The Secretly-Funded “WMC IMC” Efforts to Alter Wisconsin’s Highest Court
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 is immersed in dark money…
Snapshot of Dick Uihlein and the “Fair Courts America” Attack Ad Machine
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 is targeting the Wisconsin Supreme…
Truthout: Tax Docs Link Right-Wing “Parents Group” to Leonard Leo’s Dark Money Network
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 books and target teachers on…
Ms.: The Same Dark Money Groups That Helped Overturn Roe Are Also Behind Attacks on Abortion Pill
By Ansev Demirhan A federal judge installed by Donald Trump could declare a nationwide ban on the abortion pill mifepristone as soon as this week. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s…
Trump’s Anti-Democracy Blueprint Continues on Two Years after the Capitol Insurrection
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 continues to unfold and be…
New Documents Show ALEC Targeting School Board and Other Local Races
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 messaging, policies, and financial resources.…
11 Times the Anti-Choice Fanatics Said the Quiet Part Out Loud and Revealed Their Playbook to Decimate Reproductive Rights
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 to let states decide how…
Leonard Leo’s Court Capture Web Raised Nearly $600 Million Before Biden Won; Now It’s Spending Untold Millions from Secret Sources to Attack Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
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 Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji…
Dark Money “Law Center” Provided GOP Senators with Talking Points They Are Using to Attack Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee in This Week’s Hearings
By Alyssa Bowen and Lisa Graves At the end of February, less than a month before this week’s Supreme Court nomination hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the “Independent Women’s…
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Black History Month: the Independent Women’s Forum Praises Black Diversity while Opposing Policies that Would Redress Racial Disparities
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 policies that . . . actually…