Charles Koch Ramps Up Investment in ALEC as the Lobbying Group Loses Corporate Funders Over Far-Right Ties
Major corporate donors said they would not be giving to the GOP-allied legislative group, citing its ties to far-right figure David Horowitz.
Nick Surgey
Nick Surgey is an investigative reporter and the director of Documented, a watchdog group that investigates how corporations manipulate public policy. His research has been widely featured, including by The Guardian, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the Colbert Report. Nick was previously director of research at the Center for Media and Democracy, and prior to that, staff counsel at Common Cause, where he led the research and legal work on the group’s investigation into the American Legislative Exchange Council and its Supreme Court Ethics project.
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Lobbyist Documents Reveal Health Care Industry Battle Plan Against "Medicare for All"
Industry groups are reprising an old strategy to take down new enthusiasm for universal health care.
Business Lobbyists, GOP Operatives Plot to Take Down Wave of Ocasio-Cortez-Style Democratic Socialists in Midterms
Alarmed by victories from candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Republicans and their allies want to stop the democratic socialist wave.
Provocateur James O’Keefe Has More Ambush Videos On Key Senate Races, He Tells Secretive GOP Donor Confab
James O'Keefe is at it again — and promised more signature video stings in a slate of upcoming Senate races.
Verizon Leaves Right-Wing Legislative Group ALEC Over Its Invitation to Anti-Muslim Activist David Horowitz
The infamous anti-Muslim activist David Horowitz is becoming a political liability for Republicans.
The Koch Brothers Commissioned a Survey of Americans and Found Most Like a $15 Minimum Wage, Free College, and Universal Health Care
Where the Koch brothers see government tyranny, most Americans see common-sense solutions to basic problems, it turns out.
Health Care Lobbyists Secretly Secure Democrats’ Opposition to “Medicare for All,” Internal Documents Show
A lobby group approached a raft of candidates for a Democratic congressional primary in Hawaii — then prepared internal dossiers on their positions.
Right-Wing, Business-Funded Groups Are Preparing to Use the Janus Decision to Bleed Unions, Internal Documents Show
The right-wing network claims its plan to starve public sector unions is about workers’ rights, but it has not been shy about its political aims.
Scott Pruitt Has Spent a Total of $4.6 Million on Security, New Disclosures Show — Including $1,500 on “Tactical Pants”
A Freedom of Information Act document shows the EPA administrator's expenses jumped $1.1 million from the last disclosure a month ago.
Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws
The American Legislative Exchange Council's newest member is Alibaba, a fast-growing Chinese corporation.