Common Cause Files Tax Complaint Against ALEC

When it rains, it pours… All over ALEC! This submission is made pursuant to the whistleblower provisions of 26 U.S.C. 7623 et seq. (the “Tax Whistleblower Act”). This matter concerns the massive underreporting of lobbying by the American Legislative Exchange Council (“ALEC”). While ostensibly a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3)…

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Robin Vos is an Ass

and Neil Heinen is a fool! I know I have called Robin Vos a Hingst before, but he perpetually becomes more and more of an ass everyday! It has nothing to do with the fact that he is also an unethical slumlord either. This does not even relate to the…

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Republican Thug Calls for Boycott

Global soft drink company Coca Cola, has read the tea leaves and recently dropped its support of right wing shadow lobbying group ALEC. Alec operated in the shadows for many years and have recently gotten some exposure. Companies and consumers are disgusted by what they see and have been dropping…

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BREAKING NEWS: ALEC Capitulates!!

ALEC, the now-infamous American Legislative Exchange Council, has opted to step back from non-economic legislation which was, until now, their raison d’être.  Apparently losing a large chunk of your corporate sponsors can really have an impact on a group like ALEC.  Overturning the rock they were hiding under has proven to…

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ALEC

ALEC, the extreme right wing shadow group, that has been writing legislation for republican officials all over the country, has had a very interesting week. First they have been losing sponsors in a rate not seen, since Rush Limbaugh called all women "sluts". (A current short list of companies that…

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What Would Scott Jensen Do?

The wisconsin assembly republican recently passed Assembly Bill 110, which is just another in a long line of attacks on public education. While it is billed as a bill which would permit families of special needs students to send their students to private schools with tax dollars. As is true…

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ALEC Goes Mainstream

While we in Wisconsin have known about Alec for a little while now, they have flown under the radar now for quite sometime. No More: today The New York Times exposed them! It is no coincidence that so many state legislatures have spent the last year taking the same destructive…

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Robin Vos Is (STILL) A Hingst

In case you didnt know., Robin Vos is a Hingst. Robin Vos has a history of not telling the truth and having complete disdain for the people of Wisconsin. In case there was any doubt, the events of recent days prove that Vos is still a Hingst! Thanks to persistence…

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Lee Camp: “ALEC And The Circumventing Of Our Democracy” (VIDEO)

Comedian Lee Camp has a great “Moment of Clarity” outlining the tremendous influence of secretive groups like ALEC, a corporate funded right-wing organization that works with conservative lawmakers across the United States to implement legislation friendly to corporate interests. It’s worth noting that corporations sit on all nine ALEC task…

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The 2010 Election was Historic

And will be discussed in the History books for years and years… It was the year The "tea party" took over the US in the form of a grassroots anti-government movement and turned most states and much of congress red. That was November 2010, by February 2011, the picture was…

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