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David Armiak<p>Great interview with Nancy Maclean on the Heritage Foundation’s racist history and what it tells us about<br />how Project 2025 will destroy public education and multi-racial democracy <a href="https://washingtonspectator.org/heritage-foundations-racist-history/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonspectator.org/herita</span><span class="invisible">ge-foundations-racist-history/</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>NEW: Today, the Center for Media and Democracy is releasing a new video that highlights a little-known but highly-consequential movement: </p><p>The push by far-right groups to radically rewrite the Constitution. <a href="https://youtu.be/z2ZP1R4MCNU?feature=shared" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/z2ZP1R4MCNU?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>NEW: Wisconsin Right-Wing Litigation Center Grooms School Board Members <a href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/04/23/wisconsin-right-wing-litigation-center-grooms-school-board-members/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">exposedbycmd.org/2024/04/23/wi</span><span class="invisible">sconsin-right-wing-litigation-center-grooms-school-board-members/</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>NEW: Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund’s $1 million contribution to the Republican Attorneys General Association in the first quarter of 2024 again makes it the top donor to the pay-to-play group. <a href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/04/16/leonard-leos-concord-fund-top-funder-of-republican-ags-group-in-2024/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">exposedbycmd.org/2024/04/16/le</span><span class="invisible">onard-leos-concord-fund-top-funder-of-republican-ags-group-in-2024/</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>NEW: GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein provided his Restoration PAC with $3.1 mil in the first quarter of 2024, according to the FEC filing released today. <a href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/04/15/gop-megadonor-richard-uihleins-pac-brings-in-3-1-million-in-first-quarter/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">exposedbycmd.org/2024/04/15/go</span><span class="invisible">p-megadonor-richard-uihleins-pac-brings-in-3-1-million-in-first-quarter/</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>Senate Democrats subpoena Leonard Leo in Supreme Court ethics probe <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/leonard-leo-subpoena-supreme-court-ethics-probe/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/le</span><span class="invisible">onard-leo-subpoena-supreme-court-ethics-probe/index.html</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>NEW: CMD published the agenda for a Heritage Fdn “Secretaries of State Conference” held in Feb co-hosted by Honest Elections Project &amp; Public Interest Legal Foundation. Panels were held on “Alternatives to ERIC” &amp; “Mapping the Opposition Funding Streams.” <a href="https://t.co/v1tzkooQsG" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/v1tzkooQsG</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>Wisconsin &#39;uninstructed delegation&#39; voters more than double Biden&#39;s 2020 margin</p><p><a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/02/uninstructed-delegation-vote-surpasses-biden-2020-wisconsin-margin/73131341007/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jsonline.com/story/news/politi</span><span class="invisible">cs/elections/2024/04/02/uninstructed-delegation-vote-surpasses-biden-2020-wisconsin-margin/73131341007/</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>“It is not a sign of weakness to feed strangers; it is a sign of strength. The people of Israel need to remember, at this darkest hour, what strength truly looks like.” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opinion/jose-andres-let-people-eat.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/jose-andres-let-people-eat.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>SCOOP:State Financial Officers Foundation members Treasurer Sprague (OH) &amp; Comptroller Hegar (TX) will speak on an &quot;exclusive economic briefing&quot; for SFOF bronze sponsor Israel Bonds on 4/2. Israel Bonds is raising money from SFOF members for the Gaza war. <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24528062-israel-bonds-virtual-zoom-event-with-israels-accountant-general-and-state-financial-officers-foundation-members-4224" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">documentcloud.org/documents/24</span><span class="invisible">528062-israel-bonds-virtual-zoom-event-with-israels-accountant-general-and-state-financial-officers-foundation-members-4224</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>Christina Bobb, who was part of Trump-backed fake elector scheme, tapped to run unit by Republican National Committee <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/01/republican-election-integrity-denier" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/01/republican-election-integrity-denier</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>Michigan SCOOP: U.S. Sen. candidate Dr. Sherry O&#39;Donnell (R) is holding &quot;Michigan’s Faith, Family, and Medical Freedom Conference&quot; in Detroit on Apr 6 &amp; Grand Rapids on Apr 7. Agenda includes: &quot;The assault on our children,&quot; &quot;defending religious freedom&quot; &amp; &quot;the threat of the WHO&quot;</p>
David Armiak<p>ALEC SCOOP: The American Legislative Exchange Council is soliciting signatures from its state lawmaker members for a letter to Congress asking it to extend the provisions in the Trump tax cuts of 2017 that will expire at the end of 2025.<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/ALECExposed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ALECExposed</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>“At 69, Sonia Sotomayor is the oldest justice on the Supreme Court to have been picked by a Democrat. And now, Democrats may be about to lose the Senate, White House or both. But on the left, there is little open debate about whether she should retire.”<br /><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/should-sotomayor-retire-biden_n_66032a7ae4b006c3905731dd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/should-soto</span><span class="invisible">mayor-retire-biden_n_66032a7ae4b006c3905731dd</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>Mini SCOOP: The State Financial Officers Foundation held a &quot;Capitol Hill Policy Briefing&quot; for its members on March 12 on the sidelines of the National Association of State Treasurers Legislative Conference.<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SFOFExposed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SFOFExposed</span></a> <a href="https://t.co/LBz1WAWsfN" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/LBz1WAWsfN</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>CSPAN has Leonard Leo&#39;s voter suppression group Honest Elections Project on to promote their shit research. Anchor asks Snead how the group is funded, but doesn&#39;t follow up when he doesn&#39;t identify a single funder. <a href="https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?22266" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">c-span.org/classroom/document/</span><span class="invisible">?22266</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>U.S. Sen candidate Eric Hovde (R-WI) spoke alongside insurrectionist Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) and Sheriff Mark Dannels of Cochise County, AZ at the Waukesha County Lincoln Day Dinner, CMD has learned. Dannels is an adherent of the rightwing “Constitutional Sheriff” movement.</p>
David Armiak<p>BREAKING: The state of New York has rescinded all calls for an Article V federal constitutional convention to radically rewrite the US constitution. Huge win for democracy and the integrity of our nation&#39;s founding document.</p>
David Armiak<p>Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Trump’s Disinformation <a href="https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/03/19/murphys-law-bradley-foundation-bankrolls-trumps-disinformation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/03/19/</span><span class="invisible">murphys-law-bradley-foundation-bankrolls-trumps-disinformation/</span></a></p>
David Armiak<p>SCOOP: The Center for Media and Democracy has learned that Trump&#39;s friend &amp; former Brexit leader Nigel Farage will deliver the keynote at the State Financial Officers Foundation&#39;s spring meeting in Clearwater, FL. For more on SFOF, visit CMD&#39;s project site sfofexposed.org</p>