ALEC Gets Support from Koch-Funded Americans for Prosperity
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: ''As the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) comes under increasing scrutiny and both corporate and legislative members sever ties with the organization, the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) has jumped in to help?. AFP is a member of ALEC, and both ALEC and AFP have received funding from the Koch family foundations. And, of course as is widely known, David Koch is the chairman of AFP, which he helped create.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8652-alec-gets-support-from-koch-funded-americans-for-prosperity
Washington Post s Kaplan and Other For-Profit Colleges Joined ALEC
David Halperin, Republic Report: ''For-profit colleges are the ultimate special interest. Many receive around 90 percent of their revenue from federal financial aid, more than $30 billion a year, and many charge students sky-high prices. Are you surprised to learn that these subprime schools joined the now-discredited ALEC, the secretive group that connects corporate special interests with campaign contribution-hungry state legislators in order to dominate lawmaking at the state level? No, you probably aren t surprised.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8766-washington-posts-kaplan-and-other-for-profit-colleges-joined-alec
Broadcasters, Citizens United and the Perfect Storm
Part I
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: ''As broadcasters take in record amount of political advertising money and give little indication of where it came from while lobbying against rules that would require increased transparency of this intake, transparency advocates like Free Press argue that companies including News Corporation, NBC Universal and the Walt Disney Company have created a perfect storm of political misinformation.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8768-broadcasters-citizens-united-and-the-perfect-storm-part-i
ALEC Retreats, the Right Wing Freaks
Mark Engler, Dissent Magazine: ''With sponsors rapidly jumping ship, ALEC has tried to do some damage control. Last week it announced that it would be 'eliminating [its] Public Safety and Elections task force that dealt with non-economic issues' such as Stand Your Ground and Voter ID. The purpose of the move, the organization said, is to focus more keenly on 'free-market, limited government, pro-growth priorities, read: destroying unions, eliminating environmental regulation, reducing taxes for the top 1 percent, and so forth.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8824-alec-retreats-the-right-wing-freaks
ALEC s Top Five Anti-Environment ''Model'' Laws
Stephen Lacey and Jessica Goad, ThinkProgress: ''ALEC is a strong force working behind the scenes to stop any meaningful action on climate and clean energy. This is just a small snapshot of the pro-polluter bills the organization has crafted over the years. With the largest, dirtiest energy companies funding ALEC, it s clear who these 'model' laws are designed to help.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8933-alecs-top-five-anti-environment-model-laws
Koch Brothers' Activism Protects Their 50-Year Stake in Canadian Heavy Oils
David Sassoon, Inside Climate News: ''Over the last decade, Charles and David Koch have emerged into public view as billionaire philanthropists pushing a libertarian brand of political activism that presses a large footprint on energy and climate issues. They have created and supported non-profit organizations, think tanks and political groups that work to undermine climate science, environmental regulation and clean energy.... What is less well documented are the many Koch businesses that benefit from the brothers' efforts to push the center of American political discourse rightward, closer to their own convictions.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9050-koch-brothers-activism-protects-their-50-year-stake-in-canadian-heavy-oils
The Other ALECs' Corporate Playbook
Steve Horn and Sarah Blaskey, Truthout: ''As it turns out, the answer is relatively simple. Big business in the United States has perfected a legislative 'playbook', a methodical strategy for turning the wish list of multinational corporations into a state-level policy agenda with bipartisan support. The specific details of legislative processes are many and intricate, yet the corporate playbook for exploiting state-level policy is straightforward and critical to understand.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9889-exposed-the-other-alecs-corporate-playbook
Top Former Tax Code Enforcer Files Letter Asking IRS to Strip ALEC s Nonprofit Status
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress: ''The American Legislative Exchange Council, a right-wing group responsible for state voter suppression laws, 'stand your ground' laws and other far right initiatives, is a 501(c)(3) organization, meaning that it does not pay taxes and that its donors can deduct any donations they make to the organization from their taxable income. Thus, we the taxpayers essentially subsidize ALEC s right-wing lobbying because the amount of money in the public treasury is reduced in order to pay for ALEC s activities.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10116-top-former-tax-code-enforcer-files-letter-asking-irs-to-strip-alec%E2%80%99s-non-profit-status
How Big Business Has Triumphed in State Legislatures on Civil Liberties, Higher Education and Energy
Steve Horn and Sarah Blaskey, Truthout: ''Assaults on civil liberties, public higher education and the ecosystem have been initiated in statehouses nationwide over the past decade. In these various policy spheres, the corporate agenda has trumped a people-centric agenda. What s the thread that ties it all together? And how did extreme policies become normalized in the states? Over the past year, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has received the lion s share of coverage for its documented role in advancing the corporate agenda in statehouses nationwide.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10316-how-big-business-has-trumped-the-peoples-will-in-state-legislatures-on-civil-liberties-higher-education-and-energy-policy
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No Shortage of Shadowy Special Interest Groups to Fill ALEC s Role
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/04/24
Common Cause List of ALEC Corporate Members Released
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/05/04-8
Pity the Poor Billionaires
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/01-11
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ALEC is an enemy of liberty
C4SS Center for a Stateless Society
by Nathan Goodman
07/18/12
As the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) prepares for its annual meeting next week, there remains a great deal of confusion about what the organization supports. ALEC advertises itself as a group that supports free markets, limited government, and federalism. But in reality, ALEC pushes a broad range of oppressive policies that distort markets, attack liberty, and centralize power. ALEC does all of this on behalf of multinational corporations that would not and could not exist without state intervention...
http://c4ss.org/content/10982
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=liberty
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civil+liberties
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bipartisan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Koch+brothers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Big+Business
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=billionaire
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=rightwing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=American+Legislative+Exchange+Council
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=ALEC
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Americans+for+Prosperity
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=lobbyists
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=special+interests
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=unions
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=transparency
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=misinformation
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=campaign+contribution
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=taxpayer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brendan+Fischer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Rachel+Maddow
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Halperin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Yana+Kunichoff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mark+Engler
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Stephen+Lacey
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jessica+Goad
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Sassoon
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=moyers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Winship
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Steve+Horn
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sarah+Blaskey
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ian+Millhiser
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http://truth-out.org/news/item/8652-alec-gets-support-from-koch-funded-americans-for-prosperity
Washington Post s Kaplan and Other For-Profit Colleges Joined ALEC
David Halperin, Republic Report: ''For-profit colleges are the ultimate special interest. Many receive around 90 percent of their revenue from federal financial aid, more than $30 billion a year, and many charge students sky-high prices. Are you surprised to learn that these subprime schools joined the now-discredited ALEC, the secretive group that connects corporate special interests with campaign contribution-hungry state legislators in order to dominate lawmaking at the state level? No, you probably aren t surprised.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8766-washington-posts-kaplan-and-other-for-profit-colleges-joined-alec
Broadcasters, Citizens United and the Perfect Storm
Part I
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: ''As broadcasters take in record amount of political advertising money and give little indication of where it came from while lobbying against rules that would require increased transparency of this intake, transparency advocates like Free Press argue that companies including News Corporation, NBC Universal and the Walt Disney Company have created a perfect storm of political misinformation.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8768-broadcasters-citizens-united-and-the-perfect-storm-part-i
ALEC Retreats, the Right Wing Freaks
Mark Engler, Dissent Magazine: ''With sponsors rapidly jumping ship, ALEC has tried to do some damage control. Last week it announced that it would be 'eliminating [its] Public Safety and Elections task force that dealt with non-economic issues' such as Stand Your Ground and Voter ID. The purpose of the move, the organization said, is to focus more keenly on 'free-market, limited government, pro-growth priorities, read: destroying unions, eliminating environmental regulation, reducing taxes for the top 1 percent, and so forth.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8824-alec-retreats-the-right-wing-freaks
ALEC s Top Five Anti-Environment ''Model'' Laws
Stephen Lacey and Jessica Goad, ThinkProgress: ''ALEC is a strong force working behind the scenes to stop any meaningful action on climate and clean energy. This is just a small snapshot of the pro-polluter bills the organization has crafted over the years. With the largest, dirtiest energy companies funding ALEC, it s clear who these 'model' laws are designed to help.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/8933-alecs-top-five-anti-environment-model-laws
Koch Brothers' Activism Protects Their 50-Year Stake in Canadian Heavy Oils
David Sassoon, Inside Climate News: ''Over the last decade, Charles and David Koch have emerged into public view as billionaire philanthropists pushing a libertarian brand of political activism that presses a large footprint on energy and climate issues. They have created and supported non-profit organizations, think tanks and political groups that work to undermine climate science, environmental regulation and clean energy.... What is less well documented are the many Koch businesses that benefit from the brothers' efforts to push the center of American political discourse rightward, closer to their own convictions.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9050-koch-brothers-activism-protects-their-50-year-stake-in-canadian-heavy-oils
The Other ALECs' Corporate Playbook
Steve Horn and Sarah Blaskey, Truthout: ''As it turns out, the answer is relatively simple. Big business in the United States has perfected a legislative 'playbook', a methodical strategy for turning the wish list of multinational corporations into a state-level policy agenda with bipartisan support. The specific details of legislative processes are many and intricate, yet the corporate playbook for exploiting state-level policy is straightforward and critical to understand.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9889-exposed-the-other-alecs-corporate-playbook
Top Former Tax Code Enforcer Files Letter Asking IRS to Strip ALEC s Nonprofit Status
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress: ''The American Legislative Exchange Council, a right-wing group responsible for state voter suppression laws, 'stand your ground' laws and other far right initiatives, is a 501(c)(3) organization, meaning that it does not pay taxes and that its donors can deduct any donations they make to the organization from their taxable income. Thus, we the taxpayers essentially subsidize ALEC s right-wing lobbying because the amount of money in the public treasury is reduced in order to pay for ALEC s activities.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10116-top-former-tax-code-enforcer-files-letter-asking-irs-to-strip-alec%E2%80%99s-non-profit-status
How Big Business Has Triumphed in State Legislatures on Civil Liberties, Higher Education and Energy
Steve Horn and Sarah Blaskey, Truthout: ''Assaults on civil liberties, public higher education and the ecosystem have been initiated in statehouses nationwide over the past decade. In these various policy spheres, the corporate agenda has trumped a people-centric agenda. What s the thread that ties it all together? And how did extreme policies become normalized in the states? Over the past year, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has received the lion s share of coverage for its documented role in advancing the corporate agenda in statehouses nationwide.''
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10316-how-big-business-has-trumped-the-peoples-will-in-state-legislatures-on-civil-liberties-higher-education-and-energy-policy
--------
No Shortage of Shadowy Special Interest Groups to Fill ALEC s Role
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/04/24
Common Cause List of ALEC Corporate Members Released
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/05/04-8
Pity the Poor Billionaires
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/01-11
--------
ALEC is an enemy of liberty
C4SS Center for a Stateless Society
by Nathan Goodman
07/18/12
As the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) prepares for its annual meeting next week, there remains a great deal of confusion about what the organization supports. ALEC advertises itself as a group that supports free markets, limited government, and federalism. But in reality, ALEC pushes a broad range of oppressive policies that distort markets, attack liberty, and centralize power. ALEC does all of this on behalf of multinational corporations that would not and could not exist without state intervention...
http://c4ss.org/content/10982
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=liberty
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civil+liberties
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bipartisan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Koch+brothers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Big+Business
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=billionaire
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=rightwing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=American+Legislative+Exchange+Council
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=ALEC
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Americans+for+Prosperity
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=lobbyists
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=special+interests
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=unions
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=transparency
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=misinformation
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=campaign+contribution
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=taxpayer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brendan+Fischer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Rachel+Maddow
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Halperin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Yana+Kunichoff
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mark+Engler
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Stephen+Lacey
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jessica+Goad
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Sassoon
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=moyers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Winship
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Steve+Horn
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sarah+Blaskey
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ian+Millhiser
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