Some of America’s Biggest Corporations Help Finance Anti-Impeachment Ads
Pharmaceutical, energy, and defense industry interests have poured money into dark-money groups that promote their corporate agendas...and now advertise against impeachment.
U.S. Government
Koch network makes first jump into 2020 races, defending GOP senators
The Charles Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity is running ads backing Republican senators, marking the first election-related spending of the cycle for the Koch network that has undergone significant restructuring this year.
U.S. Supreme Court Decision a "Roadmap" for a Ruling on Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Court Remands Case to Three Judge Panel to Cure Standing Problem
Government Watchdogs Urge Support of Bills to Prevent Firing of Special Counsel Mueller
The Center for Media and Democracy signed onto a letter calling on senators to support two bipartisan bills designed to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Trump.
Sanders Woos Progressives in Madison, Seeks to End Influence of Money in Politics
Sanders and Feingold take aim at big money in politics at a rally in Madison.
CMD Publishes List of Closed Charter Schools (with Interactive Map)
Today, the CMD is releasing a complete state-by-state list of the failed charter schools since 2000.
What Rightwing Media Gets Wrong about the Reagan and Bush Immigration Orders
The rightwing is trying--and failing--to persuade the public that Republican uses of executive authority on immigration were different than Obama's. Here's what the right gets wrong.
Should Obama Use Executive Action on Immigration? Ask Ronald Reagan
What the Heritage Foundation gets wrong about Reagan's and Obama's executive orders.
Flashback: CMD Submits Testimony to U.S. Senate on Rise of Dark Money
Highlights of testimony submitted by CMD to the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Committee in July 2012, where it provided case studies of some of the secretly-funded nonprofit groups that have reportedly received subpoenas in the "John Doe" probe.
Bills in Congress Crackdown on Whistleblowers
President Obama was elected on a platform that included promises for increased transparency and openness in government. Despite this rhetoric, Obama has prosecuted more whistleblowers than any administration in history.
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