| -ALEC: Bringing the vast rightwing corporate conspiracy to a legislature near you |
highplainsdem |
Mar-08-11 11:40 PM |
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big K & R |
glinda |
Mar-08-11 11:46 PM |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 10:26 AM |
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Maybe you need to re-title this. It needs to be read. |
glinda |
Mar-08-11 11:56 PM |
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Maybe it's the title, but I think it's just really late. Not that many DUers online. |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 12:01 AM |
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How about something like this, if it needs a new title? |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 12:09 AM |
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How about: |
glinda |
Mar-09-11 12:13 AM |
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American Legislative Exchange Council: |
Aerows |
Mar-09-11 12:16 AM |
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K & R - it's important n/t |
Aerows |
Mar-09-11 12:12 AM |
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Are U a sag? I have problems with them aiming their arrows at my butt. lol. |
glinda |
Mar-09-11 12:19 AM |
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Thanks for the rec! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 04:19 PM |
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If it doesn't get enough rec's then repost it. That site is scary! |
glinda |
Mar-09-11 12:14 AM |
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Yes, this group is very scary. |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 12:22 AM |
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K&R'd. |
snot |
Mar-09-11 12:32 AM |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 12:46 AM |
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jaw dropping.. |
2banon |
Mar-09-11 01:10 AM |
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Agree completely. It IS jaw-dropping, and it really does explain a lot. |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 10:15 AM |
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almost forgot! K&R'd n/t |
2banon |
Mar-09-11 01:12 AM |
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Thank you! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 04:39 PM |
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no, thank you! |
2banon |
Mar-10-11 10:06 AM |
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more crooks than we can shake a stick at |
Generic Other |
Mar-09-11 07:27 AM |
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True. |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 08:02 PM |
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KO mentioned ALEC on Countdown on January 4. Link: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 08:45 AM |
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Rachel talked about ALEC legislation designed to make it harder to vote, on her March 10 show. Link |
highplainsdem |
May-18-11 05:44 AM |
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Fortune: The big political player you've never heard of (ALEC has CHARITY status!) |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 08:56 AM |
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There's a Facebook page for ALEC -- and the Wall posts have been removed. |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 09:07 AM |
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Miles Mogulescu article on ALEC at HuffPo: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 10:00 AM |
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Bookmarked, k&r |
Dappleganger |
Mar-09-11 10:01 AM |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 09:38 PM |
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There's also a heavy climate change denial aspect |
starroute |
Mar-09-11 10:26 AM |
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Here's another good source of information |
starroute |
Mar-09-11 10:42 AM |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 11:12 AM |
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There's an ALECWatch website: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 10:50 AM |
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Ah the membership roLLS |
Generic Other |
Mar-26-11 11:09 AM |
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NRDC/Defenders of Wildlife report: "Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the States" |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 10:58 AM |
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Part of the problem lies in the limitations of state legislators |
starroute |
Mar-09-11 12:22 PM |
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I agree that's part of the problem. As I said, I started wondering about this legislative blitz |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 12:31 PM |
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ALEC is even involved in the bail bond business keeping our jails stuffed with inmates |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 12:26 PM |
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ALEC is behind the "Health Care Freedom" Act that just passed in Tennessee |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 12:29 PM |
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thank you for this.... |
Blue_Tires |
Mar-09-11 12:38 PM |
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not coming to my legislature. I live in the people's republic of Vermont |
cali |
Mar-09-11 12:43 PM |
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Don't get too complacent |
starroute |
Mar-09-11 01:36 PM |
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lol The Vermont Senate is composed of 30 members. 20 are dems, 2 are progs |
cali |
Mar-09-11 02:29 PM |
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Maybe I'm just being paranoid |
starroute |
Mar-09-11 03:39 PM |
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I don't know how to explain this |
cali |
Mar-09-11 08:05 PM |
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ALEC's involvement with private prisons in Arizona: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 01:26 PM |
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Ohio Gov. Kasich, longtime ALEC member, wants to sell 5 state prisons to private operators |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 01:29 PM |
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That link on the ALEC website: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-13-11 03:46 PM |
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kr |
Hannah Bell |
Mar-09-11 01:34 PM |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-10-11 10:56 AM |
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ALEC is behind the plan to replace federal health care in Texas with an interstate compact |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 01:50 PM |
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More news articles on this effort and how it's going national: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-22-11 11:15 AM |
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ALEC was behind the phony GOP numbers about RI's public employees being the 4th highest paid in US |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 01:54 PM |
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2010 Amer. Assn for Justice report -- "ALEC: Ghostwriting the Law for Corporate America" |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 02:09 PM |
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Former WI Governor Tommy Thompson, quoted in that report, on "disguising" ALEC bills: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 02:16 PM |
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ThinkProgress names ALEC as one of David Koch's front groups supporting Scott Walker: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 02:29 PM |
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Virginia state legislation direct from ALEC: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 02:43 PM |
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ALEC trying to block federal health care in Idaho: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 02:45 PM |
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ALEC behind RW plans for states to use eminent domain to seize federal lands |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 02:51 PM |
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ALEC behind rightwing legislation for prison reform in Maryland |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 02:56 PM |
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ALEC mentioned in Bangor article on possible outside influences on GOP attack on unions in Maine |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 03:02 PM |
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K & R Thanks for the heads-up. I never heard of this group before, |
Raksha |
Mar-09-11 03:04 PM |
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Private prison firms and ALEC behind Georgia's Illegal Immigration Reform bill? |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 03:24 PM |
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ALEC press release applauding Wyoming for a state resolution calling on Congress to curb the EPA |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 03:26 PM |
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ALEC congratulates NC for being 1st state to pass bill modeled on ALEC's "health freedom" bill |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 03:35 PM |
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K&R |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Mar-09-11 03:37 PM |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-10-11 01:43 PM |
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The Nation has been writing about them for several years. |
Fuddnik |
Mar-09-11 03:44 PM |
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ALEC working with for-profit college industry lobbyists to block Obama admin regulations |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 03:44 PM |
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ALEC working with groups wanting to give states veto power over Congress |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 03:47 PM |
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ALEC involved with West Virginia legislation to block the EPA |
highplainsdem |
Mar-09-11 03:50 PM |
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Here's the link for that: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-10-11 11:18 PM |
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K&R! |
One Voice |
Mar-09-11 07:42 PM |
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Thanks for the rec, and you're welcome! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-10-11 02:18 PM |
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K&R |
drm604 |
Mar-10-11 02:41 PM |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-11-11 02:26 PM |
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ALEC behind propsed resolution in Washington state legislature urging Congress to pass Korea-US FTA |
highplainsdem |
Mar-10-11 04:51 PM |
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Sounds like the Florida League of Cities. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Mar-10-11 09:02 PM |
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The Washington Independent, 10/12/10: The Secret World of ALEC’s Hacks |
highplainsdem |
Mar-10-11 10:02 PM |
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NPR, 10/29/10: Shaping State Laws With Little Scrutiny |
highplainsdem |
Mar-10-11 11:05 PM |
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Powerful Energy Lobbying Group ALEC Writing Anti-Climate Legislation in 16 States (March 2010) |
highplainsdem |
Mar-10-11 11:23 PM |
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ALEC Public Affairs Coordinator mocked widow of Massey mine disaster victim on Twitter |
highplainsdem |
Mar-10-11 11:37 PM |
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Joshua Holland, AlterNet, 2005: Creating a Right-Wing Nation, State by State |
highplainsdem |
Mar-10-11 11:58 PM |
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Dave Weigel, Slate, Dec. 2010: ALEC: The Libertarian Powerhouse that No One Covers |
highplainsdem |
Mar-11-11 12:08 AM |
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Another NPR story on ALEC's role in the Arizona immigration law |
highplainsdem |
Mar-11-11 12:22 AM |
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ThinkProgress: ALEC working with Blue Cross Blue Shield to have HCR declared unconstitutional |
highplainsdem |
Mar-11-11 12:36 AM |
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Source for ALEC A-Z (American Legislative Exchange Council) |
Hector Solon |
Mar-11-11 08:12 AM |
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Thanks! And welcome back to DU! Very helpful compilation there. I appreciate your adding the |
highplainsdem |
Mar-11-11 08:30 AM |
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bookmarked |
Solly Mack |
Mar-11-11 08:31 AM |
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ALEC members supporting puppy mills against constituents' own votes |
highplainsdem |
Mar-11-11 09:34 AM |
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ALEC Commends Gov. Walker for Decreasing Burdens on Businesses by Reforming Wisconsin’s Legal System |
highplainsdem |
Mar-12-11 02:05 AM |
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Newt Gingrich's speech at Dec. 2010 ALEC conference |
highplainsdem |
Mar-12-11 12:53 PM |
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LOL!!! Thank you for posting and informing me... At my son's 21st bday party last nite |
w8liftinglady |
Mar-12-11 01:00 PM |
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Great story! And I love those Dropkick Murphy t-shirts! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-13-11 10:05 AM |
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ALEC bill against "eco-terrorists" criminalizes civil disobedience & even "encouraging" activists |
highplainsdem |
Mar-12-11 01:26 PM |
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ALEC publication on fightng the "EPA's Regulatory Train Wreck" |
highplainsdem |
Mar-12-11 01:45 PM |
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2004 article on ALEC's role in school voucher legislation in Wisconsin |
highplainsdem |
Mar-12-11 01:59 PM |
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ALEC publication "School Choice: A Reform That Works" mentions 6 model bills |
highplainsdem |
Mar-12-11 02:04 PM |
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ALEC behind 2007 Utah school voucher bill passed by legislature but rejected in referendum |
highplainsdem |
Mar-12-11 02:21 PM |
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Missouri state senator influential in ALEC wants to roll back child labor laws. |
highplainsdem |
Mar-12-11 05:49 PM |
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ND's GOP legislators block requiring disclosure of trips paid for by interest groups including ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Mar-13-11 11:48 AM |
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Recommend!!! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Mar-13-11 04:17 PM |
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From 2002: Outing ALEC... |
madfloridian |
Mar-13-11 04:23 PM |
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Thanks for the link! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-13-11 08:11 PM |
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ALEC recommending 401(k)-style programs to replace state employee pensions |
highplainsdem |
Mar-13-11 08:34 PM |
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3/13/11 National Journal article on ALEC's role in a "concerted national effort" to suppress voting |
highplainsdem |
Mar-13-11 08:47 PM |
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Question about ALEC |
pinkkillersheep |
Mar-13-11 08:58 PM |
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An NPR story I posted a reply about earlier, "Shaping State Laws With Little Scrutiny," has a list |
highplainsdem |
Mar-13-11 11:42 PM |
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June 2010 ALEC press release praises Georgia for copying model legislation limiting right to sue |
highplainsdem |
Mar-13-11 09:36 PM |
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Legislation from the people who made eugenics and social Darwinism respectable. |
Octafish |
Mar-13-11 10:33 PM |
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Yes. |
highplainsdem |
Mar-15-11 07:08 PM |
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ALEC was behind the Three-Strikes-You're-Out and Truth-In-Sentencing laws |
highplainsdem |
Mar-14-11 12:38 AM |
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Minn Public Radio: Union official says ALEC is behind new bills taking aim at public worker benefits |
highplainsdem |
Mar-14-11 09:19 AM |
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ALEC involved in a FLA GOP bill criminalizing taking photos or video of farms |
highplainsdem |
Mar-14-11 03:50 PM |
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Bill Berkowitz wrote about this ALEC-backed attack on anti-factory farm activists in 2003: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-17-11 11:41 PM |
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ALEC behind the National Debt Relief Amendment resolutions calling for a constitutional convention |
highplainsdem |
Mar-14-11 06:12 PM |
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ND Passes - LA Considers ALEC National Debt Relief Amendment (NDRA) - ND SCR 4007 in LA no # |
Hector Solon |
Apr-12-11 07:54 AM |
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ALEC's "State Budget Reform Toolkit" - link: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-15-11 09:41 AM |
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Link to the separate topic about the "toolkit": |
highplainsdem |
Mar-16-11 09:12 PM |
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kr |
Snoutport |
Mar-15-11 09:43 AM |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-18-11 10:51 AM |
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Will somebody PLEASE send a link to this discussion to Rachel! |
Kip Humphrey |
Mar-15-11 07:24 PM |
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Koch-funded group (ALEC) mounts cut-and-paste attack on regional climate initiatives |
highplainsdem |
Mar-16-11 10:03 AM |
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SustainableBusiness.com has now picked up this story: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-17-11 02:12 PM |
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BlueHampshire.com post on this attempt in NH, with the bill's language: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-19-11 01:43 PM |
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Some Nonprofits Dedicated to Making it More Difficult for People to Register and Vote |
highplainsdem |
Mar-16-11 10:21 AM |
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ALEC tries but fails to eliminate the capital gains tax in Arkansas |
highplainsdem |
Mar-16-11 10:20 PM |
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Dem. Montana state rep points out GOP rep's health care "freedom" bill came from ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Mar-17-11 01:58 PM |
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This needs to be read by more people...nt |
lutefisk |
Mar-18-11 09:31 AM |
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Thanks, lutefisk! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-25-11 02:14 AM |
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Notorious Pro-Corporate Group ALEC's Hidden Role in Stoking Class War in WI and the Rest of America |
highplainsdem |
Mar-20-11 04:01 PM |
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AMERICAblog: What's the source of these anti-union measures? Meet ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Mar-21-11 10:08 AM |
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Daily Kos: Michigan emergency manager law could bring privatized jails |
highplainsdem |
Mar-22-11 11:37 AM |
#128 |
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ALEC in Alaska: state rep seen at meeting w/ ALEC rep introduces bill copying ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Mar-23-11 10:20 AM |
#129 |
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ALEC has flown under the radar until now. |
Raksha |
Mar-23-11 10:57 AM |
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If Richard Mellon Sciafe is involved there is sure to be a theocratic aspect to it as well. |
Raksha |
Mar-23-11 11:11 AM |
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And there's ALEC's legislation for school vouchers and tuition tax credits, mentioned in a |
highplainsdem |
Mar-23-11 11:41 AM |
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Thanks for the additional support and documentation. |
Raksha |
Mar-23-11 11:48 AM |
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You're very welcome! And thanks for mentioning the theocratic aspect, since it reminded me of links |
highplainsdem |
Mar-23-11 11:52 AM |
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AlterNet, 2007: The Theocratic Agenda Is Heading for a Statehouse Near You |
highplainsdem |
Mar-23-11 11:49 AM |
#134 |
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ALEC fiscal-report author in Maine to help rally support for LePage's propsals |
highplainsdem |
Mar-24-11 10:21 AM |
#136 |
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Kansas House approves ALEC resolution calling EPA's air-quality rules harmful to national economy |
highplainsdem |
Mar-24-11 10:26 AM |
#137 |
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U. of Wisconsin professor targeted by state GOP after his blog post about ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Mar-25-11 10:10 AM |
#139 |
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WI Prof attack proves that ALEC investigations are hitting a nerve... |
Hector Solon |
Mar-25-11 06:33 PM |
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More ALEC LINKS and new POST - Mother Jones: Michigan’s Mackinac Center/Heritage/ALEC Behind EFM Law |
Hector Solon |
Mar-25-11 06:12 PM |
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welcome to DU! digging into these links now. |
nashville_brook |
Mar-25-11 06:29 PM |
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AZ Immigration Law in TN based on ALEC Model |
Hector Solon |
Mar-26-11 09:11 AM |
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Thanks, Hector! Here are more links about the Mackinac Center and ALEC: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-26-11 02:30 PM |
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Thanks - TIP Look for ALEC and State Level Think Tank Co-authoring (MI Mackinac Center)... |
Hector Solon |
Mar-26-11 07:13 PM |
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The Mackinac Center is now going after Michigan professors' emails. Link: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-29-11 06:11 PM |
#160 |
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WSJ Circling OH SB 5 - "Ohio GOP Revises Union Bill: Lawmakers, Fearing Legal Fights/ Backlash..." |
Hector Solon |
Mar-25-11 07:16 PM |
#143 |
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KICKING |
L. Coyote |
Mar-26-11 10:31 AM |
#145 |
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Has anyone made a handy chart of the vast rightwing conspiracy? |
Generic Other |
Mar-26-11 11:06 AM |
#146 |
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Chart of ALEC and (most of) the 'vast rightwing conspiracy' |
Hector Solon |
Mar-26-11 01:47 PM |
#149 |
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wow everybody and their evil mother is here!! |
Generic Other |
Mar-26-11 02:25 PM |
#150 |
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Wow! Thank you! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-26-11 02:31 PM |
#152 |
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ALEC's Opposition to Net Neutrality |
highplainsdem |
Mar-26-11 11:10 AM |
#148 |
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A boom behind bars: Private jail operators are making millions off the crackdown on illegal aliens |
highplainsdem |
Mar-26-11 02:53 PM |
#153 |
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TIP Use "Google Timeline" Search for ALEC and Your STATE |
Hector Solon |
Mar-26-11 07:35 PM |
#155 |
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Wisconsin reporter finds WI GOP health bills mirror ALEC's model legislation |
highplainsdem |
Mar-27-11 10:25 AM |
#156 |
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Link to the separate DU topic about this article: |
highplainsdem |
Apr-19-11 09:56 AM |
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WI Rep. Robin Vos, co-chair of budget-writing Joint Finance Committee, is ALEC state chair |
highplainsdem |
Mar-28-11 02:21 PM |
#157 |
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WI Gov. Walker names former ALEC director & "legislator of the year" to Public Service Commission |
highplainsdem |
Mar-29-11 09:33 AM |
#158 |
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MI State Senator Denies ALEC Membership at Townhall - Tom McMillin |
Hector Solon |
Mar-29-11 09:37 AM |
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Here's the full link for your Daily Kos diary that the tinyurl link goes to: |
highplainsdem |
Mar-30-11 12:52 AM |
#161 |
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ALEC news: McMillin introduced ALEC resolution to withdraw MI from regional climate initiative |
highplainsdem |
Mar-30-11 12:57 AM |
#162 |
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Btw, that's good news about ALEC's lackeys becoming nervous about being associated with it. |
highplainsdem |
Mar-30-11 01:02 AM |
#163 |
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MI VIDEO and POST now up - MI Legislator Denies ALEC Membership |
Hector Solon |
Mar-30-11 09:21 PM |
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Hi, Hector! I was just reading it at DKos! Great video of that embarrassed ALEC member! |
highplainsdem |
Mar-30-11 09:22 PM |
#167 |
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BTW, when you have time, would you please post a few more messages here so you can use the Inbox? |
highplainsdem |
Mar-30-11 09:25 PM |
#168 |
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Video of denial... great work by folks new to ALEC and... |
Hector Solon |
Mar-31-11 11:51 PM |
#179 |
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DKos diarist MNDem999: "ALEC - Is Revolting to Me" + separate blog about ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Mar-30-11 03:10 PM |
#164 |
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This is very ugly. |
Enthusiast |
Mar-30-11 03:45 PM |
#165 |
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Press release from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) responding to recent attention |
highplainsdem |
Mar-30-11 09:29 PM |
#169 |
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Thanks - Will Jump Over on New Thread on ALEC Press Release 30 March, 2011 |
Hector Solon |
Mar-30-11 10:22 PM |
#170 |
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Starting Line-by-Line Analysis on PR on other thread... |
Hector Solon |
Mar-31-11 08:29 AM |
#171 |
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Bookmarking. Too late to rec |
Autumn |
Mar-31-11 08:39 AM |
#172 |
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Bill Berkowitz, "Smart ALEC: Dragging the Secretive Conservative Organization Out of the Shadows" |
highplainsdem |
Mar-31-11 06:31 PM |
#173 |
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Center for Amer Prog Weighs in.. Finally "Think Again: Conserv Class Warfare Against Free Speech" |
Hector Solon |
Mar-31-11 10:35 PM |
#174 |
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Thanks, Hector! I like what Eric Alterman had to say there. |
highplainsdem |
Mar-31-11 10:58 PM |
#175 |
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From northdecoder at DKos: "ALEC Lied On its 2009 Tax Return" |
highplainsdem |
Mar-31-11 11:06 PM |
#176 |
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ALEC for Campus Carry - NRA article and video |
highplainsdem |
Mar-31-11 11:13 PM |
#177 |
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ALEC blocking municipal broadband in North Carolina |
highplainsdem |
Mar-31-11 11:30 PM |
#178 |
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NYT: (ALEC-guided) State Legislatures Pile Onto Anti-EPA Climate Rule Effort |
highplainsdem |
Apr-01-11 03:07 PM |
#180 |
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POST Analysis of ALEC Press Release "Setting the record Straight – Much ado about nothing” Mar 30 |
Hector Solon |
Apr-01-11 05:25 PM |
#181 |
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Mont. House backs state power over fed land bill (claiming fed. lands by eminent domain - ALEC bill) |
highplainsdem |
Apr-02-11 07:26 PM |
#182 |
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Conservative group (ALEC) denies it masterminded drive to restrict public employee unions |
highplainsdem |
Apr-03-11 09:30 AM |
#183 |
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TIP Look in State Legislative Process Guides and Training Materials for ALEC Refs/People |
Hector Solon |
Apr-03-11 07:16 PM |
#184 |
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744 Bills - More states poised to pursue anti-union legislation (No ALEC) (LATimes 04-01-2011) |
Hector Solon |
Apr-03-11 10:48 PM |
#185 |
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NYT (ALEC-no-so-guided 2nd round) Conservative Group Drafts, Promotes Anti-EPA Bills in State Legs. |
Hector Solon |
Apr-04-11 03:38 PM |
#186 |
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Thanks, Hector! It's good that the Times expanded on the April 1 article (reply 180) and |
highplainsdem |
Apr-04-11 07:17 PM |
#187 |
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GOP MN state legislator claims "no communication" with other states in article mentioning ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Apr-05-11 12:05 PM |
#188 |
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OpEd News: Bob Fitrakis on Ohio Republicans' New Jim Crow Voter ID law that Disenfranchises 900,000 |
highplainsdem |
Apr-05-11 12:15 PM |
#189 |
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Is the Shadowy World of ALEC & the Koch Brothers Leading the GOP Charge to Suppress the Youth Vote? |
highplainsdem |
Apr-05-11 12:25 PM |
#190 |
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ALEC's role in NC tort reform bill especially heavy-handed -- even a "boot camp" for legislators |
highplainsdem |
Apr-05-11 12:43 PM |
#191 |
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OMG Amazing Video in WI&MI (EFM) anti-Union in NC No Corp Liability n/t |
Hector Solon |
Apr-07-11 10:45 PM |
#198 |
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ThinkProgress: Koch Front Groups Americans For Prosperity And ALEC Have Taken Over New Hampshire |
highplainsdem |
Apr-06-11 08:19 PM |
#192 |
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Peter Collins show w/Cliff Schecter: ALEC's "corporate-led radical Republican legislative onslaught" |
highplainsdem |
Apr-07-11 11:00 AM |
#193 |
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ALEC ACTION Alert - Important Event in OHIO... |
Hector Solon |
Apr-07-11 01:06 PM |
#194 |
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Thanks, Hector! Link to the separate topic I posted about this: |
highplainsdem |
Apr-10-11 11:22 AM |
#203 |
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OH ALEC State Rep John Adams on VIDEO - PASS TO? |
Hector Solon |
Apr-07-11 02:58 PM |
#195 |
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Re Dr. Vedder -- see this news topic I posted in LBN w/ a quote from him & links to |
highplainsdem |
Apr-08-11 09:39 AM |
#199 |
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SD State Senate Phyllis Heineman (R District 13) |
Hector Solon |
Apr-07-11 05:23 PM |
#196 |
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ALEC Major Dot Connection - Always ask in a 'perfect world' WHAT do you want? |
Hector Solon |
Apr-07-11 07:35 PM |
#197 |
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ALEC has a YouTube channel, which includes a speech to ALEC by former member John Boehner |
highplainsdem |
Apr-08-11 02:35 PM |
#200 |
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NPR just won its third journalism award since last December for stories involving ALEC! |
highplainsdem |
Apr-08-11 09:40 PM |
#201 |
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ALEC has its own little astroturf site/group: State Budget Solutions, with a Tea Party Patriots link |
highplainsdem |
Apr-09-11 10:13 AM |
#202 |
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ALEC's plans for state and local workers -- reduce ACCRUED pension benefits to private-sector levels |
highplainsdem |
Apr-10-11 05:41 PM |
#204 |
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ME ALEC "Parental Trigger" Leg - Privatize Failing Schools Rep. Amy Volk (R-Scarborogh) LD 1417... |
Hector Solon |
Apr-11-11 11:28 AM |
#205 |
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Hector, I found that blog too! Link to my topic, w/ links to a Heartland Inst. page linking to ALEC: |
highplainsdem |
Apr-11-11 03:10 PM |
#208 |
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PA ALEC Healthcare Campaign Outed Rep Matt Baker (R-Tioga) HB 42 |
Hector Solon |
Apr-11-11 11:57 AM |
#206 |
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WI Boycott of State Farm (Gov Walker/ALEC based) SVP State Farm admits 'use ALEC' - Boycott a go... |
Hector Solon |
Apr-11-11 12:10 PM |
#207 |
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Maine blogger files FOAA request to get names of ME legislators in ALEC & correspondence with ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Apr-11-11 03:16 PM |
#209 |
| -
52 pages of slimy, oozy ALEC goodness |
KamaAina |
Apr-11-11 03:23 PM |
#210 |
| -
Thanks for the link! |
highplainsdem |
Apr-13-11 09:23 AM |
#222 |
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SC and OK Law suits limits using ALEC model $350K or X3 actual damage - No punitive... |
Hector Solon |
Apr-11-11 05:11 PM |
#211 |
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SC Extended AP Story - Law Suit Limits - Good content |
Hector Solon |
Apr-11-11 09:42 PM |
#213 |
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ALEC Articles go Bilingual in "A los conservadores les disgusta la historia" ... |
Hector Solon |
Apr-11-11 05:56 PM |
#212 |
| -
CO Freezing of Voter Lists - For "Questionable Status" CO Secretary of State Scott Gessler HB 1252 |
Hector Solon |
Apr-11-11 10:11 PM |
#214 |
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Both houses of AL legislature pass ALEC resolution to prohibit EPA from regulating greenhouse gases |
highplainsdem |
Apr-12-11 08:09 AM |
#216 |
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Recommended. Exposing another of the right wing PR giants. |
Overseas |
Apr-12-11 08:13 AM |
#217 |
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Thanks! And yes, we need to expose these right-wing groups. |
highplainsdem |
Apr-13-11 09:24 AM |
#223 |
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WI rep Mark Pocan posts his 2008 article on ALEC: "Through the Corporate Looking Glass" |
highplainsdem |
Apr-12-11 11:14 AM |
#218 |
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New Bill Berkowitz piece on ALEC (Unaccustomed to Hot Seat, ALEC Talks) quotes DU's Hector Solon |
highplainsdem |
Apr-12-11 12:19 PM |
#219 |
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HI Balance(d) Budget Summit Sponsored by ALEC Apr 20 - Oh,no.. taking Hawaii - Got some warning... |
Hector Solon |
Apr-12-11 08:27 PM |
#220 |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Apr-13-11 07:25 AM |
#221 |
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Hector, do you know who set up that Twitter account and asked people to "pitch in"? |
highplainsdem |
Apr-13-11 09:37 AM |
#224 |
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Agree all pts, some folks on it. n/t |
Hector Solon |
Apr-13-11 10:04 AM |
#225 |
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Greenpeace: Koch front groups ALEC and AFP attack RGGI, Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative |
highplainsdem |
Apr-14-11 10:45 AM |
#226 |
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ALEC has a guide to help legislators reform state colleges and universities the right-wing way |
highplainsdem |
Apr-15-11 10:00 AM |
#227 |
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Follow Richard Vedder, he's their cut higher ed guy - WIP n/t |
Hector Solon |
Apr-15-11 06:32 PM |
#228 |
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A plan for "financial martial law" in Wisconsin appears to follow the ALEC toolkit |
highplainsdem |
Apr-16-11 10:18 AM |
#229 |
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Re financial martial law: a 2009 SC ruling that ALEC praised & was involved with makes it easier |
highplainsdem |
Apr-17-11 11:42 AM |
#230 |
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Staff of Koch-funded Northwood University co-authored MI op-ed piece with ALEC task force director |
highplainsdem |
Apr-18-11 08:50 AM |
#231 |
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MO's "Teacher Continuing Contract Act" is "a nightmarish Dickensian and ALEC vision" |
highplainsdem |
Apr-18-11 11:38 PM |
#232 |
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Thank you for posting this nt |
Doremus |
Apr-19-11 10:06 AM |
#234 |
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You're welcome! Thanks for reading it! |
highplainsdem |
Apr-19-11 11:05 PM |
#235 |
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GA Senate passes ALEC health-insurance bill allowing out-of-state policies avoiding GA regulation |
highplainsdem |
Apr-19-11 11:09 PM |
#236 |
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probably members of the Federalist Society.... |
amborin |
Apr-20-11 12:15 AM |
#237 |
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I'm sure some of them are. |
highplainsdem |
Apr-20-11 11:37 PM |
#239 |
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Hawaii Republicans -- and ALEC -- hold meeting about how to balance state's budget without tax hikes |
highplainsdem |
Apr-20-11 11:27 PM |
#238 |
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Michigan state Rep. Tom McMillin (R-Weasel) still dodging questions about his ALEC affiliation |
highplainsdem |
Apr-20-11 11:43 PM |
#240 |
| -
Ion Sancho, Elections Supervisor of Leon County FL, criticizes new voter-suppression bills from ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Apr-21-11 02:40 PM |
#241 |
| -
FL HB 1355 ALEC Voter Disenfranchisement X2 about to Pass with Fight |
Hector Solon |
Apr-21-11 07:49 PM |
#242 |
| -
WaPo News (not just blog) in "States' GOP majorities lead to gains across range of issues" FINALLY! |
Hector Solon |
Apr-21-11 08:04 PM |
#243 |
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Thanks! I've posted a separate topic about that new WaPo article. Link: |
highplainsdem |
Apr-22-11 06:03 PM |
#245 |
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Kick. (nt) |
Kurovski |
Apr-21-11 11:55 PM |
#244 |
| -
Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Apr-23-11 08:30 PM |
#247 |
| -
Doublethink Tank: Heartland Inst. pushes ALEC bill readjusting pensions, which "aren't the problem" |
highplainsdem |
Apr-23-11 08:29 PM |
#246 |
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MI Sen. Caswell (foster-kids-in-used-clothing fame) wants legislature to be part-time (ALEC idea) |
highplainsdem |
Apr-24-11 11:51 AM |
#248 |
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KIck this forever. |
cliffordu |
Apr-24-11 12:18 PM |
#249 |
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Thanks, cliffordu! I have been able to keep this current with new replies as I find more info, |
highplainsdem |
Apr-24-11 01:41 PM |
#251 |
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I'm thinking ALEC needs to have it's own discussion group, linked right on the front |
cliffordu |
Apr-24-11 03:05 PM |
#252 |
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Thanks, but I'm afraid it might get less attention that way. I wouldn't want a group about the Koch |
highplainsdem |
Apr-24-11 03:20 PM |
#253 |
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kick nt |
guruoo |
Apr-24-11 01:05 PM |
#250 |
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Kick. Bookmarked. nt |
snagglepuss |
Apr-25-11 02:12 AM |
#254 |
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Thanks, snagglepuss! |
highplainsdem |
Apr-25-11 10:46 PM |
#256 |
| -
Thank you! |
highplainsdem |
Apr-25-11 10:48 PM |
#257 |
| -
Will Potter: What Is Big Ag Trying to Hide? (ALEC bills criminalizing anyone who exposes wrongdoing) |
highplainsdem |
Apr-25-11 12:06 PM |
#255 |
| -
Mike Huebsch, author of WI budget "adjustment" & 2nd most powerful man in WI, was ALEC state chair |
highplainsdem |
Apr-26-11 09:15 AM |
#258 |
| -
Weigel (Slate) and Kroll (MoJo): The Right-Wing Network in the States - and Behind the War on Unions |
highplainsdem |
Apr-27-11 07:28 AM |
#259 |
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Kicked. nt |
MaeScott |
Apr-27-11 07:33 AM |
#260 |
| -
Rachel just did a story on the Florida bills to suppress voting -- these are based on ALEC bills |
highplainsdem |
Apr-27-11 08:25 PM |
#261 |
| -
NYT editorial on "The Republican Threat to Voting" puts some of the blame on ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Apr-27-11 08:27 PM |
#262 |
| -
Campus Progress: NY Times Calls Out ALEC in Editorial Decrying Voter ID Bills |
highplainsdem |
Apr-28-11 07:56 PM |
#263 |
| -
Media Matters' Political Correction-Primer on ALEC,"The Premier Right-Wing Corporate Lawmaking Shop" |
highplainsdem |
Apr-29-11 02:06 PM |
#264 |
| -
Sun Valley weekly's editorial slams "sanctimonious" GOP & ALEC's voter-suppression bills |
highplainsdem |
Apr-30-11 09:31 AM |
#265 |
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a thank you kick! |
lonestarnot |
Apr-30-11 11:56 AM |
#266 |
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Thank you! |
highplainsdem |
May-02-11 12:30 AM |
#270 |
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kicketty!!!! |
cliffordu |
Apr-30-11 12:26 PM |
#267 |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
May-02-11 05:44 PM |
#272 |
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kick |
lonestarnot |
Apr-30-11 12:44 PM |
#268 |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
May-03-11 12:11 AM |
#273 |
| -
Daily Kos: Breaking!! First ever demonstration against an ALEC event in Cincinnati |
highplainsdem |
May-01-11 08:36 AM |
#269 |
| -
Protest voices opposition to ALEC group (U of Cincinnati's News Record) |
highplainsdem |
May-02-11 09:23 AM |
#271 |
| -
Tampa Tribune: Democrats say GOP lawmakers passing bills (some from ALEC) to grab more power |
highplainsdem |
May-03-11 07:37 PM |
#274 |
| -
US multinationals revive NAFTA-style trade deals, with backup from state legislatures thanks to ALEC |
highplainsdem |
May-04-11 11:11 AM |
#275 |
| -
American Prospect: "Curbing Voting Rights in Wisconsin" (ALEC, of course) |
highplainsdem |
May-04-11 10:45 PM |
#276 |
| -
SD state Sen. Deb Peters says ALEC "is extremely educational. ALEC staffers are our staff." |
highplainsdem |
May-05-11 07:50 PM |
#277 |
| -
WI - “The Wisconsin Idea” in politics RIP - Privatization of Education in AB 110, SB-22, AB 51 |
Hector Solon |
May-06-11 08:36 AM |
#278 |
| -
Thanks for the link! |
highplainsdem |
May-07-11 01:36 AM |
#279 |
| -
Up to the top. Great info here. n/t |
Kaleko |
May-07-11 03:21 AM |
#280 |
| -
Thank you! |
highplainsdem |
May-07-11 05:13 PM |
#281 |
| -
You did a fantastic job, buddy. |
Kaleko |
May-07-11 06:50 PM |
#282 |
| -
ALEC is now doing cookie-cutter news stories or press releases about INDIVIDUAL legislators |
highplainsdem |
May-08-11 11:29 PM |
#283 |
| -
From WI - Number of lobbyist-written state bills grows |
Beth in MN |
May-09-11 12:48 AM |
#284 |
| -
ALEC's YouTube Channel Training Videos with Pawlenty, Daniels, Boehner to name a few |
Beth in MN |
May-09-11 01:04 AM |
#285 |
| -
Thanks for the link to that article! |
highplainsdem |
May-10-11 07:53 AM |
#286 |
| -
Blog for Iowa: Shock Doctrine, ALEC and Iowa |
highplainsdem |
May-11-11 11:55 AM |
#287 |
| -
"Repeal the 20th Century"? - PSC-CUNY article on MO state senator & ALEC member Jane Cunningham |
highplainsdem |
May-12-11 04:49 PM |
#288 |
| -
UT Federal Law Evaluation and Response Act HB 76 AND USA a "Republic" HB220 - ALEC Model Coming... |
Hector Solon |
May-13-11 10:26 AM |
#289 |
| -
ESSAY/HISTORY - Meaning of the Madison Movement - Which Way Wisconsin (MI and OH also) by McClintock |
Hector Solon |
May-13-11 10:39 AM |
#290 |
| -
Thanks! I agree it's a must-read. |
highplainsdem |
May-24-11 08:18 PM |
#302 |
| -
Thanks for posting these links and excerpts! |
highplainsdem |
May-23-11 08:16 AM |
#301 |
| -
Anti-ALEC / CCA Site: "Immigrants for Sale" exposing & taking ACTION against detension for PROFIT... |
Hector Solon |
May-13-11 02:15 PM |
#291 |
| -
Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
May-21-11 09:35 PM |
#300 |
| -
Blog for Arizona: ALEC offering "An all-expenses-paid trip to pick up next year's legislation" |
highplainsdem |
May-14-11 04:55 PM |
#292 |
| -
The Tennessean: Model bills written outside the state (including ALEC bills) shape the state |
highplainsdem |
May-15-11 08:36 PM |
#293 |
| -
One Wisconsin Now: Senate Republicans Make Taxpayers Finance Corporate ALEC Group |
highplainsdem |
May-16-11 11:32 PM |
#294 |
| -
Orrin Hatch, co-sponsor of the proposed Repeal Amendment, lists ALEC 1st among amendment supporters |
highplainsdem |
May-17-11 11:04 PM |
#295 |
| -
Lawrence O'Donnell's 5/17 story on ALEC, ImmigrantsForSale.org, and People for the American Way's |
highplainsdem |
May-18-11 06:13 AM |
#297 |
| -
ALECinvestigations.org Check this website now! |
GABlue |
Jul-28-11 09:50 PM |
#344 |
| -
Thanks, but there is no ALECinvestigations.org site -- I think you mean alecexposed.org, |
highplainsdem |
Jul-30-11 09:47 PM |
#345 |
| -
Brewer defends lawmakers' free trips from ALEC: "It's work" and AZ doesn't have "that kind of money" |
highplainsdem |
May-19-11 09:13 AM |
#298 |
| -
ALEC pats itself and GA governor on back for bill allowing health insurance sales across state lines |
highplainsdem |
May-20-11 08:49 AM |
#299 |
| -
NEW User Group formed on Kos "Exposing ALEC"... |
Hector Solon |
May-26-11 06:27 AM |
#303 |
| -
Thanks for letting us know about that user group! |
highplainsdem |
May-29-11 10:53 PM |
#307 |
| -
PA - ALEC's radical right wing agenda comes to Pennsylvania - HB 2519 Voter Supression... |
Hector Solon |
May-26-11 08:36 AM |
#304 |
| -
Thanks, HS! |
highplainsdem |
Jun-02-11 06:51 AM |
#309 |
| -
WI and Beyond Op-Ed - ALEC's role in setting legislative agenda deserves scrutiny (UW Prof ret.) |
Hector Solon |
May-27-11 08:30 AM |
#305 |
| -
AZ-UT-GA-Next? - Prison Lobbyists Help Spread (ALEC) Anti-Immigrant Laws to U.S. South |
Hector Solon |
May-28-11 07:47 AM |
#306 |
| -
Tampa Tribune: Conservative groups (including ALEC) score big this year in state legislatures |
highplainsdem |
May-31-11 04:14 PM |
#308 |
| -
GOP pledges allegiance to Grover Norquist over U.S. citizens => ALEC in GOP/Anti-Tax Strategy Ties |
Hector Solon |
Jun-02-11 09:44 AM |
#310 |
| -
"Groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council consisting of corporate lobbyists"- nailed it |
highplainsdem |
Jun-03-11 05:05 PM |
#311 |
| -
Speculation persists over Walker plan's origin (ALEC's role) |
highplainsdem |
Jun-05-11 07:48 AM |
#312 |
| -
AMA news article notes ALEC's role in push to allow interstate health insurance sales |
highplainsdem |
Jun-06-11 09:42 PM |
#313 |
| -
Three more AZ state legislators modify financial-disclosure forms to fess up to gifts from ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Jun-08-11 09:35 PM |
#314 |
| -
Hightower Joins ALEC Outers in "Sneaking the Plutocratic Agenda Into (MI) State Law |
Hector Solon |
Jun-10-11 07:54 AM |
#315 |
| -
The section of that Truthout article about ALEC also appeared in a separate Hightower Report: |
highplainsdem |
Jul-02-11 03:10 PM |
#327 |
| -
Hightower on ALEC and SCOTUS Why are we letting corporate Supremists steal our democracy Aug 10 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-15-11 04:52 PM |
#371 |
| -
It finally gave me my answer to why |
dmr |
Jun-10-11 05:53 PM |
#316 |
| -
+1,000 -- especially what you said about "a purchased government coup." |
highplainsdem |
Jun-12-11 10:57 PM |
#317 |
| -
ALEC Press Release - ALEC State Legislators Push Back EPA Regs... on... well... EVERYTHING June 14 |
Hector Solon |
Jun-14-11 10:18 AM |
#318 |
| -
Thanks, HS! |
highplainsdem |
Jun-17-11 05:34 PM |
#320 |
| -
ALEC launches Publicopoly -- an initiative to help state legislatures privatize government |
highplainsdem |
Jun-15-11 04:18 PM |
#319 |
| -
Privatization At The Heart Of Divisive Battles In Wisconsin (article mentions ALEC's role) |
highplainsdem |
Jun-20-11 02:43 PM |
#321 |
| -
Private bail bond company "touts job potential" in WI, denies ALEC involvement through ALEC member |
highplainsdem |
Jun-21-11 03:54 PM |
#322 |
| -
AFL-CIO blog: ALEC’s Economic Rankings (of state economies) Based on Corporate Wish List |
highplainsdem |
Jun-23-11 11:12 PM |
#323 |
| -
+ 1 (kick only), high. Thanks. |
MikeMc |
Jun-25-11 05:11 PM |
#324 |
| -
Thank you! |
highplainsdem |
Jun-28-11 06:50 AM |
#325 |
| -
David Dayen, FDL: The Selling of the World: Privatization Schemes Proliferate (ALEC's involvement) |
highplainsdem |
Jun-29-11 10:58 PM |
#326 |
| -
Truthout, July 1, 2011: The Corrupt Corporate Incarceration Complex |
highplainsdem |
Jul-06-11 07:05 AM |
#328 |
| -
Stateline, July 8: Anti-health law measure moves toward ballot in Ohio |
highplainsdem |
Jul-08-11 06:14 AM |
#329 |
| -
7/10 Wichita Eagle oped piece on what's wrong with ALEC's "Rich States, Poor States" study: |
highplainsdem |
Jul-10-11 04:04 PM |
#330 |
| -
So who on the Left has the balls to Acorn them? |
saras |
Jul-10-11 04:23 PM |
#331 |
| -
Sunlight is the best disinfectant. And ALEC has apparently broken the law. |
highplainsdem |
Jul-14-11 01:14 PM |
#334 |
| -
ALEC Investigation by DBA Press (Beau Hodai) - Excellent - Detailed MUST READ |
Hector Solon |
Jul-11-11 10:32 AM |
#332 |
| -
Thanks for the links! |
highplainsdem |
Jul-13-11 12:03 AM |
#333 |
| -
ALEC Exposed - new website from the Center for Media and Democracy: |
highplainsdem |
Jul-17-11 12:08 AM |
#335 |
| -
ALEC Exposed - articles in The Nation, Aug 1-8, 2011 - links: |
highplainsdem |
Jul-17-11 12:16 AM |
#336 |
| -
Protests Planned for ALEC Annual Meeting in New Orleans August 5th |
highplainsdem |
Jul-19-11 12:10 PM |
#337 |
| -
Campus Progress, 7/21/2011: Students Take On ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Jul-21-11 11:14 AM |
#338 |
| -
NPR Fresh Air INTERVIEWS with John Nichols (Nation) & Noble Ellington (ALEC 'Public' Chair) 21 July |
Hector Solon |
Jul-21-11 02:42 PM |
#339 |
| -
NPR blog: Fiercely Pro-Business Group's Influence On Statehouses Draws Scrutiny |
highplainsdem |
Jul-24-11 05:32 PM |
#341 |
| -
ALEC Bloomberg (ALECExposed Related) "Koch, Exxon Mobil, Other Firms Help Write State Laws" 21 July |
Hector Solon |
Jul-22-11 11:35 AM |
#340 |
| -
Thanks, HS! |
highplainsdem |
Jul-28-11 01:04 PM |
#343 |
| -
ALEC BLOOMBERG A Stealth Way a Bill Becomes a Law in BusinessWeek July 28 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-03-11 09:52 AM |
#350 |
| -
BLOOMBERG Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Pitch State Law for Tax Benefit Plan Aug 5 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-10-11 09:30 PM |
#360 |
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BLOOMBERG Pro-Gun Groups Call to Sell Seized Weapons Advances to States (ALEC) Bloomberg Aug 11... |
Hector Solon |
Aug-11-11 08:38 PM |
#364 |
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TN - State House Speaker Cuts Travel (including ALEC) and DEMOCRAT ALEC member (Sen Tate D-Memphis) |
Hector Solon |
Jul-26-11 10:15 AM |
#342 |
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1 of the 3 lobbyists employed by Koch Industries in Iowa is Iowa's private-sector chairman for ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Aug-01-11 12:36 PM |
#346 |
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Press conference tomorrow, 8/3, live stream: Americans Hurt by ALEC "Model Bills" Speak Out |
highplainsdem |
Aug-02-11 10:33 PM |
#347 |
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OH - ALEC Investigator Hot on the Trail in OH Multiple Posts |
Hector Solon |
Aug-03-11 09:35 AM |
#348 |
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The Nation SERIES (continues) - The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor August 2, 2011 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-03-11 09:44 AM |
#349 |
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VA - Roanoke Times ED Who writes Virginia's laws Corp. & conservative interests buy access... Aug 4 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-04-11 12:57 PM |
#351 |
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Security goons at ALEC conference in New Orleans assault ThinkProgress reporters |
highplainsdem |
Aug-05-11 04:25 PM |
#352 |
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k&r |
Chimichurri |
Aug-05-11 04:27 PM |
#353 |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Aug-08-11 04:55 PM |
#356 |
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Journalist Kicked out of ALEC Conference, Threatened With Arrest (2nd Incident) |
highplainsdem |
Aug-06-11 11:07 AM |
#354 |
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Rick Perry Pushes ALEC-Backed Education Policies To Turn Texas Universities Into Businesses |
highplainsdem |
Aug-06-11 11:11 AM |
#355 |
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Capital Times: CO2 is good for you, and other ALEC talking points |
highplainsdem |
Aug-10-11 05:59 AM |
#357 |
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They are destroying my state. Our Governor has steadily tried to veto their bills. |
mmonk |
Aug-10-11 06:53 AM |
#358 |
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ID (Idaho) States legislation packaged and promoted by big business Op-Ed Mt Express & Guide Aug 10 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-10-11 09:22 PM |
#359 |
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ALEC violated Minnesota campaign board ruling |
highplainsdem |
Aug-11-11 01:36 PM |
#361 |
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KA (Kansas and Missouri) Lawmakers outsource duties to ALEC Kansas City Star Aug 11 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-11-11 08:13 PM |
#362 |
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FYI - BLOOMBERG - Posting all the Bloomberg Stories on #340 THREAD ABOVE - Link... |
Hector Solon |
Aug-11-11 08:24 PM |
#363 |
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NH Who's behind those crazy bills-secretive conservative nat grp holds sway in (New Hampshire) Aug 6 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-13-11 06:40 AM |
#365 |
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HISTORY ALEC and Vouchers see mixed success this session ALEC Models (UT Stateline 2007) |
Hector Solon |
Aug-13-11 07:02 AM |
#366 |
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Part of the corporate take over state by state. |
mmonk |
Aug-13-11 07:06 AM |
#367 |
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CA Op-Ed Meet ALEC: a wolf in sheeps clothing Times Standard N. California Aug 14 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-14-11 03:21 PM |
#368 |
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FL Op-Ed Lawmakers should open up about ALEC Orlando Sentinel Flirida Aug 14 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-14-11 03:26 PM |
#369 |
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VA House Speaker (former ALEC Nat Chair) RESPONDS to Op-Ed in Roanoke Time VA Aug 15 MUST READ |
Hector Solon |
Aug-15-11 09:56 AM |
#370 |
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Thanks, HS! |
highplainsdem |
Aug-17-11 11:27 AM |
#372 |
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WY - Group w ready-made legislative (ALEC in Wyoming) spurs call for more disclosure WyoFile Jan 11 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-19-11 08:18 AM |
#373 |
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Proud to share an avatar with you. |
rbnyc |
Aug-19-11 08:28 AM |
#374 |
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Thanks, rbnyc! |
highplainsdem |
Aug-21-11 11:03 PM |
#376 |
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NC - (State House Speaker Thom) Tillis enjoys defending his record (ALEC North Carolina) MULTI Aug17 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-19-11 08:56 AM |
#375 |
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AK (Alaska) Legislators run up bills at interim gatherings (including ALEC) Anchorage Daily N Aug 21 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-22-11 10:17 AM |
#377 |
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AK (Alaska) Editorial - Suite life; who pays? Lawmakers step over the line at Alaskans expense Aug22 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-23-11 02:54 PM |
#381 |
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"We're old-school in this matter:...we shouldn't have to pay to send legislators to lobbyists." |
highplainsdem |
Aug-28-11 11:37 PM |
#386 |
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NJ – ALEC State Chairman State Sen. Steve Oroho (R) Denies ALEC Models & Gets Union Money MULTI Aug |
Hector Solon |
Aug-22-11 10:24 AM |
#378 |
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FL Stealth ALEC courts Tallahassee Republican lawmakers Op-Ed Sun Sentinel (S. Florida) Aug 18 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-22-11 10:31 AM |
#379 |
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ALEC History -"The Lewis Powell Memo - Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy" Greenpeace Aug 28 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-23-11 01:09 PM |
#380 |
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KA & MS (Missouri) Op-Ed Bait-and-switch tax shift could hurt many people Kansas City Star Aug 22 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-23-11 07:24 PM |
#382 |
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MI - (Michigan) State politicians use taxpayer funds to join corp special interest grp (ALEC) Aug 23 |
Hector Solon |
Aug-24-11 10:15 AM |
#383 |
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Thanks, HS! It's outrageous that they're using taxpayer dollars for ALEC memberships. |
highplainsdem |
Aug-26-11 12:25 PM |
#385 |
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Thank you for this. |
RegieRocker |
Aug-24-11 10:17 AM |
#384 |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Aug-30-11 04:06 AM |
#387 |
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Daily News Journal (TN): New Voter ID law "not about voter fraud".."clearly about voter suppression" |
highplainsdem |
Aug-30-11 04:40 PM |
#388 |
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Rolling Stone: The GOP War on Voting (orchestrated by ALEC, funded in part by the Koch brothers) |
highplainsdem |
Sep-01-11 11:18 PM |
#389 |
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Voter Disenfranchisement - 'The GOP War on Voting' in Rolling Stone Aug 30 (Sept 15 Issue) |
Hector Solon |
Sep-03-11 07:06 AM |
#390 |
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WI Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Madison): The Secret Society Known as ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Sep-04-11 06:23 PM |
#391 |
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Kick |
Scurrilous |
Sep-05-11 11:32 AM |
#392 |
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Hoffa (Tampa Tribune): Scott, state lawmakers (& ALEC) make Labor Day a dark day |
highplainsdem |
Sep-07-11 12:06 PM |
#393 |
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Campus Progress: New Evidence of ALEC Connections in All Successful Voter ID Legislation |
highplainsdem |
Sep-09-11 07:13 AM |
#394 |
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OH US lawmakers and corporations join in unholy alliance Athens (Ohio) News Sep 5 |
Hector Solon |
Sep-09-11 08:22 AM |
#395 |
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KA Kansas Republican Legislators report on what they learned at ALEC in Lawrence World (KA) Sep 7 |
Hector Solon |
Sep-09-11 08:27 AM |
#396 |
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MT Inside the Bad Idea Factory on Montana from Cowgirl Blog Sep 2 - LIST of MT ALEC Members! |
Hector Solon |
Sep-09-11 08:34 AM |
#397 |
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NV ALEC and NPRI Outsider Influence in Nevada in the Nevada View Aug 25 - LIST of NV ALEC Members |
Hector Solon |
Sep-09-11 08:56 AM |
#398 |
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ESSAY "Taking Back Labor Day" (from ALEC & Co) by Amy Dean in Truthout Sept 5 (Labor Day) |
Hector Solon |
Sep-09-11 09:05 AM |
#399 |
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ME (Maine Gov Paul) "LePage's Koch Brothers connection revealed" (ALEC too) Boston Phoenix Sept 7 |
Hector Solon |
Sep-09-11 09:45 AM |
#400 |
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Link to the DU topic about that article: |
highplainsdem |
Sep-09-11 09:49 AM |
#401 |
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Thanks - Still not that good at finding those to link them. These ME stories are unreal n/t |
Hector Solon |
Sep-09-11 09:55 AM |
#402 |
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OR ALEC Un-Elected Writing US Leg Koch-Influ/Direction in Many States Costly 'Hidden-Tunnel' Sep 1 |
Hector Solon |
Sep-09-11 10:08 AM |
#403 |
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Religion has positive and negative effects (ALEC mentions) in News Leader Staunton VA Sep 6 |
Hector Solon |
Sep-09-11 12:14 PM |
#404 |
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Thanks, HS! That "hidden tunnel" analogy for ALEC is accurate...and chilling. |
highplainsdem |
Sep-13-11 05:22 PM |
#406 |
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Rolling Stone: Congress Investigates GOP War on Voting (ALEC implicated) |
highplainsdem |
Sep-10-11 11:38 PM |
#405 |
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Bangor Daily News focuses on ALEC, polls on whether ME laws should be written only by ME lawmakers |
highplainsdem |
Sep-14-11 12:30 AM |
#407 |
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W. Va. Supreme Court administrator warns state lawmakers about ALEC, private prison industry |
highplainsdem |
Sep-14-11 12:33 AM |
#408 |
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Bangor Daily News: American Legislative Exchange Council ’s long arm reaching into Maine policy |
highplainsdem |
Sep-16-11 03:03 PM |
#409 |
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Maine Lawmaker's Taxpayer-Funded Trip to Conservative (ALEC) Conference Comes Under Scrutiny |
highplainsdem |
Sep-19-11 09:42 PM |
#410 |
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John Nichols, The Nation: Rick Perry's Attack on Democracy (& ALEC's role) |
highplainsdem |
Sep-22-11 12:40 PM |
#411 |
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BRAD BLOG: U.S. Senate Hearings on New GOP Voter Suppression Laws [Part 1 of 2] |
highplainsdem |
Sep-24-11 11:32 PM |
#412 |
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Part 2 here (link): |
highplainsdem |
Sep-28-11 11:22 PM |
#414 |
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K+ ALEC Exposed link from The Center for Media and Democracy |
bobthedrummer |
Sep-26-11 04:28 PM |
#413 |
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Ed Kilgore, Salon: The truth about voter suppression |
highplainsdem |
Oct-01-11 08:40 AM |
#415 |
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Mother Jones: GOP, ALEC Could Make It Harder For 5 Million To Cast Ballots |
highplainsdem |
Oct-04-11 12:03 AM |
#416 |
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Madison.com: Brendan Fischer: ALEC ‘scholarships’ raise ethics concerns |
highplainsdem |
Oct-06-11 12:44 AM |
#417 |
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oh yeah |
shanti |
Oct-06-11 12:48 AM |
#418 |
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ALEC "charity" tied to UK scandal w/ Minister of Defence, recruitment of European legislators |
highplainsdem |
Oct-07-11 10:11 PM |
#419 |
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Story in the Sunday Express calls ALEC a "neocon group" funded by the NRA and Tobacco Institute |
highplainsdem |
Oct-08-11 09:01 PM |
#420 |
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UK blogger Stephen Newton, who exposed ALEC's Atlantic Bridge, joins DU. Welcome, Stephen! |
highplainsdem |
Oct-11-11 08:53 AM |
#421 |
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Stephen's article at Guardian.com: "The lessons of Atlantic Bridge" |
highplainsdem |
Oct-16-11 09:31 PM |
#425 |
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UK PM Cameron's press secretary once paid by Pfizer to work for ALEC-backed Atlantic Bridge |
highplainsdem |
Oct-12-11 04:46 PM |
#422 |
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Guns-in-Bars Sponsor, TN Rep. Curry Todd (ALEC state chair), Caught Drunk with Loaded Gun |
highplainsdem |
Oct-14-11 11:01 AM |
#423 |
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PRWatch: ALEC and Coca-Cola: A "Classic" Collaboration |
highplainsdem |
Oct-14-11 11:03 AM |
#424 |
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AFL-CIO blog -- Block the Vote: How Koch-Backed ALEC Aims to Keep You from Voting |
highplainsdem |
Oct-19-11 07:59 AM |
#426 |
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Cain Spokesman Lobbied For (ALEC-linked) NonProfit Exposed As Front For Military Contractors |
highplainsdem |
Oct-19-11 08:02 AM |
#427 |
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ThinkProgress: Corporate Front Group ALEC Pushing For Repeal Of Paid Sick Day Laws Nationwide |
highplainsdem |
Oct-21-11 02:13 PM |
#428 |
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Blog for Iowa: The Corporate Bill Mill: Which Iowa Legislators Have ALEC Ties? |
highplainsdem |
Oct-24-11 07:42 AM |
#429 |
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Daily Kos: Herman Cain - Is He Using ALEC's Enterprise Zone Legislation? |
highplainsdem |
Oct-26-11 04:16 PM |
#430 |
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Daily Kos: Hermain Cain - Is He Singing the Psalm of ALEC? (Part 2) |
Hector Solon |
Oct-28-11 08:00 AM |
#431 |
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Thanks, HS! |
highplainsdem |
Oct-30-11 08:17 PM |
#432 |
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Guardian op-ed: ALEC is a "shady cabal...on a mission to shrink not just government but democracy" |
highplainsdem |
Nov-01-11 08:51 PM |
#433 |
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Voter ID law (from ALEC) attacks democracy |
highplainsdem |
Nov-03-11 08:14 PM |
#434 |
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A huge K&R, ALEC are the rich and powerful/corporations who currently own most of the elected |
louslobbs |
Nov-03-11 08:36 PM |
#435 |
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Refining the Full Narrative – Koch Brothers Underground Campaign (incl ALEC) Al Jazeera Oct 27 |
Hector Solon |
Nov-04-11 07:43 AM |
#436 |
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RELATED IA - In politics, America on Koch (incl ALEC) Iowa State Daily Nov 3 |
Hector Solon |
Nov-04-11 08:33 AM |
#437 |
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Refining the Full Narrative– How Wall Street (Kochs) Occupied America (incl ALEC) Bill Moyers Oct 20 |
Hector Solon |
Nov-04-11 09:13 AM |
#438 |
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Thanks! Brilliant speech by Moyers. |
highplainsdem |
Nov-23-11 05:38 PM |
#450 |
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CO - ALEC Funders and Related Orgs put BIG Money in Local Elections too Salon Oct 21 |
Hector Solon |
Nov-04-11 05:26 PM |
#439 |
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Thanks, HS! |
highplainsdem |
Nov-10-11 07:52 AM |
#444 |
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ME ALEC’s Long Arm Reaching into Maine Policy - ME Greens & BDN Oct 2 / Sep 15 |
Hector Solon |
Nov-04-11 05:54 PM |
#440 |
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Kicking |
Canuckistanian |
Nov-04-11 05:56 PM |
#441 |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Nov-06-11 07:54 AM |
#442 |
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Ethics complaint filed against Iowa House Majority Leader, alleging she's a lobbyist for ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Nov-08-11 02:18 PM |
#443 |
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Update: |
highplainsdem |
Nov-16-11 09:46 PM |
#447 |
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Occupy ALEC -- Scottsdale AZ - ALEC's State & National Policy Summit 11/30-12/2 |
highplainsdem |
Nov-12-11 08:16 AM |
#445 |
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ALEC's "right-wing ideologues & corporate stooges [are] the greatest threat to individual liberty" |
highplainsdem |
Nov-14-11 09:41 PM |
#446 |
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The Nation: How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools |
highplainsdem |
Nov-18-11 11:32 PM |
#448 |
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MUST-READ: John Dean: Gaming American Democracy (series for Justia.com, including section on ALEC) |
highplainsdem |
Nov-21-11 09:17 AM |
#449 |
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kick |
Zorra |
Nov-25-11 12:33 PM |
#451 |
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ALEC DAY OF ACTION! |
highplainsdem |
Nov-27-11 09:44 PM |
#452 |
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How Do We, the 99%, Defeat Alec? |
highplainsdem |
Nov-27-11 09:46 PM |
#453 |
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kick |
lonestarnot |
Nov-28-11 06:44 PM |
#454 |
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Thanks! |
highplainsdem |
Nov-30-11 09:32 PM |
#455 |
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BLOOMBERG Pssst ... Wanna Buy a Law – When a company needs a state bill – ALEC can get it done Dec 1 |
Hector Solon |
Dec-02-11 03:11 PM |
#456 |
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Thanks, HS! Great article -- perfect description of ALEC as a "bill laundry" for corporations! |
highplainsdem |
Dec-06-11 05:45 PM |
#459 |
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Utah Dems warn of push to erode public employee unions ("ALEC is an insidious little group") |
highplainsdem |
Dec-04-11 08:47 PM |
#457 |
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Kick |
Bryn |
Dec-04-11 08:56 PM |
#458 |
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Kids Eating Rat Poison Is an "Acceptable Risk" for ALEC |
highplainsdem |
Dec-08-11 11:04 PM |
#460 |
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National group pushing 'right to work' in Indiana |
highplainsdem |
Dec-10-11 07:25 PM |
#461 |
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kick |
highplainsdem |
Jan-08-12 03:11 PM |
#462 |
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Great OP. Great heads up. Thanks, High Plains Dem |
No Elephants |
Jan-08-12 07:30 PM |
#463 |
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NH State House Introduces a Shocking 7 ALEC Corp-Written Bills in One Week Jan 27 |
Hector Solon |
Feb-01-12 02:29 PM |
#464 |
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FL ALEC Content Still in Bill - Exposed for 24 Hours (in Florida Leg Docs) Jan 31 |
Hector Solon |
Feb-01-12 02:35 PM |
#465 |
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Oh Yeah...they have been at work in North Carolina. Our now resigning Govenor tried to Push back |
KoKo |
Feb-02-12 06:51 PM |
#466 |
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