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<h3>[http://climatehustler.org/ Climate Hustle: Marc Morano's Latest Climate Change Denial Stunt]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/03/14/alec-legislators-dominate-leadership-positions-in-republican-states/ ALEC Legislators Dominate Leadership Positions in Republican States]</h3>
[[Image:Climatehustler270.png|270|center]]Climate change denier [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Marc_Morano Marc Morano] of the fossil-fuel funded [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Committee_for_a_Constructive_Tomorrow Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow] (CFACT) will feature a new "documentary film" called "[http://climatehustler.org/ Climate Hustle]" in his latest attempt to promote his destructive climate change denial agenda. The [http://climatehustler.org/ film] is due to be shown to a public audience for the first time on December 7 at the [http://www.whynotproductions.fr/pantheon/ Cinéma du Panthéon ]in Paris at the same time as the upcoming United Nations climate talks.
[[Image: ALEC-Panel-Annual-Meeting-2024-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] For more than 50 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council has moved a right-wing and pro-corporate Republican agenda of legislation in states across the country — all while posing as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt charity.


"While Climate Hustle claims to feature interviews with scientists, Morano fails to explain that these characters are not among the respected mainstream climate science community, but rather a collection of washed-up scientists with no expertise in climate science, or a biased view based on ideological or industry-funded bias," writes DeSmogBlog, which has created a new website "[http://climatehustler.org/ Climate Hustler]" to expose the truth about the film and Morano's climate change denial. Go to the website [http://climatehustler.org/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/03/14/alec-legislators-dominate-leadership-positions-in-republican-states/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12972 Amid Controversy, Ben Carson Named ALEC Event Speaker]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/25/alec-pushes-state-anti-labor-agenda-for-2025/ ALEC Pushes State Anti-Labor Agenda for 2025]</h3>
[[Image:Ben_Carson-pointing270px.jpg|270|center|frame|<center>Ben Carson</center>]]Following a week of controversies about claims made by presidential candidate Ben Carson, the [http://www.ALECexposed.org American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) has [http://www.alec.org/snps-speakers/ announced] that he will be one of their keynote speakers at the ALEC "States and Nation Policy Summit" in Scottsdale, Arizona, in December. ALEC, which is widely [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed known] as a "corporate bill mill," [http://www.alec.org/snps/ describes] the coming meeting as "focused on returning the appropriate balance of power between the states and the federal government." Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12972 here].
[[Image: IStock-1501973077-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill-mill, has laid out its priorities for this year’s state legislative sessions.
 
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/25/alec-pushes-state-anti-labor-agenda-for-2025/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12968 Ford Revealed as Funder of Climate Denial Group ALEC]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/10/alec-publishes-its-own-project-2025-for-the-states/ ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States]</h3>
[[Image:Ford-blue-logo270px.jpg|270|center]]Ford Motor Company, despite its much-hyped commitment to the environment, has been quietly funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a group widely criticized for its promotion of climate change denial and for its opposition to the development of renewable alternatives to fossil fuels.
[[Image: 50yearsofharm-rally-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] “Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025.


A Ford spokesperson, Christin Baker, confirmed the ALEC grant to the Center for Media and Democracy/PRWatch, but said that the funding was not intended to be used by ALEC to block action on climate change. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12968 here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/10/alec-publishes-its-own-project-2025-for-the-states/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12956 Hypocrisy Alert: Speaker Vos and Rep. Craig Use Private Email, Too]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/01/31/alec-member-strikes-a-blow-against-rule-requiring-union-labor-on-federal-construction-projects/ ALEC Member Strikes a Blow Against Rule Requiring Union Labor on Federal Construction Projects]</h3>
[[Image:Robin_Vos-Youve_got_ALEC_mail270px.jpg|270px|center]]Wisconsin Republicans have been caught in the spin cycle with their latest attack on the state's independent, nonpartisan Government Accountability Board (GAB), which oversees elections and ethics.
[[Image: Grand-Coulee-Dam-workers-Library-of-Congress-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] Contractors engaged in large federal construction projects can’t be required to enter collective bargaining agreements with building trade unions, a federal claims court ruled last week.  


The GAB, which is led by a board of retired judges appointed by the governor, has been widely regarded as a national model for nonpartisan election administration. But this week the Republican-led legislature seeks to dismantle it as payback for investigating Governor Scott Walker.
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/01/31/alec-member-strikes-a-blow-against-rule-requiring-union-labor-on-federal-construction-projects/ here].
 
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"Political payback" doesn't poll well, so Republicans have tried advancing a series of disingenuous arguments to justify the attack on the GAB.
 
Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12956 here].
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ALEC News

ALEC Legislators Dominate Leadership Positions in Republican States

For more than 50 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council has moved a right-wing and pro-corporate Republican agenda of legislation in states across the country — all while posing as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt charity.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Pushes State Anti-Labor Agenda for 2025

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill-mill, has laid out its priorities for this year’s state legislative sessions.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States

“Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Member Strikes a Blow Against Rule Requiring Union Labor on Federal Construction Projects

Contractors engaged in large federal construction projects can’t be required to enter collective bargaining agreements with building trade unions, a federal claims court ruled last week.

Read the rest of this item here.