending this week's American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting in Salt Lake City will be told they can advance ALEC's mission of "limited government and free enterprise" by letting "the free market reduce smoking-related diseases," according to an agenda obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy.

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    ALEC Member Glenn Grothman: Voter ID Needed because "People Who Cheat" Vote Democratic

    by Brendan Fischer — July 25, 2012 - 10:37am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Election 2012, Democracy, Wisconsin Protests

    • Wisconsin state senator and American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) member Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) is perpetuating discredited allegations of "voter fraud" to argue that the state's unconstitutional voter ID law would help Mitt Romney win the state in the November elections.

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    CMD Submits Testimony to the U.S. Senate on the Citizens United Case and the Rise of Super PACs and Nonprofit Front Groups

    by Brendan Fischer — July 24, 2012 - 9:58am

    The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has submitted testimony to the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Committee for a hearing on "Taking Back Our Democracy: Responding to Citizens United and the Rise of Super PACs," this week.

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    WI GOP Legislators Call for Voter Purge, Fewer Voter Registrations

    by Brendan Fischer — July 23, 2012 - 8:11am
  • Topics: Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • Even after courts and law enforcement officials have declared that voter fraud is nonexistent in Wisconsin, Republican legislators continue perpetuating unfounded allegations of fraud, this time to call for purging the voter rolls. Meanwhile, another GOP legislator is claiming that promoting lawful registration is a blow to freedom -- at least when it involves registering Democratic constituencies.

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    Second Judge Finds WI's Voter ID Law Unconstitutional

    by Brendan Fischer — July 18, 2012 - 8:11am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Democracy

    • A Wisconsin judge has found that the state's American Legislative Exchange Council-inspired voter ID restriction imposes an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote, writing that the law "tells more than 300,000 Wisconsin voters who do not now have an acceptable form of photo identification that they cannot vote unless they first obtain a photo ID card."

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    WI Elections Board, Racine DA Slap Down GOP Claims of "Voter Fraud"

    by Brendan Fischer — July 17, 2012 - 8:04am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Election 2012, Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • Law enforcement has found no evidence of "voter fraud" in the election that gave Wisconsin Democrats control of the state senate, despite right-wing media and legislators hyping the allegations to cast doubt on the only Wisconsin recall election won by a Democrat this year. The state elections board has also condemned "unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud" by Wisconsin Republican leaders.

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    Express-Scripts is Twenty-Sixth Corporation to Dump ALEC

    by Brendan Fischer — July 13, 2012 - 2:25pm
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Politics

    • Pharmacy benefits manager Express-Scripts told the Center for Media and Democracy today that it has ended its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), making it the twenty-sixth business to dump ALEC in recent months.

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    Five More Corporations Dump ALEC; 25 Companies Have Now Cut Ties With Right-Wing Bill Mill

    by Brendan Fischer — July 10, 2012 - 2:37pm
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Democracy, Politics

    • Just in time for summer, Americans can cut their grass with a John Deere mower, drink a cold Miller High Life, and buy sunscreen from CVS without fear that their consumer dollars will be used to fund policies like voter suppression and climate change denial, now that Deere & Co., MillerCoors, and CVS have dropped their membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Also cutting ties with ALEC are top computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) and electronics retailer Best Buy.

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    Criminal Tax Penalties for ALEC? CMD's Investigation Provides Facts for Powerful New Complaint by Former IRS Official

    by Brendan Fischer — July 9, 2012 - 9:47am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • This month, a former leader of the Internal Revenue Service filed a complaint that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has violated the terms of its nonprofit status by operating primarily for the private benefit of its corporate members, based on documents and research from the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), which manages PRWatch, ALECexposed, and SourceWatch. The complaint, which also alleges that ALEC misrepresented itself in tax filings, raises additional allegations beyond those in earlier IRS complaints filed by Common Cause.

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