American Federation for Children

Jessie Rodriguez: the bought and paid for candidate

Via the Wisconsin AFL-CIO. On November 19, voters in the 21st Assembly District will have an opportunity to elect a candidate who isn’t bought and paid for by special interests, and that candidate is Elizabeth Coppola.

I bet the right-wing American Federation for Children is going to expect a big return on their investment in Jessie Rodriguez

So here’s something absolutely fascinating regarding far-right Republican Jessie Rodriguez’s campaign to become the next State Representative in the 21st Assembly District: According to campaign finance documents, Rodriguez’s campaign spent just over $1,100 during the primary campaign, yet according to campaign finance documents filed with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board…

Rick Gudex: bought and paid for by American Federation for Children

I wish I could say I was surprised… Rarely has the political payoff for a special interest group been as quick or blatant. The American Federation for Children, one of the leading advocates for school choice in the country, brags in a recent brochure that it spent more than $325,000…

These Democratic candidates have the “Scott Jensen Seal of Approval”

So it appears the American Federation for Children (AFC), the right-wing education “reform” outfit tied to disgraced and convicted former Republican Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen, is pouring an awful lot of money into helping elect African-American Democrats in Milwaukee. According to the GAB-7S linked to above, the AFC has spent…

Lena Taylor & Scott Walker have a lot in common

Apparently Democratic State Sen. Lena Taylor and Republican Gov. Scott Walker have more in common than their mutual love of concealed carry and the Castle Doctrine; they’re both involved with the American Federation for Children, a right-wing school choice group that counts among its lobbyists disgraced former Republican Assembly Speaker…