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Expedia Latest to Exit ALEC

The Guardian is reporting that the online travel company Expedia has dumped the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

The Center for Media and Democracy has been flagging Expedia's financial support for ALEC and asking activists if they are using Expedia-connected hotel and air travel booking services.

In an email to Common Cause, Expedia "confirmed it had severed ties" with the corporate bill mill. Read the rest of this item here.

AARP To Drop ALEC after Members' Outcry

AARP will drop its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has a long history of peddling bills that harm the interests of retirees and other Americans.

The statement comes just days after the Center for Media and Democracy reported that AARP had joined ALEC and was a sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference. AARP joins more than 120 private sector members that have publicly cut ties with ALEC since CMD launched the ALEC Exposed investigation in 2011. Read the rest of this item here.

The Anti-Transparency Agenda Hailed Inside ALEC

By Rep. Chris Taylor--I walked into my sixth ALEC conference over a week ago as one of two familiar Wisconsin myths was being told by the queen of the American Legislative Exchange Council, state Senator Leah Vukmir.

It wasn't the one Governor Walker continues to repeat. It was the other, lesser known, but equally powerful myth that is eaten up by the ALEC crowd. That's the one where Wisconsin Republicans had "shut down" a government run amok that had resorted to early morning military raids to suppress the First Amendment rights of "free market supporters" (i.e., ALEC allies and supporters). Read the rest of this item here.

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-<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/28/revealed-aarp-funding-alec/ Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC]</h3>
+<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/08/10/expedia-exit-alec/ Expedia Latest to Exit 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.
+[[Image:Expedia-dumped-ALEC270px.jpg|270 px|center]]''The Guardian'' is [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/10/expedia-severs-ties-alec-travel-company reporting] that the online travel company Expedia has dumped the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
-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].
+The Center for Media and Democracy has been flagging Expedia's financial support for ALEC and asking activists if they are using Expedia-connected hotel and air travel booking services.
+In an email to Common Cause, Expedia [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/10/expedia-severs-ties-alec-travel-company "confirmed it had severed ties"] with the corporate bill mill. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/08/10/expedia-exit-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/2016/08/05/aarp-drop-alec-members-outcry/ AARP To Drop ALEC after Members' Outcry]</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:AARP-ALEC-logos270px.jpg|270 px|center]]AARP will drop its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has a long history of peddling bills that harm the interests of retirees and other Americans.
-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].
+The statement comes just days after the Center for Media and Democracy [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/28/revealed-aarp-funding-alec/ reported] that AARP had joined ALEC and was a sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference. AARP joins [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Corporations_that_Have_Cut_Ties_to_ALEC more than 120 private sector members] that have publicly cut ties with ALEC since CMD launched the ALEC Exposed investigation in 2011. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/08/05/aarp-drop-alec-members-outcry/ 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/2016/08/10/anti-transparency-agenda-hailed-inside-alec/ The Anti-Transparency Agenda Hailed Inside ALEC]</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:Leah-vukmir-wi-senator-270px.jpg|270 px|center|frame|<center> WI Senator Leah Vukmir</center>]]'''By Rep. Chris Taylor'''--I walked into my sixth ALEC conference over a week ago as one of two familiar Wisconsin myths was being told by the queen of the American Legislative Exchange Council, state Senator [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/10/12950/alec-vice-chair-falsely-attacks-cmd Leah Vukmir].
-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].
+It wasn't the one Governor Walker continues to repeat. It was the other, lesser known, but equally powerful myth that is eaten up by the ALEC crowd. That's the one where Wisconsin Republicans had "shut down" a government run amok that had resorted to early morning military [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/08/12897/Walker-JohnDoe-tape raids] to suppress the First Amendment rights of "free market supporters" (''i.e.'', ALEC allies and supporters). Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/08/10/anti-transparency-agenda-hailed-inside-alec/ here].
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