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news and Controversies

CRC Among Several Conservative Nonprofits Funding Climate Science Disinformation Ads on Facebook

In October 2020, a report found that 51 Facebook ads questioning the credibility of climate science had been viewed over 8 million times in the first six months of 2020, despite the social media website's promise to prohibit ads debunked by third-party fact-checking organizations.^[5] Nine right-wing nonprofits, includingCapital Research Center, Clear Energy Alliance, Competitive Enterprise Institute, CO2 Coalition, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Prager University, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Turning Point USA, and Washington Policy Center, collectively spent $42,000 funding these advertisements.^[5]

Washington Policy Center (WPC) is, in its own words, "a nonpartisan, free-market, state-based think tank in Seattle, Washington, that publishes studies, sponsors events and conferences, and educates citizens on public policy issues facing Washington state."^[1] In actuality the group advances a right wing agenda and is affiliated with organizations in the Koch Network.

WPC is organized as 501(c)3 non profit and was founded in 1997. The right wing "think tank" is listed as an affiliate member of the State Policy Network (SPN).^[2]

Koch Wiki
Charles Koch is the right-wing billionaire owner of Koch Industries. As one of the richest people in the world, he is a key funder of the right-wing infrastructure, including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the State Policy Network (SPN). In SourceWatch, key articles on Charles Koch and his late brother David include: Koch Brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Stand Together Chamber of Commerce, Stand Together, Koch Family Foundations, Koch Universities, and I360.

Koch Wiki

Charles Koch is the right-wing billionaire owner of Koch Industries. As one of the richest people in the world, he is a key funder of the right-wing infrastructure, including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the State Policy Network (SPN). In SourceWatch, key articles on Charles Koch and his late brother David include: Koch Brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Stand Together Chamber of Commerce, Stand Together, Koch Family Foundations, Koch Universities, and I360.

State Policy Network

SPN is a web of right-wing “think tanks” and tax-exempt organizations in 50 states, Washington, D.C., Canada, and the United Kingdom. As of January 2022, SPN's membership totals 166. Today's SPN is the tip of the spear of far-right, nationally funded policy agenda in the states that undergirds extremists in the Republican Party. SPN Executive Director Tracie Sharp told the Wall Street Journal in 2017 that the revenue of the combined groups was some $80 million, but a 2019 analysis of SPN's main members IRS filings by the Center for Media and Democracy shows that the combined revenue is over $120 million.^[3] Although SPN's member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent, the Center for Media and Democracy's in-depth investigation, "EXPOSED: The State Policy Network -- The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government," reveals that SPN and its member think tanks are major drivers of the right-wing, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)-backed corporate agenda in state houses nationwide, with deep ties to the Koch brothers and the national right-wing network of funders.^[4]

In response to CMD's report, SPN Executive Director Tracie Sharp told national and statehouse reporters that SPN affiliates are "fiercely independent." Later the same week, however, The New Yorker's Jane Mayer caught Sharp in a contradiction. In her article, "Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?," the Pulitzer-nominated reporter revealed that, in a recent meeting behind closed doors with the heads of SPN affiliates around the country, Sharp "compared the organization’s model to that of the giant global chain IKEA." She reportedly said that SPN "would provide 'the raw materials,' along with the 'services' needed to assemble the products. Rather than acting like passive customers who buy finished products, she wanted each state group to show the enterprise and creativity needed to assemble the parts in their home states. 'Pick what you need,' she said, 'and customize it for what works best for you.'" Not only that, but Sharp "also acknowledged privately to the members that the organization's often anonymous donors frequently shape the agenda. 'The grants are driven by donor intent,' she told the gathered think-tank heads. She added that, often, 'the donors have a very specific idea of what they want to happen.'"^[5]

A set of coordinated fundraising proposals obtained and released by The Guardian in early December 2013 confirm many of these SPN members' intent to change state laws and policies, referring to "advancing model legislation" and "candidate briefings." These activities "arguably cross the line into lobbying," The Guardian notes.^[6]

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council

The Washington Policy Center (WPC) is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as of 2011.

Daniel Mead Smith, President, represents WPC as the ALEC state co-chair of the state of Washington as of August 2011.^[7]

Carl Gipson, director of WPC's Center for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, was a member of ALEC's Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force.^[8]

Jason Mercier, the Director of WPC's Center for Government Reform, is a member of ALEC's Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force and is the ALEC Private Sector Working group chair.^[9] He sponsored the "Legislative Transparency Act" at ALEC's 2011 Spring Task Force Summit.^[10] Mercier has also participated in the Public Safety and Elections Task Force, which was disbanded in April 2012. At the 2011 annual meeting, he gave a presentation titled “Principles of Legislative Transparency” with Representative Jerry Madden (TX).^[11]

Todd Myers,Environmental Director of WPC and a public relations specialist who represented the Seattle SuperSonics during the 1997 NBA lockouts, with his own PR firm,^[12] represented WPC on ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force. At the 2010 States and Nation Policy Summit, Myers gave a presentation entitled "A Fresh Start on the Environment: Good Science and Good Policy for New Majorities."^[13] He also sponsored the "Resolution in Opposition to the EPA's 'Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule' and the Treatment of Biomass Energy."^[14] In 2011, Myers gave another presentation at ALEC's States and Nation Policy Summit: “Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism is Harming the Environment.”^[15] Myers was a panelist on the "Renewable Energy Mandate Reform: State Case Studies" workshop at ALEC's 2015 Annual Meeting.^[16]Myers also wrote a blog post for the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) criticizing the Center for Media and Democracy's "ALEC Exposed" project in August 2011.^[17]

Additionally, ALEC is an associate member of the State Policy Network (SPN), along with the WPC.^[18]

About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

About ALEC

ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

Funding

The Washington Policy Center has received funding from DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund, "two funds that have been closely tied to the Kochs but which obscure the percentage of their grants coming from Koch money. In 2011, contributions from the Donors groups made up 10 percent of JMI's grants," according to the report.^[19]

$78,500 from Donors Capital Fund in 2014
$37,000 from Donors Capital Fund in 2013
$52,000 from Donors Capital Fund in 2012
$50,000 from Donors Capital Fund and $500 from DonorsTrust in 2011
$188,275 from Donors Capital Fund and $1,000 from DonorsTrust in 2010
$180,000 from Donors Capital in 2009

WPC has also received funding from the State Policy Network:

$18,000 in 2014
$24,628 in 2013
$9,250 in 2012
$9,675 in 2011
$42,750 in 2010
$5,000 in 2009

WPC received a $5,000 grant from the Charles G. Koch Foundation in 2012.

Core Financials

2015^[20]

Total Revenue: $2,448,806
Total Expenses: $2,249,164
Net Assets: $2,211,324

2014^[21]

Total Revenue: $1,941,178
Total Expenses: $1,934,552
Net Assets: $2,090,044

2013^[22]

Total Revenue: $1,976,580
Total Expenses: $1,884,072
Net Assets: $2,052,929

2012^[23]

Total Revenue: $1,896,078
Total Expenses: $1,848,803
Net Assets: $1,824,240

2011^[24]

Total Revenue: $1,513,481
Total Expenses: $1,860,653
Net Assets: $1,810,517

2010^[25]:

Total Revenue: $1,500,932.00
Total Expenses: $1,889,632.00
Net Assets: $2,203,342.00

2009^[26]:

Total Revenue: $1,149,317.00
Total Expenses: $1,661,953.00
Net Assets: $2,516,590.00

Personnel

Staff

As of April 2013:^[27]

Daniel Mead Smith, President
Paul Guppy, Vice President for Research
Braden Goodwin, Operations Manager
Stephanie True, Development Director
Dan Sytman, Communications & Marketing Director
Chris Cargill, Eastern Washington Office Director
Liv Finne, Director, Center for Education
Jason Mercier, Director, Center for Government Reform
Todd Myers, Director -- Center for Environmental Policy
Erin Shannon, Director, Center for Small Business
Roger Stark, Health Care Policy Analyst
Tyler Nebeker, Communications Coordinator & Publications Manager
Sydney Jansen, Development Coordinator
Katie Bulger, Event Coordinator

Former Staff

As of 2009:^[28]

Carl Gipson, Director -- Center for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Mike Ennis, Director, Center for Transportation Policy & WashingtonVotes.org
Lyndsey Hartje, Communication Coordinator
Anna Carroll, Development Assistant

Board of Directors

As of October 18, 2016:^[28]

Craig Williamson, Chairman
John Otter, Vice Chairman, CBC Partners, LLC – Bellevue
Dave Barber, Treasurer, Bartell-Barber Investments LLC – Seattle
Matt McIlwain, Secretary, Madrona Venture Group – Seattle
Richard Alvord – Seattle
Bill Baldwin, The Partners Group – Bellevue
Roger Bowlin, R.W. Bowlin Investment Solutions – Chelan
Artie Buerk, Montlake Capital - Seattle
Jim Coles, Western Peterbilt (retired) – Seattle
William Conner – Bellevue
John Connors, Ignition Partners – Bellevue
Kathy Connors – Bellevue
Anne Cowles - Spokane
Hon. Kemper Freeman, Jr., Kemper Development – Bellevue
John J. Hennessy – Snoqualmie
Daniel Mead Smith, President, Washington Policy Center
Dr. Rhonda Medows, Executive Vice President of Population Health at Providence Health & Services
Hon. George R. Nethercutt Jr. – Spokane
Hon. Mary Odermat, Brown Bear Car Wash – Medina
Mark Pinkowski
Greg Porter, Pillar Society President – Berntson Porter & Company – Bellevue
Sarah Rindlaub, Past Chairman – Mercer Island
Phil Scott Schlaepfer, Merrill Lynch - The Phil Scott Group – Bellevue
Irene Song, PACCAR Inc. – Seattle
Hon. Brian Sonntag, Executive Director, Rescue Mission – Tacoma
Heidi Stanley, Empire Bolt & Screw, Inc - Spokane
Randy Talbot, Talbot Financial – Bellevue
Robert Tippett, Tippett Company – Pasco
Janet True – Seattle
Roberta Weymouth, Silver Cloud Inns & Hotels – Bellevue
Wayne Williams, Telect, Inc. – Liberty Lake
Len Zarelli, Merit Company – Lakewood

Board Emeritus

Hon. Emilio Cantu, Former Washington State Senator – Bellevue
Jim Day – Gig Harbor
Richard Derham – Seattle
Barbara Kenney – Bellevue
David Maryatt – Seattle
John "Scotty" McEachern – Seattle
Ed McMillan – Silverdale
Amb. Della Newman, former Amb. to New Zealand – Bow
Hon. William Polk, William Polk Associates – Seattle
Al Symington – Seattle
Robert L. Wiley III – Bellevue

Former Board of Directors

As of April 2013:^[29]

Greg Porter, Chairman, Berntson Porter & Company, Bellevue
Craig Williamson, Vice Chairman, MM Comfort Systems, Redmond
Richard Alvord, Treasurer, Seattle
Roger Bowlin, Secretary, R.W. Bowlin Investment Solutions, Chelan
Dave Barber, Bartell-Barber Family Investments LLC
Jim Coles, Western Peterbilt, Inc., Seattle
William Conner, Conner Development, Bellevue
John Connors, Ignition Partners, Bellevue
Kathy Connors, Bellevue
Jim Day, Gig Harbor
Hon. Kemper Freeman, Jr., Kemper Development, Bellevue
John J. Hennessy, NCM, Snoqualmie
Anne Kelley, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation
Matt McIlwain, Madrona Venture Group
Daniel Mead Smith, President
Hon. George R. Nethercutt Jr., Lundquist, Nethercutt & Griles, Spokane
Hon. Mary Odermat, Brown Bear Car Wash, Medina
John Otter, CBC Partners, Bellevue
Ken D. Peterson, Jr., Columbia Ventures Corp., Vancouver
Sarah Rindlaub, Past Chairman, Mercer Island
Al Symington, Seattle
Randy Talbot, Talbot Financial, Bellevue
Robert Tippett, Tippett Company, Pasco
Janet True, Seattle
Roberta Weymouth, Silver Cloud Inns & Hotels, Bellevue
Robert L. Wiley III, Bellevue
Len Zarelli, Merit Company, Lakewood

Former Board Emeritus:

Bill Baldwin, Baldwin Resource Group, Inc., Redmond
Hon. Emilio Cantu, Former Washington State Senator, Bellevue
Richard Derham, Seattle
Barbara Kenney, Bellevue
David Maryatt, Seattle
John "Scotty" McEachern, Seattle
Ed McMillan, Silverdale
Amb. Della Newman, former Amb. to New Zealand, Bow
Hon. William Polk, William Polk Associates, Seattle

Eastern Washington Advisory Board

As of October 18, 2016:^[28]

Brenda Alford, Alford Farms, Inc. – Pasco
Tom Beil, Spokane
Francis Benjamin, Pullman
Roger Bowlin, R.W. Bowlin Investment Solutions – Lake Chelan
Joanna Cable, Spokane
Michael Cannon, Spokane
Kent Clausen, Spokane
Anne Cowles, Spokane
Jon Devaney, Washington State Tree Fruit Association – Yakima
Craig Dias, Spokane
Pat Dix, Dix Corporation – Spokane
Bill Farris, Richland
Randy Gold, Gold Construction – Wenatchee
Paul Gray, Gray’s Electric – Wenatchee
Colin Hastings, Executive Director, Pasco Chamber of Commerce – Pasco
Tom Hix, NAI Black - Spokane
Robert Jankelson, Tsillan Cellars – Chelan
Larry Lambeth, President, Employment Screening Services, Inc. – Spokane
Kate Lampson, Pasco
William Lampson, Lampson International – Kennewick
Steve Landon, Reese Concrete Products - Kennewick
Jordana LaPorte, LaPorte Financial Alliance - Chelan
Jeff Losey, Executive Director, Homebuilders of the Tri-Cities – Kennewick
Lori Mattson, President, Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce – Kennewick
Jack McCrae, Chelan
Stuart McDougall, McDougall and Sons Fruit – Wenatchee
Dr. Blake McKinley – Spokane Valley
Heidi Myers, Washington Trust Bank – Wenatchee
Hon. George Nethercutt – Spokane
Joed Ngaruiya, Sterling Bank – Kennewick
Chris Patterson, Breakthrough Incorporated – Spokane
Joseph “Vic” Parrish, Former CEO, Energy Northwest - West Richland
Mike Poulson, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Director, 5th Congressional District – Connell
Tom Power, Spokane
Steve Schwan, Pasco
Janet Schmidlkofer, K&N Electric – Spokane
Chris Senske, Senske Lawn & Tree Care – Kennewick
Jeff Severs, Northwestern Mutual – Spokane
Julie Shiflett - Spokane
Bruce Smith, Publisher, Yakima Valley Business Times – Yakima
Mark Sonderen, Sonderen Packaging – Spokane
Don Stafford, Wells Fargo Bank - Spokane
Heidi Stanley, Empire Bolt – Spokane
Peter Stanton, Washington Trust Bank – Spokane
Tyrus Tenold – Spokane Valley
Robert Tippett, Tippett Company – Pasco
Cindy Wendle, Spokane
Judi Williams, Telect, Inc. – Liberty Lake
Wayne Williams, Telect, Inc. – Liberty Lake

Former Eastern Washington Advisory Board

As of April 2013:^[29]

Brenda Alford, Alford Farms, Inc. – Pasco
Steve Appel, Washington State Farm Bureau – Endicott
John Bennett, President, NAI Black – Spokane
Roger Bowlin, R.W. Bowlin Investment Solutions – Lake Chelan
Bob Brody, King Orchards – Wenatchee
Michael Cannon, Owner, Elements Therapeutic Massage – Spokane
Diane Cornwell, People’s Bank – Wenatchee
Anne Cowles – Spokane
Shaun Cross, CEO Lee & Hayes – Spokane
Jon Devaney, Executive Director, Yakima Valley Growers-Shippers Association - Yakima
Craig Dias, Haskins Steel – Spokane
Pat Dix, Dix Corporation – Spokane
Bill Farris, Richland
Randy Gold, Gold Construction – Wenatchee
Paul Gray, Gray’s Electric – Wenatchee
Rich Hadley, President and CEO, Greater Spokane Incorporated – Spokane
Ralph Hamm III, Wells Fargo Bank – Spokane
Colin Hastings, Executive Director, Pasco Chamber of Commerce – Pasco
Robert Jankelson, Tsillan Cellars – Chelan
Patrick Kirby, Kirby Law Offices – Spokane
Kees C. Koster, Preferred Realty Inc. – Pasco
Larry L. Lambeth, President, Employment Screening Services, Inc. – Spokane
William Lampson, Lampson International – Kennewick
Jordana LaPorte, LaPorte Financial Alliance - Chelan
Jeff Losey, Executive Director, Homebuilders of the Tri-Cities – Kennewick
Mike Maehl, Opus 111 Group – Spokane
Lori Mattson, President, Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce – Kennewick
Stuart McDougall, McDougall and Sons Fruit – Wenatchee
Dr. Blake McKinley – Spokane Valley
Heidi Myers, Vice President, Banner Bank - Wenatchee
Hon. George Nethercutt – Spokane
Craig Phillips, CEO, American Behavioral Health Systems – Spokane
Mike & Barbara Poulson, WA Agricultural Legal Foundation – Connell
Janet Schmidlkofer, K&N Electric – Spokane
Melanie Schmitt, Tri-Cities Journal of Business – Kennewick
Chris Senske, Senske Lawn & Tree Care – Kennewick
Jeff Severs, Northwestern Mutual – Spokane
Eldonna Shaw, Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce – Spokane Valley
Damien Sinnott, Walla Walla Chamber of Commerce – Walla Walla
Bruce Smith, Publisher, Yakima Valley Business Times – Yakima
Mark Sonderen, Sonderen Packaging – Spokane
David Stambaugh – Cle Elum
Heidi Stanley, Empire Bolt – Spokane
Peter Stanton, Washington Trust Bank – Spokane
Robert Tippett, Tippett Company – Pasco
Judi Williams, TELECT – Liberty Lake
Wayne Williams, TELECT – Liberty Lake

Research Advisory Board

As of 2009:^[28]

John Castiglia, Premera Blue Cross
Paul Maffeo, Retired, Merrill Lynch, City of Seattle Investment Board
Mathew Manweller, Central Washington University
William Maurer, J.D., Institute for Justice
John Sands, Ph.D., Western Washington University
Roger Stark, M.D., Overlake Hospital
Andrew Tadie, Ph.D., Seattle University

Contact Information

Employer Identification Number (EIN): 91-1752769

Main Mailing Address P.O. Box 3643

Seattle, Washington 98124-3643

Website: http://www.washingtonpolicy.org

Email: wpc@washingtonpolicy.org

Email: dmeadsmith@washingtonpolicy.org

Twitter: @WAPolicyCenter

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/washington.policy.center

Seattle Office

3404 4th Ave S.

Seattle, WA 98134

Phone: (206).937.9691

Fax: (206).624.8038

Olympia Office

711 Capitol Way South, Suite 505

Olympia, WA 98501

Phone: (360).705.9068

Fax: (360).705.6543

Spokane Office

801 W. Riverside, Suite 100

Spokane, WA 99201

Phone: (509).570.2384

Tri-Cities Office

2815 St. Andrews Loop, Suite F

Pasco, WA 99302

Phone: (509).547.2234

Articles and Resources

External Resources

Wall Street Journal, The Spoils of the Republican State Conquest, December 9, 2016, archived by CMD here.
DeSmog Blog, Stink Tanks: Historical Records Reveal State Policy Network Was Created by ALEC, December 9, 2013.
The Guardian, State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax, December 5, 2013.
Portland Press Herald, "Washington County residents have mixed reactions to plan to eliminate taxes," December 5, 2013.
The Texas Observer, "The Money Behind the Fight to Undermine Medicaid," December 5, 2013.
Media Matters, North Carolina Newspapers Largely Ignore Conservative Funding Of Sham Think Tanks, December 3, 2013.
Shepherd Express, Masters of Manipulation: Right-wing Billionaires, Corporations and the Bradley Foundation Pay for Junk Studies that Prop up Their Agenda, November 27, 2013.
"Moyers & Company," How a Shadowy Network of Corporate Front Groups Distorts the Marketplace of Ideas, November 19, 2013.
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Free Speech TV "Ring of Fire," Facebook, Microsoft, AT&T and Others Supporting Right Wing Propaganda Machine, November 18, 2013.
Topeka Capital-Journal, Trabert dismisses report tying KPI to Koch agenda, November 16, 2013.
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Salon, Ted Cruz and Koch brothers embroiled in shadowy Tea Party scheme, November 15, 2013.
St. Louis Business Journal, Beyond Sinquefield: Who else is funding the Show-Me Institute?, November 15, 2013.
The Guardian, Facebook and Microsoft help fund rightwing lobby network, report finds, November 14, 2013.
Huffington Post, Meet The Little-Known Network Pushing Ideas For Kochs, ALEC, November 14, 2013.
CBS St. Louis, Show-Me Institute’s Ties Questioned in New Report, November 14, 2013.
Talking Points Memo, Florida Conservative Group Helping Muck Up Obamacare In Alaska, November 14, 2013.
Mint Press News, Reports Reveal SPN’s Secret Corporate Agenda Through Use ‘Expert’ Testimony, November 14, 2013.
Media Matters, Shadowy Right-Wing Group Generates Media Coverage For Conservative Policy From Coast To Coast, November 14, 2013.
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Progress Missouri, What Missourians Need to Know About the Show-Me Institute, organizational report, updated November 13, 2013.
Granite State Progress, Bad Bartlett: The Josiah Bartlett Center and NH Watchdog Answer the Call of the Koch Brothers, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
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Keystone Progress, Think tanks or corporate lobbyist propaganda mills?, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
Progress Texas, TPPF + ALEC, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
One Wisconsin Now, S is for Shill: Inside the Bradley Foundation's Attack on Public Education, organizational report, November 13, 2013.
Muncie Voice, Pence and Right-Wing Are Taking Over Public Education, November 13, 2013.
The Spokesman-Review, Shawn Vestal: Idaho Freedom Foundation pushes limits of word ‘charity’, November 2, 2013.
AZ Central, When this ‘watchdog’ pitches, taxpayers strike out, October 12, 2013.
IndyStar, Daniels says speech to partisan group was a mistake, October 10, 2013.
Muncie Voice, Indiana Policy Review: Not an Independent News Source, October 2, 2013.
The Spokesman-Review, Idaho Freedom Foundation's charitable status scrutinized, September 15, 2013.
CounterSpin, Lee Fang on 'The Right Leans In', April 5, 2013.
FireDogLake, State Policy Network, an umbrella coordinating ALEC, Heritage, Heartland and others, April 4, 2013.
Thom Hartmann with Lee Fang on MSNBC, The conservative State Policy Network is sneaking into your state & will change America, March 29, 2013.
Current TV "War Room",, March 28, 2013.
The Nation, The Right Leans In, March 26, 2013.
Democracy Now, Donors Trust: Little-Known Group Helps Wealthy Backers Fund Right-Wing Agenda in Secret, February 19, 2013.
Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity, Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states, Consider the Source, February 14, 2013.
John R. Mashey, Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2, DeSmog Blog report, updated October 23, 2012, p. 74.
Urban Milwaukee, Stealth Conservatives, October 11, 2012.
Rome News-Tribune, ANALYSIS: Georgia leaders depend on the same well for ideas, October 2012.
Andy Kroll, The Right-Wing Network Behind the War on Unions, Mother Jones, April 25, 2011.
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