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ALEC Launches Attack on Banks That Divest From Fossil Fuels At today’s policy summit of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), state legislative and corporate members unanimously approved a model bill that would penalize companies that stop investing in or financing fossil fuels. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Forum Promotes Manufactured Controversy Over the Factual Teaching of Racism in K-12 Schools Around seventy lawmakers, lobbyists, and researchers gathered yesterday at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s policy summit in San Diego to hear speakers push actions and model legislation in the GOP’s manufactured culture war over the supposed teaching of critical race theory in public schools. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Leader Indicted for Campaign Finance Conspiracy The American Legislative Exchange Council kicked off its annual policy summit today with a meeting of its secret working group on election suppression and gerrymandering strategies, and an “Academy” on right-wing plans to rewrite the U.S. Constitution. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC “Academy” Featured a Who’s Who of Voter Suppression Leaders While the July 26-28 session was ostensibly led by the dark money group Honest Elections Project, it was organized, hosted, and bankrolled by ALEC, despite repeated claims by its CEO, Lisa Nelson, that the group does not work on voting issues. Read the rest of this item here.