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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/28/revealed-aarp-funding-alec/ Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC]</h3>
[[Image:AARP-ALEC-logos270px.jpg |270 px|center]]AARP, the non-profit seniors organization that exists to promote the financial security, pensions and healthcare of those over 50, is secretly funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization whose bills have acted against the interests of ordinary Americans, including retirees and their families.
The Center for Media and Democracy has learned that AARP has recently joined ALEC, and that it is a named sponsor of the ALEC annual meeting taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana from July 27-29, 2016. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/28/revealed-aarp-funding-alec/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/exxonmobil-top-sponsor-alec-annual-meeting/ ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting]</h3>
<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/exxonmobil-top-sponsor-alec-annual-meeting/ ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting]</h3>
[[Image:ExxonMobil-ALEC-logo270px.jpg|270 px|center]][http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Exxon_Mobil ExxonMobil], facing multiple state investigations connected to its funding of climate change denial, is listed as a top corporate sponsor of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) annual meeting, taking place this week in Indianapolis, Indiana. ALEC has long promoted climate change denial to state legislators, and promotes a legislative agenda of "model" bills designed to protect the interests of its oil, gas and coal funders.
[[Image:ExxonMobil-ALEC-logo270px.jpg|270 px|center]][http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Exxon_Mobil ExxonMobil], facing multiple state investigations connected to its funding of climate change denial, is listed as a top corporate sponsor of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) annual meeting, taking place this week in Indianapolis, Indiana. ALEC has long promoted climate change denial to state legislators, and promotes a legislative agenda of "model" bills designed to protect the interests of its oil, gas and coal funders.


The ALEC meeting agenda includes discussion of a new "model" bill, designed to block implementation of the Obama administration Clean Power Plan aimed at reducing carbon pollution. Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, Mike Pence is due to speak at the ALEC event on Friday. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/exxonmobil-top-sponsor-alec-annual-meeting/ here].
The ALEC meeting agenda includes discussion of a new "model" bill, designed to block implementation of the Obama administration Clean Power Plan aimed at reducing carbon pollution. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/exxonmobil-top-sponsor-alec-annual-meeting/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/black-lives-blue-lives-criminal-justice/ Black Lives, Blue Lives, and the Fight Over Criminal Justice in America]</h3>
<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/black-lives-blue-lives-criminal-justice/ Black Lives, Blue Lives, and the Fight Over Criminal Justice in America]</h3>
[[Image:Tamir-rice-270px.jpg|270 px|center|frame|<center>Tamir Rice</center>]]PHILADELPHIA--Two people from Milwaukee took to the national stage at the Republican National Convention (RNC) and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to present two very different perspectives on one of the most divisive issues of our time, the shootings of unarmed African Americans by police and civilians.
[[Image:Tamir-rice-270px.jpg|270 px|center|frame|<center>Tamir Rice</center>]]PHILADELPHIA--Two people from Milwaukee took to the national stage at the Republican National Convention (RNC) and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to present two very different perspectives on one of the most divisive issues of our time, the shootings of unarmed African Americans by police and civilians.


The conventions took place against a backdrop of traumatic news stories. The shooting death of Philando Castile and its dramatic aftermath, live-streamed on Facebook by his girlfriend, sparked national protests. At one protest in Dallas, Texas, five police officers were shot and killed by an African American military veteran who had served in Afghanistan. This was followed by the shootings of police in Baton Rouge. The very next week, Charles Kinsey, an African American caregiver for an autistic adult, was shot by police while he was on the ground with his arms raised. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/black-lives-blue-lives-criminal-justice/ here].
The conventions took place against a backdrop of traumatic news stories. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/black-lives-blue-lives-criminal-justice/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/26/alec-2016-agenda-boosts-charters-coal/ ALEC 2016 Agenda Boosts Charters, Coal, and Other Corporate Funders]</h3>
[[Image:Mike-pence-cc-by-sa-2.0-gage-skidmore-270px.jpg|270 px|center|frame|<center>Indiana Governor Mike Pence<br><small>Image: Gage Skidmore CC BY SA 2.0</small></center>]]The [http://www.alecexposed.org/ American Legislative Exchange Council] will push bills to protect failing charter schools, silence political speech, and obstruct environmental protections in the ALEC 2016 agenda introduced at its annual meeting in Indianapolis this week.
 
ALEC faces renewed public attention as it gears up for the annual meeting, where corporate lobbyists sit side-by-side with state legislators in luxury hotels to vote as equals on "model bills" that then get pushed to become law in states across the country.
 
As the Center for Media and Democracy [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/21/koch-brothers-fingerprints-can-found-gop-convention/ has reported], Donald Trump chose an ALEC ally, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, as his running mate, while his party’s 2016 platform was clearly stamped in the Koch-fueled ALEC mold. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/26/alec-2016-agenda-boosts-charters-coal/ here].
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Revision as of 13:42, 5 August 2016

ALEC News

Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC

AARP, the non-profit seniors organization that exists to promote the financial security, pensions and healthcare of those over 50, is secretly funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization whose bills have acted against the interests of ordinary Americans, including retirees and their families.

The Center for Media and Democracy has learned that AARP has recently joined ALEC, and that it is a named sponsor of the ALEC annual meeting taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana from July 27-29, 2016. Read the rest of this item here.

ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting

ExxonMobil, facing multiple state investigations connected to its funding of climate change denial, is listed as a top corporate sponsor of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) annual meeting, taking place this week in Indianapolis, Indiana. ALEC has long promoted climate change denial to state legislators, and promotes a legislative agenda of "model" bills designed to protect the interests of its oil, gas and coal funders.

The ALEC meeting agenda includes discussion of a new "model" bill, designed to block implementation of the Obama administration Clean Power Plan aimed at reducing carbon pollution. Read the rest of this item here.

Black Lives, Blue Lives, and the Fight Over Criminal Justice in America

Tamir Rice
PHILADELPHIA--Two people from Milwaukee took to the national stage at the Republican National Convention (RNC) and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to present two very different perspectives on one of the most divisive issues of our time, the shootings of unarmed African Americans by police and civilians.

The conventions took place against a backdrop of traumatic news stories. Read the rest of this item here.

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