UPDATE: 08/12

UPDATE: 04/12
The brilliant Putlizer-prize winning cartoonist, Mark Fiore, does it again with another cartoon video skewering the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

When it comes to bad legislation - like the Stand Your Ground laws - or voter suppression techniques like Voter ID laws, there's no other organization anywhere near as unethical as the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Thankfully, Lisa Graves and the Center for Media and Democracy - the people responsible for ALECExposed.com - have been working together with the folks who pushed Glenn Beck off the television, Color of Change, to take on ALEC directly.

At the beginning of April, Color of Change began a campaign to take on ALEC's donors - some of the world's biggest corporations - directly.

Their campaign already appears to be having some effect. During the first week of April, three of the world's biggest companies Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Kraft have all ended their partnerships with ALEC.

On Friday of this week, the Intuit company - makers of TurboTax and Quicken - joined in the exodus from their previous partnership with ALEC.

When you stand up to the bullies - or you point out to everyone who the bullies like ALEC really are - the people who previously supported them run away.

If you want to read more about the exodus from ALEC, click through the links below.

The Exodus From ALEC

Progressive Movement Compels Coca-Cola To Pull Support From ALEC Over Voter Suppression Efforts

Minority Voter Suppression: Florida - How Soon We Forget.

Coca-Cola Leaves Pro-Voter ID Organization After Democrats Threaten Boycott

Coke withdraws from group that backs Stand Your Ground law

PepsiCo Ends Partnership With Right-Wing Front Group ALEC

Coke and Pepsi abandon conservative group over voter ID, gun laws

At urging of Color Of Change, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo sever ties with ALEC

ALEC support wanes: Kraft abandons conservative group

Kraft Drops Membership In Conservative Group ALEC

Intuit Is Now The Fourth Company To Drop Voter Suppression Group ALEC

The Center for Media and Democracy EXPOSED these bills

ALEC Exposed Audio & Video

John Nichols

John Nichols writes about politics for The Nation magazine as its Washington correspondent. He is a contributing writer for The Progressive and In These Times and the associate editor of the Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.

To read John Nichols' bio, click here. To read his ALEC article in The Nation, click here.

Audio

Click here to listen to John Nichols on NPR's "Fresh Air." Click here to listen to John Nichols discuss ALEC with Ohio State Senator Bill Seitz on WOSU, Ohio's Public Radio.

Video

John Nichols on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann."

Lisa Graves

Lisa Graves is the Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy, the publisher of PR Watch, SourceWatch, and BanksterUSA.

To read Lisa Graves' bio, click here. To read her ALEC article in The Nation, click here.

Audio

Lisa Graves talks about ALEC corporations, their agenda, and the Koch brothers' involvement

Lisa Graves and Mary Bottari discuss ALEC on WORT's "A Public Affair"

Video

Click here to watch Lisa Graves ALEC's corporate legislation with Amy Goodman on DemocracyNOW!. Click here to watch Lisa Graves discuss the corporations paying to write America’s laws at ALEC, on MSNBC. Lisa Graves on "Democracy Now!"

Lisa Graves on the "Thom Hartmann Show:"

Lisa Graves and John Nichols on MSNBC's "The Ed Show:"

The Rochester Citizen Interviews Lisa Graves:

Joel Rogers

Joel Rogers is professor of law, political science, public affairs, and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also directs COWS (Center on Wisconsin Strategy), and its subsidiaries Mayors Innovation Project, Center for State Innovation, and State Smart Transportation Initiative.

To read Joel Rogers' bio, click here. To read his ALEC article in The Nation, click here.

Audio

Video

Julie Underwood

Julie K. Underwood, a nationally recognized authority on school law, is the dean of the UW-Madison School of Education. Previously she served as General Counsel for the National School Boards Association in Washington, D.C.

To read Julie Underwood's bio, click here. To read her ALEC article in The Nation, click here.

Audio

Video

Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter has served since May 2009 as the Center For Media and Democracy's Senior Fellow on Health Care.

To read Wendell Potter's bio, click here. To read his ALEC article in The Nation, click here.

Audio

Mary Bottari

Mary Bottari is an experienced policy wonk and communications professional. She launched the Real Economy Project at the Center for Media and Democracy, and is the founder of BanksterUSA.org.

Audio

Mary Bottari Discusses ALEC's Influence in Wisconsin on WTDY's "Sly in the Morning"

Click here to listen to Mary Bottari discuss ALEC on "Counter Spin". Click here to listen to Mary Bottari discuss ALEC on Uprising Radio. Click here to listen to Mary Bottari discuss the extent of ALEC's influence on WSJM.

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