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By Ansev Demirhan and Evan Vorpahl A slew of national and state anti-abortion groups have jumped into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race in aid of Brad

By Alyssa Bowen House Freedom Action (HFA), a national Super PAC, is inserting itself into the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race by launching ads attacking

By Alyssa Bowen Turning Point Action (TPA), which campaigned for Donald Trump in Wisconsin in 2024, is deploying its get-out-the-vote machinery to back Brad Schimel

By Evan Vorpahl Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) has reportedly spent $3.2 million (as of March 13, 2025) through its advocacy arm, the “Issue Mobilization

By Evan Vorpahl GOP mega donor Dick Uihlein, a billionaire who lives in Illinois, is spending millions to aid Brad Schimel in the Wisconsin Supreme

By Evan Vorpahl Charles Koch’s field operation,  “Americans for Prosperity” (AFP), has spent at least $2.3 million on digital ads and a door-knocking campaign backing

By Evan Vorpahl An arm of the Republican State Leadership Committee, dubbed the “Judicial Fairness Initiative” (RSLC-JFI), has spent at least $2 million dollars to

By Evan Vorpahl The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is spending millions of dollars to aid a right-wing candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Brad

In 2024, America will witness some of the most expensive state judicial elections in history, with attack ads largely fueled by men with vast fortunes

The Republican Attorneys General Association is, and always has been, a pay-to-play operation. Here is one of many samples of its price sheet for special

By Lisa Graves Last week, Special Counsel Robert Hur announced that President Joe Biden will not be charged for possessing some classified materials from his

One of the most aggressive defenders of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is Mark Paoletta. He has assailed Senators and reporters who raise concerns

What Just Happened? Senator Dick Durbin has announced the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on a subpoena to Robin Pickering Arkley II on Thursday, November

By Lisa Graves, Evan Vorpahl, and Caitlin Mahoney (October 2023) American democracy has a billionaire problem. It’s not just that they’re not paying their fair

Part 8 of a New Guide to the Right-Wing Groups Targeting the Wisconsin Supreme Court By Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl Charles Koch’s political operation,

Part 7 of a New Guide to the Right-Wing Groups Targeting the Wisconsin Supreme Court By Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl An arm of the

By Evan Vorpahl The most expensive judicial election in United States history will take place in Wisconsin on April 4, and right-wing dark money groups

Part 6 of a New Guide to the Right-Wing Groups Targeting the Wisconsin Supreme Court By Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl At least five differently

Part 5 of a New Guide to the Right-Wing Groups Targeting the Wisconsin Supreme Court By Lisa Graves, Caitlin Mahoney, Alyssa Bowen, and Evan Vorpahl

Part 4 of a New Guide to the Right-Wing Groups Targeting the Wisconsin Supreme Court By Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl Eric O’Keefe is redeploying

Part 3 of a New Guide to the Right-Wing Groups Targeting the Wisconsin Supreme Court By Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl Long-time political operative Richard

Part 2 of a New Guide to the Right-Wing Groups Targeting Wisconsin’s Supreme Court By Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl An arm of WMC that

Part 1 of a New Guide on the Right-Wing Groups Targeting the Wisconsin Supreme Court By Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl Illinois Billionaire Dick Uihlein

By Lisa Graves and Alyssa Bowen Right-wing operatives are increasing their attacks on U.S. public education with an expanding number of legal complaints to censor

By Evan Vorpahl and Lisa Graves Two years after the violent insurrection at the Capitol that Donald Trump incited, his blueprint for attacking American democracy

By Alyssa Bowen Recent documents acquired by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) reveal a new initiative targeting local politicians–especially school board candidates–with right-wing

By Julia Peck When anti-choice groups are trying to look reasonable, they often try to frame their assault on reproductive rights as a pro-democracy effort

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Contact: Becky Timmons | becky@littlething.co, (218) 206-4926 This week, as the Senate Judiciary Committee conducts confirmation hearings for

By Ansev Demirhan The right-wing women’s group called the “Independent Women’s Forum” (IWF) marked Black History Month by touting its commitment to “developing and advancing

By Evan Vorpahl and Ansev Demirhan With a new battle brewing over the Supreme Court, we are shining a light on some of the instruments

By Julia Peck and Lisa Graves When President Biden renewed his pledge to nominate a well-qualified Black woman to the Supreme Court after Justice Stephen Breyer announced

By Ansev Demirhan Dark money-funded women’s groups are using this deadly pandemic to push their right-wing agenda to privatize public schools.  There is no doubt

By Ansev Demirhan, Evan Vorpahl, and Alyssa Bowen January 22 marks 49 years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Roe v. Wade, which recognized the

By Alyssa Bowen, Evan Vorpahl and Lisa Graves On January 6th, freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) tweeted that the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi

Trump’s Speech Is the Blueprint for the GOP’s Ongoing Legislative Campaign to Undermine Free and Fair Elections True North Research is issuing a report about

A new review of grant documents, first published on the dark web, provides a snapshot of how groups tied to Leonard Leo–the man who put

Written Testimony Lisa Graves Executive Director True North Research Before the Congress of the United States, House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee

First published on DeSmog Blog here. Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries, is receiving credit for launching a COVID-19 relief fund, as he urged a “distinctly American response” of private charity — and

The Postal Service is the most popular institution in America. So why are some of the people who represent us in Washington, DC, willing to

Summary. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the Trump White House are pushing a proposal to respond to the COVID-19 crisis that is basically a $500