Jul 23, 2013
by Bob Sloan The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) plans to celebrate their 40th birthday from August 7th to the 9th this year. A big event for this predominantly conservative organization, to be sure. The birthday bash coincides with ALEC’s Annual Meeting – one of several key events held annually where corporate prepared legislation is […]
Jul 11, 2013
From Center for Media and Democracy by Brendan Fischer As most now acknowledge, CMD has been at the forefront in developing comprehensive data on ALEC model legislation since mid-2011 when a whistleblower provided them with hundreds of ALEC documents. This article addresses only one of hundreds of issues pursued by ALEC. It is an important […]
Jul 6, 2013
By Bob Sloan ALEC and their supporters have been busy of late. Click on the article headline to visit and read the entire article… I apologize for the lapse of reporting on ALEC, but my health has been interfering with my work of late. Will try and keep all our readers better informed going forward. […]
Jun 27, 2013
From DESMOGBLOG.com by Steve Horn As Steve Horn reports in this article, former Obama campaign folks and political connections to the President have been heavily involved in pursuing passage of the Keystone XL Pipeline. This pipeline project is being pushed down American’s throats by the likes of the Koch brothers and big oil companies who […]
Jun 26, 2013
Part III – In the previous article, we traced the relationship between two spiritual founders of the modern conservative movement(s) – former President Ronald Reagan and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher – and explored the close linkages between the American fundraising mechanisms for the Margaret Thatcher Memorial Library and the indoctrination programs for the Young […]
Jun 11, 2013
By Bob Sloan Today prison industries are booming with hundreds of thousands of prisoners employed in factories manufacturing a myriad assortment of products and providing services such as call centers, customer service, marketing, reservations and manual labor for municipalities. Thousands of American workers have been displaced by companies choosing low paid prisoners as a labor […]
Jun 9, 2013
(Part 1: What Happens in Vegas… Could Get You 10 Years to Life) The final Nevada Senate Judiciary hearing of sex trafficking bill AB67 took place on May 28th during the last full week of the regular 2013 legislative session. In contrast to the dominant media portrayal of the bill being a no-brainer to pass […]
Jun 7, 2013
By Bob Sloan Lots of material and topics involving Koch brothers and their ALEC funded organization this week; education, environment, telecommunications, worker rights (paid sick leave). Grab a cold one, sit back and spend a few minutes catching up on relevant news related to the “Cabal”… Click on headline to read the full articles or […]
May 29, 2013
By Bob Sloan Lots of ALEC and Koch cabal related material to catch up on this week. Click on headline to read the full article or documents. Much more later in the week… John Laird: Foxy Don wears ALEC badge in environment henhouse Putting Don Benton in charge of Clark County’s environment is kind of […]
May 23, 2013
Featured photo credit: Tim Meko/For the Center for Public Integrity By Bob Sloan Recently a federal case involving gross physical abuse, discrimination and underpayment of wages to 32 mentally disabled workers who suffered such abuse and discrimination at the hands of their employer, was decided by a jury in favor of the workers. The jury awarded $240 […]
