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 [...]
Mar 29, 2013
Overhauling the state pension system is a priority for Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-ALEC. (Photo courtesy of the Florida Legislature.) A new plan that would overhaul the state’s pension system can be traced back to the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, The Palm Beach Post reported this week. State lawmakers are changing the current [...]
Mar 14, 2013
It’s ba-aack. The Voter ID bill is on the GOP agenda again. Last night the Republican leadership held a public hearing on proposed Voter ID legislation. (It happened after press time; check our Triangulator blog for a roundup.) The bill, which almost 75 percent of North Carolinians support, according to a recent Elon University poll, [...]
Dec 26, 2012
From article written by Bob Sloan and published on Policy Mic… Fact: 282 bills were passed in Michigan during the lame duck session. 42% of all the bills passed in the last two years were in this last lame duck session, with 180 votes taken on the last day of the 2012 session alone. Fact: In the session [...]
Dec 19, 2012
VLTP Op Ed by Bob Sloan The Corrosive Effect of the Koch/ALEC Cabal on U.S. and World Governments In a perfect world, we as citizens in a representative democracy would elect those who best represent our views on issues critically important in our lives. In the context of that perfect world, our elected representatives would [...]
Dec 17, 2012
Last June I wrote an important piece on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and exposed the “Legacy” or lifetime memberships held by current or former ALEC state legislators. Nearly 100 of the alumnae are currently members of the U.S. House and Senate – and at least one is the sitting Governor of South Carolina, [...]
Dec 17, 2012
Broadcast 12.12.12 on the Rachel Maddow Show. She showed this Meet The Press footage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on 4/1/60 calling for national uniform voting standards to ensure election fairness. Please click here to view this remarkable piece of history–that you are seeing being attacked today, some 62 years later http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show#50182721
