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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Amy Coney Barrett, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, stand on a balcony during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. The Senate voted 52-48 Monday to confirm Barrett to the Supreme Court, giving the court a 6-3 conservative majority that could determine the future of the Affordable Care Act and abortion rights. Photographer: Ken Cedeno/CNP/Bloomberg

Justice Barrett’s Ties to Shell and API Are Far Deeper Than Reported; Her Father Could Be Deposed in Climate Change Suits

Lisa Graves
January 14, 2021
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By Lisa Graves and Caroline Jones Executive Summary This backgrounder summarizes our research into Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s family ties to Shell Oil Company and the appearance of potential bias…

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Backgrounder on the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Barrett, Trump Advisor Leonard Leo, and Billionaire Charles Koch

Lisa Graves
October 26, 2020
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True North Research has released a new report detailing the rightwing campaign to confirm Amy Coney Barrett and capture the Supreme Court. The reason Leonard Leo's dark money network, Koch-funded…

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 21: In this screenshot from U.S. Senate's livestream, U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is sworn in for a virtual Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on U.S. Postal Service operations during Covid-19 pandemic August 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. The USPS is under financial and operational scrutiny ahead of the upcoming November presidential elections, where mail-in voting is set to play a large role given the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee via Getty Images)

True North Research Calls for Bold Reforms of the Postal Service to Protect against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy

Lisa Graves
October 17, 2020
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These are the answers of True North Research's Executive Director Lisa Graves in response to Questions for the Record from Chairman Gerald E. Connolly on October 13, 2020. Since the…

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Snapshot of Secret Funding of Amicus Briefs Tied to Leonard Leo–Federalist Society Leader, Promoter of Amy Barrett

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 Amy Barrett on President Trump's…

Testimony by Lisa Graves Calling for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to Be Fired or Resign

Lisa Graves
September 14, 2020
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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 on Government Operations September 14,…

Louis DeJoy Was Sued by His Brother Who Alleged a Pattern of Financial Deception, which DeJoy Denied

Lisa Graves
September 14, 2020
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True North Research has obtained the legal filings from a suit filed against Louis DeJoy by his brother Dominick DeJoy, Jr., about how Mr. DeJoy ran the family business and…

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Backgrounder on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Known Financial Holdings and Conflicts of Interest

TALLY: Louis DeJoy, the new Postmaster General, has at least $30 million and possibly more than $75 million, invested in XPO Logistics, a contractor and competitor of the U.S. Postal…

Independent Women’s Voice Leader Pushes Sexist Trope that Kamala Harris Is “Transactional” as Its Women’s Forum Downplays Her Qualifications via Tokenism Claims

Lisa Graves
September 10, 2020
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Sexist or racist attacks on Senator Kamala Harris are sadly to be expected in the ugly era of Trump politics, given the historic nature of her nomination to be vice…

Wait a Minute, Mr. Koch-Man: The Plot to Kill the Public’s Postal Service

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 kill the most trusted brand…

Front Group Spotlight: The Pay-to-Play Agenda of the “Independent” Women’s Forum

ISSUE ONE—IWF Opposition to Paid Family and Medical Leave and Earned Sick Leave Policies During Covid-19 and Beyond By Lisa Graves and Evan Vorpahl What’s at Stake? The Covid-19 pandemic…

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So that's the architect of the Powell Memo, the blueprint used by CEOs like Charles Koch to help capture public policy. We'll be sharing more about its destructive effects in the coming weeks as we mark its 50th anniversary and work to undo its damage. #BHM #BLM @theBOLDreTHINK

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But there's more, of course. Powell also supported efforts to annex the suburbs, which Conyers described as a tactic to dilute the vote of Black voters in cities. Powell had urged the U.S. Attorney General to overturn a ruling that annexation violated the Voting Rights Act. #BHM

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