(Scott Johnson) Yesterday we received a press release from Common Cause. Remember them? Left-wing front groups apparently never die. The press release announced that Mars had abandoned the American Legislative Exchange Council. Mars makes Skittles. This must have something to do with the death of Trayvon Martin, right? Sort of, but not exactly. The press release brags that Mars joins a lis
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A day after a front-page New York Times investigation highlighted the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as a “conservative nonprofit” that “acts as a stealth business lobbyist,” a good-government group announced it has fi... Read Post
Yesterday, at a conference in New Orleans, two ThinkProgress reporters were attacked by security guards for no apparent reason. Reporters Scott Keyes and Lee Fang were at the Marriott Hotel for the American Legislative Exchange Coun... Read Post
After pressuring dues-paying corporations to ditch the American Legislative Exchange Council, the good-government group Common Cause has launched a new attack on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) by challenging its st... Read Post