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ALEC Embraces Trumpism Just in time for Valentine's Day, love is in the air as the American Legislative Exchange Council cozies up to the Real Donald. ALEC and Trump are unlikely lovers. One gets excited about slamming borders shut, raising tariffs on imports, and promising massive infrastructure spending ($1 trillion in borrowed money says Steve Bannon), the other has never seen a free trade agreement it hasn't embraced and objects to spending programs that might actually grow jobs. But ALEC is casting doubts aside and is ready to guide Trump to mutual fulfillment. Read the rest of this item here. Don't Let Them Smear Us as "Fake News" Last Friday night, ALEC posted an op-ed trying to smear the Center for Media and Democracy as "fake news," a bogus attack from the Koch-backed corporate bill mill. The truth? CMD has written hundreds of stories documenting ALEC's pay-to-play operation--where corporations secretly vote as equals with legislators on “model” bills to change our rights. Our research has helped fuel thousands of stories about ALEC in news outlets across the country and the globe, like the New York Times, the Guardian, the BBC, the Washington Post, PBS, and many more. ALEC's "fake news" smear is designed to minimize the impact of our investigations. Don't let them get away with it. Read the rest of this item here. Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm Public education advocates are demanding another hearing on Trump nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, after her dismal performance in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee (HELP) January 17th and after the late release of her ethics report on January 20th. The report, available here, details some 102 companies that might pose a conflict of interest for DeVos and sheds new light on the nominee’s investments and ethics. Read the rest of this item here.