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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRevealed: the extremist Maga lobbying group driving far-right Republican policies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/23/conservative-partnership-institute-republican-lawsWonder if the big US news outlets will cover this at all.
The documents offer previously unreported details of Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) trainings and bootcamps for congressional staff at CPIs sprawling Maryland ranch, and lavish, star-studded retreats for members of Congress mostly members of the far-right Freedom caucus at a string of Florida resorts.
They also show how CPI, widely described as the nerve center of the Maga movement, enlisted its own network of affiliated organizations along with like-minded far-right organizations some classified as hate groups by experts as well as individual extremists to promote anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine policies, along with others premised on the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.
The revelations raise further questions about the powerful influence exercised on Capitol Hill staffers by the well-heeled NGO, and the extent of its successes in moving Republican elected officials even further to the right.
Heidi Beirich, co-founder and chief strategy officer at the Global Project against Hate and Extremism, said speakers featured at CPI events included some seriously extreme people, and indicated how far right the Maga movement has become.
BoRaGard
(597 posts)Think. Again.
(10,062 posts)...and just like with any deadly pest, if you see one, there's a lot more in hiding.
jmbar2
(5,032 posts)People have been screaming at the tops of their pixels about it for over a year.
I know that a lot of folks don't like that site. It has a very mixed reputation and provenance. However, if you follow the good sources and build up your follow list, you get a lot of detailed information that is both helpful, and frightening.
Kid Berwyn
(15,602 posts)Its manufactured.
Midnight Writer
(22,102 posts)funded by oligarchs.
Do any of you common folk know anyone who donates money to Heritage or Americans for Prosperity or Club for Growth or Citizens United or US Chamber of Commerce or Turning Point USA or any of the other big RW lobbying groups? Do any of you get fund-raising appeals from any of these Dark Money funded groups?
No?
They don't need your money. They are well funded by corporations and wealthy patriarchs, and they act in the selfish interests of their paymasters.