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The Center for Media and Democracy is a national watchdog group that investigates corruption that undermines our democracy, environment, and economic prosperity. linktr.ee/centerformediaanddemocracy

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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms
theatlantic.com
The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms
Trump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Tax filings indicate that Consovoy McCarthy, a conservative law firm with ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and President Donald Trump, received more than $33.5 million (£25.7 million) from nonprofit organisations whose ultimate donors are not publicly disclosed"
ibtimes.co.uk
Tax Filings Show Clarence Thomas-Linked Law Firm Received $33.5M From Nonprofits With Undisclosed Donors
Tax filings reviewed by True North Research show Consovoy McCarthy received more than $33.5m from nonprofits, including organisations linked to Leonard Leo, without identifying all ultimate donors.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"A city in Oklahoma tried to charge a farmer more than $17,000 to fulfill a public records request for information related to a proposed data center and the farmer’s arrest at a city council meeting."
404media.co
Oklahoma Tells City It Can't Charge $17,125.44 for a Records Request Related to Data Center Arrest
The the city tried to charge a farmer more than $17,000 for bodycam footage and records related to his arrest at a city council meeting.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"A Delaware law requiring organizations that run election-related ads in the state to disclose donors can remain in effect ahead of the November elections, the Third Circuit said Monday."
news.bloomberglaw.com
Koch-Backed Group Fails to Pause Delaware Donor Disclosure Law
A Delaware law requiring organizations that run election-related ads in the state to disclose donors can remain in effect ahead of the November elections, the Third Circuit said Monday.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A photojournalist who says he was struck in the face with a police baton while covering an immigration enforcement protest has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of LA & a LAPD officer, alleging the attack occurred despite a court order protecting journalists covering protests.
davisvanguard.org
Photojournalist Sues LAPD, Alleging Officer Struck Him in Face While He Covered Immigration Protest - Davis Vanguard
Photojournalist Nicholas Stern initiated federal civil rights litigation against the City of Los Angeles and an officer of the Los Angeles Police Department, alleging he sustained a facial injury from...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEW: Koch Inc. has a $15-billion stake in the data center building boom, with facilities operating or in the works in 10 states and Europe. www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/08/25/k...
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Koch Rides the Data Center Boom - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Koch Inc. has a $15-billion stake in the data center building boom, with facilities operating or in the works in 10 states and Europe. Koch Inc. has a $15-billion stake in the data center building boo...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"The Trump administration is attempting to criminalize union members for organizing against its immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year. That’s because it correctly sees labor as a threat to its authoritarian designs."
jacobin.com
Minnesota Unions Are a Threat to Trump’s Authoritarianism
The Trump administration is attempting to criminalize union members for organizing against its immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year. That’s because it correctly sees labor as a threat ...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"The next Sarasota County School board will see a liberal-leaning majority take control after voters rejected the conservative policies and culture wars that for years dominated the board."
suncoastsearchlight.org
Sarasota School board flips to liberal majority after years of conservative control - Suncoast Searchlight
The next Sarasota County School board will see a liberal-leaning majority take control after voters rejected the conservative policies and culture wars that for years dominated the board.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great Replacement conspiracy theorist and pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang brought his racial grievances to Dearborn & its city council meeting on Tuesday, where the right-wing provocateur told council members Muslim people are “looking to outbreed” white people and “steal our wealth.”
michiganadvance.com
Christian nationalist protest led by Jan. 6 rioter stokes tensions in Dearborn • Michigan Advance
Dearborn residents and counterprotesters confronted supporters of Jake Lang during a protest marked by anti-Muslim rhetoric.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Private intelligence firms are selling dossiers about critics of artificial intelligence and the data centers powering them, including trying to peddle them to federal regulators, according to documents obtained by the @prospect.org."
exposedbycmd.org
Private Intelligence Firms Are Selling Dossiers on AI and Data Center Critics - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Authoritarians Will Target Effective Legal Organizing, Minnesota Defendant Warns: Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.
truthout.org
Authoritarians Will Target Effective Legal Organizing, Minnesota Defendant Warns
Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“This kind of clear political interference – that’s not a good way to do science,” said Ann Cohen, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, whose grant was canceled.
theguardian.com
Alzheimer’s research is latest casualty in Trump administration war against ‘DEI’
Grant cancellations at leading research institutions appear to target study of impacts of racism on brain health
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“Members of the public – including journalists – should not fear being hauled away in handcuffs merely for asserting these basic rights,” Hamrick went on, saying open access to court proceedings “informs the public, ensures an accurate portrayal of proceedings and promotes government accountability”
theguardian.com
‘Outrageous’ handcuffing of New Orleans journalist sends ‘chilling message,’ says media group
Danny Monteverde had been protesting the closure of a courtroom during indictment of state attorney general
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t"
theguardian.com
US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived
Exclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In their zeal to create a de facto national abortion ban, pro-life groups are claiming that medications like mifepristone poison the water supply.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Calls for US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from a major climate case mounted Tuesday after an analysis found that he made as much as $2.9 million from oil and gas stocks from roughly the time he joined the nation’s highest court in 2005 through 2024."
commondreams.org
'Shamelessly Corrupt': Recusal From Climate Cases Demanded After Alito's Fossil Fuel Profits Exposed | Common Dreams
“A reasonable person would think if you’re invested in the industry that could benefit from the outcome of a lawsuit, then you could personally stand to benefit from the outcome," said one critic.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed delivered the Democratic party’s progressive wing their biggest primary win yet this year, despite being massively outspent. Now, he’ll put to the test whether or not progressive ideas can win in a swing state, in one of the most closely watched senate races this year. (1/2)
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NEW: In the escalating war on women and their right to bodily autonomy, some right-wing groups are pushing a peculiar claim about abortion-inducing drugs — namely, that the most commonly used synthetic steroid, mifepristone, is contaminating the country’s water supply.
exposedbycmd.org
Right-Wing Activists Co-opt Environmental Laws to Fight “Abortion Pollution” - EXPOSEDbyCMD
In their zeal to create a de facto national abortion ban, pro-life groups are claiming that medications like mifepristone poison the water supply.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A new, bananas argument from anti-abortion activists: medical abortions pollute our water. There is no evidence for this whatsoever. A joint report with @exposedbycmd.bsky.social: prospect.org/2026/08/12/r...
prospect.org
Right-Wing Activists Co-opt Environmental Laws to Fight ‘Abortion Pollution’ - The American Prospect
In their zeal to create a de facto national abortion ban, anti-abortion rights groups are claiming that medications like mifepristone poison the water supply.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NEW: Abdul El-Sayed delivered the Democratic party’s progressive wing their biggest primary win yet this year, despite being massively outspent. Now, he’ll put to the test whether or not progressive ideas can win in a swing state.
exposedbycmd.org
How Progressive Will Michigan Voters Go? - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Abdul El-Sayed delivered the Democratic party’s progressive wing their biggest primary win yet this year, despite being massively outspent. Now, he’ll put to the test whether or not progressive ideas ...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Far-right funders like the Wisconsin-based Bradley Foundation and its Impact Fund have helped the anti-union group more than double its budget over three years. (1/2)
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows."
theguardian.com
Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows
Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NEW: The far-right Freedom Foundation, which works to convince public sector union members to revoke their membership and ultimately decertify their union, more than doubled its budget from 2021 to 2024 to pursue its goal of “battering the entrenched power of left-wing government union bosses.”
exposedbycmd.org
Freedom Foundation Ramps Up Its Campaign to Crush Public Sector Unions - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Far-right funders like the Wisconsin-based Bradley Foundation and its Impact Fund have helped the anti-union group more than double its budget over three years.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
NEW: For the past month, Acting AG Todd Blanche — nominated by Trump to replace recently fired AG Pam Bondi — has come under constant fire for his conflict of interest as Trump’s former criminal defense attorney & abuse of his position to protect Trump and persecute his political enemies.
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Ethics Complaints and Judicial Rebuke Intensify Senate Scrutiny of Blanche for AG - EXPOSEDbyCMD
CMD and Common Cause join calls on the New York Supreme Court to reconsider its decision not to investigate Todd Blanche’s ethical violations as acting attorney general.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 24/07/2026
ALEC is a pay-to-play operation that brings together state legislators, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives behind closed doors to write model legislation to advance a radical right-wing agenda on everything from gerrymandering to rewriting the Constitution.
truthout.org
Right-Wing Bill Mill Meeting Centers Voter Suppression, Protecting Data Centers
Attendees at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting will consider a number of model policies.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Minnesota accounted for nearly 25% of all incidents nationwide documented by the Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center at the UC-Berkeley. "While rubber bullets were most common in Los Angeles, researchers found federal officers primarily used chemical irritants in Minnesota."
sahanjournal.com
Study: Federal agents misused tear gas during Minnesota ICE protests
A Physicians for Human Rights study documented n 412 incidents of crowd-control weapon misuse, including 94 in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"In fact, our analysis found a strong and statistically significant negative relationship between the expansion of privatization and other indicators of public school support. Privatization and public school disinvestment, it turns out, go hand in hand."
progressive.org
‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families
Voucher and charter school programs are taking funds that could make our public schools stronger.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence."
dropsitenews.com
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Important read from @exposedbycmd.bsky.social. A collection of ghouls destroying the planet. www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/07/23/a...
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ALEC Caters to MAGA, Big Oil, and Tech Industry at Its 2026 Annual Meeting - EXPOSEDbyCMD
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) faithful descend on the Sunshine State this week for the right-wing bill mill’s annual meeting at the four-star JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes. In a...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Charles Koch and Leonard Leo’s hands are all over a ballot measure to change how judges get on the Kansas Supreme Court.
truthout.org
Kansas Amendment Battle Highlights Billionaires’ Efforts to Capture State Courts
Charles Koch and Leonard Leo’s hands are all over a ballot measure to change how judges get on the Kansas Supreme Court.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The right-wing bill mill, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), meets again today in Orlando. Curious what's on the agenda? CMD has it covered. Read 👇
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ALEC Caters to MAGA, Big Oil, and Tech Industry at Its 2026 Annual Meeting - EXPOSEDbyCMD
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) faithful descend on the Sunshine State this week for the right-wing bill mill’s annual meeting at the four-star JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes. In a...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
NEW: At the American Legislative Exchange Council's 2026 annual meeting in Orlando this week attendees are considering model policies designed to suppress the vote, shield fossil fuel companies from liability, protect data centers, advance MAGA priorities, and more.
exposedbycmd.org
ALEC Caters to MAGA, Big Oil, and Tech Industry at Its 2026 Annual Meeting - EXPOSEDbyCMD
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) faithful descend on the Sunshine State this week for the right-wing bill mill’s annual meeting at the four-star JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes. In a...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
ICYMI: The Republican Attorneys General Association reported $11.3 million in contributions for the second quarter of 2026, but more than a quarter of that was quickly rerouted back to the Republican Governors Association. Read more on RAGA's 2026 second quarter filing 👇
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Money Swap Inflates Republican AG Group’s Campaign Haul - EXPOSEDbyCMD
RAGA reported $11.3 million in contributions for the second quarter of 2026, but more than a quarter of that was quickly rerouted back to the Republican Governors Association.
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David Armiak @armiak.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I am presenting a skill-builder session on how to conduct follow the money research at the Network for Public Education conference, Public Schools Build Democracy, Sept. 26–27 near Houston. If you care about the future of public education, join us! networkforpubliceducation.org/2026-nationa...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
NEW: The Republican Attorneys General Association reported $11.3 million in contributions for the second quarter of 2026, but more than a quarter of that was quickly rerouted back to the Republican Governors Association. Read more on RAGA's 2026 second quarter filing 👇
exposedbycmd.org
Money Swap Inflates Republican AG Group’s Campaign Haul - EXPOSEDbyCMD
RAGA reported $11.3 million in contributions for the second quarter of 2026, but more than a quarter of that was quickly rerouted back to the Republican Governors Association.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Marco Rubio will open a summit unveiling a new designation branding his political opponents as terrorists...The unveil will happen on the opening day of the over 60-nation summit — which I reported on here — called the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism."
kenklippenstein.com
Leak: Rubio’s WMD Scandal Is “Far-Left Terrorism”
U.S. targets "anti-tech," "pro-Iranian" & "antisemitic networks" with new three-letter designation
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
ICYMI: Koch Employee Could Become Next Governor of Kansas
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Koch Employee Could Become Next Governor of Kansas - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Arguably, no state legislator has stronger ties to Charles Koch’s political network than Ty Masterson (R-16), president of the Kansas state Senate.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
NEW: Arguably, no state legislator has stronger ties to Charles Koch’s political network than Ty Masterson (R-16), president of the Kansas state Senate. Read more 👇
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Koch Employee Could Become Next Governor of Kansas - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Arguably, no state legislator has stronger ties to Charles Koch’s political network than Ty Masterson (R-16), president of the Kansas state Senate.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"These laws raise serious constitutional concerns...including: sweeping criminal penalties that reach First Amendment speech and association; a designation regime that gives state officials broad discretion to make designations with little due process..."
justsecurity.org
The Dangers of Florida’s New “Terrorist” Designations
Analysis of First Amendment implications of Florida's HB 1471, part of a growing trend of state-level terrorism designation laws.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"Most significantly, a progressive outcome from an Article V convention is effectively precluded by the solid majority that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its allies would hold in such a convention."
balkin.blogspot.com
Balkinization: The State of the Article V Convention Battle
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"Hundreds in force, Mainers marched through downtown Biddeford on Monday hours after immigration agents fatally shot a man. 'I thought something like this would be coming our way,' said Zack Beaulieu, noting the uptick in ICE activity in Maine as of late."
mainemorningstar.com
Hundreds protest fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford • Maine Morning Star
Hundreds in force, Mainers marched through downtown Biddeford on Monday hours after immigration agents fatally shot a man.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"The report documented 203 injuries stemming from the alleged misuse of the crowd control weapons. Some of the injuries included blindings, traumatic brain injuries, lacerations, fractures and contusions.”
theguardian.com
‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds
Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Documents obtained by Drop Site News under the Florida Sunshine Law outline SLIC’s aims: to set up a system to distribute pro-Israel 'model legislation' to state lawmakers around the country." The Israeli government discreetly paid for State Legislator Israel Caucus's first D.C. junket.
dropsitenews.com
The New Israel-Backed Nonprofit Feeding Lawmakers Model Legislation
The State Legislator Israel Caucus says it’s an independent nonprofit. The Israeli government discreetly paid for its first D.C. junket.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Policy Chairwoman for the Republican Attorneys General Association and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has been indicted by a grand jury on 16 counts for intimidation and malfeasance. Bond for Murrill was set at $400,000 on Thursday, according to court records.
apnews.com
A grand jury indicts Louisiana's attorney general in a fight over changes to New Orleans courts
Louisiana’s attorney general has been indicted over accusations she threatened the jobs of New Orleans leaders who fought a Republican-led overhaul of local courts in the heavily Democratic city.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"President Donald Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, abruptly disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration at a moment when Trump has sought to reshape federal voting rules."
votebeat.org
Trump fires all commissioners of federal election agency
Months before the midterms, the only federal agency dedicated solely to election administration is now unable to do anything.
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
PUBLISHED: U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) is the beneficiary of a fundraising event to be held on August 2, 2026 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin at the residence of John and Linda Anderson. The invitation was acquired by the Center for Media and Democracy.
documentcloud.org
Fundraiser Invite for GOP Senator Tom Cotton, August 2, 2026
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
propublica.org
Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
ICYMI: An ethics complaint filed by 100+ former judges alleges that Acting AG Blanche engaged in professional misconduct & conflicts of interest in his handling of Trump’s controversial lawsuit against the IRS, abuse of authority to target Trump’s political enemies, & mishandling of Epstein files.
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Over 100 Former Judges File Sweeping Ethics Complaint Against Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche - EXPOSEDbyCMD
The complaint alleges that Blanche engaged in professional misconduct and conflicts of interest in his handling of Trump’s controversial lawsuit against the IRS, abuse of authority to target Trump’s p...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
An ethics complaint filed by over 100 former judges alleges that Acting AG Blanche engaged in professional misconduct & conflicts of interest in his handling of Trump’s controversial lawsuit against the IRS, abuse of authority to target Trump’s political enemies, & mishandling of the Epstein files.
exposedbycmd.org
Over 100 Former Judges File Sweeping Ethics Complaint Against Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche - EXPOSEDbyCMD
The complaint alleges that Blanche engaged in professional misconduct and conflicts of interest in his handling of Trump’s controversial lawsuit against the IRS, abuse of authority to target Trump’s p...
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Center for Media and Democracy @exposedbycmd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
“This is about really, really wealthy people who have very strong preferences for the direction of American law, and they don’t want to be out in the sunshine. They want to avoid any type of transparency,” says Paul Collins, a University of Massachusetts Amherst political scientist.
motherjones.com
Billionaires know just how they want Supreme Court justices to rule—and are spending big to tell them
How “friend of the court” filings became a cog in the right’s push to control the law.
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