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May 28, 2021 - 7:32am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 26, 2021 CONTACT: David Armiak, david@prwatch.org, 608-229-6801 MADISON – The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) released a new report today, "Using Unions to Carry Big Oil's Water," detailing how the fossil fuel industry and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) cynically use unions to win Democratic support for legislation that criminalizes and chills environmental protests under the guise of "worker safety." The report provides a case study of how polluters successfully used that strategy in 2019 to get support from Democra...

AFP is targeting Democrats in swing districts, foreshadowing attack ads its super PAC will likely run next year.

April 26, 2021 - 10:45am The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today in  . The case challenges the constitutionality of a California law that requires nonprofits operating in the state to provide regulators with a copy of their Internal Revenue Service (IRS) form listing their largest donors. The Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF), a $19 million nonprofit in the vast political network of billionaire Charles Koch, and its allies argue that the rule infringes on their First Amendment rights and will open donors up to harassment and deter their giving, despite the fact tha...

March 17, 2021 - 1:38pm Donald Trump's presidency was defined by racism. His rhetoric and policies consistently denigrated and harmed people of color. And as he ran for a second term in 2020, his White House and campaign strategy merged into one, a broad campaign to scare white suburbanites into voting for the supposed "law and order" candidate. While the Trump administration arrested racial justice and antifascist protesters and spread racist propaganda, it sought to further exploit racial divisions by targeting education on history and race. Now Republican lawmakers in several states are tr...

February 11, 2021 - 9:50am At 85, the most influential Republican political donor in modern U.S. history says he has some regrets. According to soft-ball corporate media interviews and a new book he's written, billionaire industrialist Charles Koch wishes that his more than five decades of organizing and funding far-right, partisan politicians, advocacy groups, and academia had slightly less partisan results. Koch's latest media makeover strains credulity. The man spent his entire adult life, while helming one of the largest and dirtiest private companies in the nation, working to fundamental...