Upcoming article to outline Daily Kos member contributions to Exposing ALEC...
As all of us now know, ALEC is in the news nationwide with dozens of articles about new legislation and old laws which were distributed by the American Legislative Exchange Council coming out...
View ArticleI got bullied by Charles Koch!
I work in an office building where the Charles Koch Institute has its office. On Friday, April 6, a nearby sandwich shop had a food giveaway in the lobby of our building to promote its catering...
View ArticleWalmart & ALEC - Exploiting Prison Labor: Beyond Bribes to Foreign Officials...
We've been hearing a lot about Walmart and their activities involving worker wages in pursuit of controlling the retail markets in this country and about their membership in ALEC. We've also learned...
View ArticleALEC-An Unwelcome and Unregistered Elephant in the Room at NN2012 (I loved it!)
Returned from Netroots 2012 convention in Rhode Island yesterday and spent today uploading videos and pictures to my Flikr account. For the videos I've used the great ones provided by Netroots Nation....
View ArticleALEC's Federal Task Force - "How to Change Democracy From Within"
ALEC has a heretofore hidden task force. It's existence is known only to ALEC members and their closest "affiliates" - and referred to by them simply as the Federal Forum. A hint of it can be found...
View ArticleALEC, the Koch Led CABAL & "The Amicus Project" - Fed Court Interference
This is a lengthy post. We cut it down and took out sections we intend to include in subsequent Exposé's on ALEC and in so doing realized that the single issue of ALEC's interference in our judiciary...
View ArticleCompiled Thursday Coverage of the ALEC Annual Conference in Salt Lake City,...
BREAKING NEWS - General Motors and Walgreen's bail during ALEC's 2012 Annual Conference! as reported by Color of Change._____________As ALEC's Annual Conference began in Salt Lake City earlier this...
View ArticleGreenpeace sends another letter to Charles Koch. Maybe next time some...
Charles Koch gets another letter from Greenpeace. Back in 2010, Greenpeace delivered a letter to Charles and David Koch seeking to have an "intellectually honest debate." Yes, totally deadpan. As you...
View ArticleALEC's Koch Funded Cabal "Educating" our state and Federal Judges
Last month I began a two part series that began with "ALEC, the Koch Led CABAL & "The Amicus Project" - Fed Court Interference." The first segment dealt with identifying and exposing ALEC's Koch...
View ArticleCentral Ohio Potpourri - Husted Blinks? - Updated x 2
Ohio's state capital, Columbus dominates Franklin County, and is the swingiest part of the bellwether and swingy state of Ohio. Frequently, we are national ground zero for presidential politics. This...
View ArticleALEC-Koch Cabal "Programming" of State and Federal Judges Exposed
A DK "Abolish ALEC" Special Report, reposted from Monday...Last month I began a two part series that began with "ALEC, the Koch Led CABAL & "The Amicus Project" - Fed Court Interference." The first...
View ArticleThird IRS Whistleblower Complaint Brought Against American Legislative...
BREAKING NEWS FROM DK's Abolish ALEC Group (VLTP) - Reposted from VLTP.netEarlier this year two complaints were filed against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) by Common Cause and Clergy...
View ArticleCenter for Media and Democracy Comes Under Attack For Reporting on ALEC
An article today from Lisa Graves at the Center for Media and Democracy informs in May 2012, PRWeek reported ALEC had... ..."hired the notorious global PR firm Edelman. Edelman is the firm of choice...
View ArticleALEC-New Partnerships and Exposing Hidden Foreign Influences - with a...
Reposted from Voters Legislative Transparency Project (VLTP.net) ALEC Finds New Friends Republican Study Committee (RSC) and Heritage Foundation - New Partners... Seems ALEC is searching for...
View ArticleALEC: The Scheme to Remake America, One State House at a Time
This week, we report on the most influential corporate-funded political force most Americans have never heard of — ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. A national consortium of state...
View ArticleALEC Member in OK. Proposes ALEC’s Model: “Parent Trigger Law”
State Sen. David Holt, R-Oklahoma City, has announced he will introduce legislation in 2013 that will allow parents to overhaul chronically low-performing schools: “A parent trigger law in Oklahoma...
View Article2012 - An Awakening Electorate and the American Legislative Exchange Council...
Reposted from VLTP.net Op-Ed by Exec. Dir. Bob SloanAs pressure has been brought to bear upon the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) over the past couple of years, many of their far-right...
View ArticleTurning State Legislatures into Brothels
Reposted from VLTP.net... _____________ Diarist Note - We at DL's Abolish ALEC group have been writing about this subject for more than a year now and just recently our research, conclusions and...
View ArticleNew Reports Expose a Hidden Conservative "Cabal" Masquerading as Think Tanks
The above graphic charts the relationship(s) between dozens of extreme right-wing organizations, foundations, institutes, conservative owned companies and wealthy individuals working together to...
View ArticleALEC: Necessary and Irreplaceable to the Koch Cabal
Pursuing Charles and David Koch and their funding of the far right and an ultra-conservative agenda is important. Identifying the “charitable” organizations they launder money through – which is then...
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