by MCDC | Dec 6, 2013 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Ethics
ALEC is the American Legislative Exchange Council, a business-casual matchmaker service between corporate interests and sympathetic lawmakers. They operate mostly in state legislatures, where they have used “model legislation” to enact such beneficial statutes...
by MCDC | Dec 6, 2013 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Ethics, Video
The strategy for the state-level organisations, which describe themselves as “free-market think tanks”, includes proposals from six different states for cuts in public sector pensions, campaigns to reduce the wages of government workers and eliminate...
by MCDC | Dec 6, 2013 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Ethics
Conservative Think Tank Network Plotting “Coordinated Assault” on Medicaid, Education, Workers’ Rights By Andy Kroll The State Policy Network, an umbrella group overseeing a constellation of right-leaning think tanks in all 50 states, is plotting a...
by MCDC | Dec 5, 2013 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Ethics, Issues
by Robert Maguire Political money flowed freely in the world of conservative billionaires David and Charles Koch in 2012. With most of the annual tax filings for non-disclosing nonprofits now in, it’s clear that no other conservative or liberal dark money...
by MCDC | Dec 4, 2013 | Citizens United, Ethics, Social Security
Remember Third Way? They’re the jokers who filled the void when the DLC collapsed. But unlike the DLC, Third Way operates in the shadows, lobbying Democrats behind the scenes and via travel junkets. So it’s always a pleasure when they emerge from the...
by MCDC | Nov 28, 2013 | Ethics, Issues
In case there was any doubt left, Pope Francis made it clear that he shares little in common with U.S. conservatives. The pontiff released his Evangelii Gadium, or Joy of the Gospel, attacking capitalism as a form of tyranny and calling on church and political leaders...
