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
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
Read more: http://www.randirhodes.com/pages/rrnews.html?feed=393046&article=10009080#ixzz1rjCs1omR
| The Center for Media and Democracy EXPOSED these bills |
ALEC Exposed Audio & Video
John Nichols
To read John Nichols' bio, click here. To read his ALEC article in The Nation, click here.
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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
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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
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Julie Underwood
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Wendell Potter
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Mary Bottari
