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 20, 2013
FROM CMD by Beau Hodai - Special Report by Center for Media and Democracy and DBA Press This just released report is a must read for all Americans to understand just how much our Nation’s governmental landscape has been changed since 9/11/2001. Once again, government agencies created to “protect” Americans have been altered to instead [...]
May 15, 2013
By Bob Sloan Below are stories, articles and material related to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and their corporate members, funders and supporters – that include the notorious Koch brothers, Charles and David. Initiatives of ALEC and pursued by the Koch brothers and other conservatives are provided in one place for readers to review [...]
May 15, 2013
From Huff Post by Elliott Negin A six part expose on the Koch’s and how they use the mainstream media as a means of spreading disinformation about climate change and global warming. This important series begins with: Part 1: A Glaring Lapse in Climate and Energy Coverage “The NPR story featured a spokesman for a small Iowa wind [...]
May 6, 2013
By Bob Sloan Below are today’s articles and materials related to ALEC and the Koch funded conservative cabal. Included ALEC published material – if available. Click on a link to view the complete article. Scientific American: North Carolina legislators make end-run on science and renewable energy From “The Raw Story” North Carolina Republicans push through [...]
May 3, 2013
By Bob Sloan Every Spring the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) holds a meeting where their legislative and corporate members are wined and dined and commingle as they develop model legislation intended to provide financial or polictal benefits to corporations. Model bills are proposed, discussed and voted upon by state lawmakers and their private sector corporate counterparts. [...]
May 2, 2013
By Bob Sloan Below are today’s articles and materials related to ALEC and the Koch funded conservative cabal. Included ALEC published material – if available. Click on a link to view the complete article. First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: This Utah Woman Filmed a Slaughterhouse from the Public Street “This is the first prosecution in the country [...]
Apr 30, 2013
By Bob Sloan In order to keep readers with an interest in ALEC up to date on stories related to ALEC, we’re posting this page with brief descriptions of ALEC activities and links to the articles or material(s). Included this update are links to measures or articles published by ALEC (if available) , showing their take on [...]
Apr 25, 2013
by Bob Sloan Today there are numerous articles on ALEC and many of their legislative pursuits in states like South Dakota, Michigan, North Carolina. and elsewhere. In order to keep readers with an interest in ALEC up to date on stories related to ALEC, we’re posting this page with brief descriptions of ALEC activities and [...]
Apr 24, 2013
From Mother Jones article “EXCLUSIVE: Read the Koch Brothers’ Plans for Their Upcoming GOP Donor Retreat“ By Andy Kroll… For more than a decade reports of attempts by the Brothers Koch – Charles and David – to assert their ideological branding upon American politics have been in the news. Founders or funders of nearly every ultra-conservative PAD [...]
