Hi there Democracy Advocates!

This week the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has stories for you about far-right lies. 

We found out which organization is behind a group of pro-Trump doctors who are pushing fake Covid-19 cures and grifting off of the people who believe their lies. And we exposed the pay-to-play corporate bill mill the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) for pretending it is not involved in voter suppression legislation and attacks on the teaching of systemic racism.

Here’s the latest!

The Latest From CMD 

Tea Party Patriots Are Behind Pro-Trump Doctors Grifting Off of Fake Covid Cures

Documents obtained by CMD show that the Tea Party Patriots Foundation was the fiscal sponsor of the organization behind America’s Frontline Doctors, which spread lies about Covid-19 and is scamming customers looking for vaccine alternatives.

 

ALEC Claims Credit for Voter Suppression and Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws at Secret Meeting

ALEC boasted about its role in promoting and passing laws making it harder to vote, barring schools from teaching about America’s racist past, and protecting employers from COVID-related lawsuits at a May meeting of the right-wing Council for National Policy.

ICYMI: ALEC Lied About Its Work on Election Suppression Bills

ALEC claims that it “doesn’t work on voting issues,” but its CEO told a very different story to her right-wing audience at a Council for National Policy meeting in May.

 

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CMD Around the Web

Our leaked video of the Council for National Policy meeting created controversy in Utah. In the meeting, Utah's Senate president said that Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell “doesn’t really understand” what happened with the critical race theory resolution.

  • The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Senate president says Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell ‘doesn’t really understand’ what happened with critical race theory push
  • The Salt Lake Tribune: Stuart Adams or Donovan Mitchell … who you gonna hear and trust when it comes to race in Utah?
  • DeseretNews: Donovan Mitchell didn’t ‘understand’ Utah’s critical race theory resolution, Utah Senate president says
  • KSL Radio News: Senate President Stuart Adams blames Donovan Mitchell for blowback on attempted Critical Race Theory ban
  • Religion Dispatches: Bill Mill-ennialism: Arkansas’ End Times Politics May Be Coming to a State Near You

Our scoop that ALEC is lying about its involvement in voter suppression laws was republished by The American Prospect and Sludge.

 

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