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<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></span></p><p><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">stinktank</font></span></p><p><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">https://californiapolicycenter.org/<b>ill-timed</b>-fossil-fuel-pension-disinvestment-bill-threatens-economy/</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 35px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>as international tensions threaten US and global energy supplies, the California State Senate is considering legislation that would compel public pension funds to divest from fossil fuel companies,</b> potentially starving these firms of capital. The Senate bill is the latest in a series of initiatives designed to replace traditional portfolio management with a set of shifting environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment mandates that could harm public employees, taxpayers, and the nation’s economy.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The proposed law, Senate Bill 1173, apples to the <a href="https://www.calpers.ca.gov/page/investments" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; max-width: 100%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(69, 129, 142);">California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)</a> and the <a href="https://www.calstrs.com/investments-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; max-width: 100%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(69, 129, 142);">California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)</a>, which collectively manage close to $800 billion of taxpayer funds</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> intended to provide pensions for state and local government employees, as well as teachers and professors across California.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Both pension funds have far less money than they need to cover promised retirement benefits over the coming decades and are largely relying on strong investment returns to close their funding gaps.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Limiting the discretion of pension board members and investment managers to maximize risk-adjusted returns could ultimately lead to tax increases or lower-than-expected benefits for retirees if these pension systems don’t have the money to provide benefits already promised to workers. While public employee pensions enjoy strong legal protections in California, they are not guaranteed to keep up with inflation, and insufficient funding restricts the systems’ ability to provide cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to retirees.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Historically, California lawmakers have understood that public pension systems have a fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers, employees, and retirees. Article XVI, Section 17b of the California State Constitution <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CONS&division=&title=&part=&chapter=&article=XVI" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; max-width: 100%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(69, 129, 142);">includes</a> the following:</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The members of the retirement board of a public pension or retirement system shall discharge their duties with respect to the system solely in the interest of, and for the exclusive purposes of <b>providing benefits to</b>, participants and their beneficiaries, minimizing employer contributions thereto, and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the system.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Employer contributions as mentioned in this section refer to pension fund payments made by state and local governments, as well as local education agencies, mostly with taxpayer funds. 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Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) and Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco), seem to understand that the state constitution imposes a fiduciary responsibility on the state’s pension boards, but try to exclude fossil fuel investments from this mandate, <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1173" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; max-width: 100%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(69, 129, 142);">stating in the bill</a>:</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The purpose of this section is to require the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers’ Retirement System, consistent with, and not in violation of, their fiduciary responsibilities, to divest their holdings of fossil fuel company investments as one part of the state’s broader efforts to decarbonize the California economy and to transition to clean, pollution-free energy resources.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Given this potential conflict the senators have included provisions in SB 1173 indemnifying CalPERS and CalSTRS board members, employees, and contractors from any legal liability if pension fund stakeholders decide to sue them for failing to meet their fiduciary responsibilities by liquidating fossil </b>fuel investments.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">CalPERS and CalSTRS are tasked with providing the pension benefits they’ve promised to workers, not promoting the state’s energy or climate change goals. With Russia invading Ukraine and international sanctions ratcheting up, it is possible that Russia, the world’s third largest energy producer, may eventually be ejected from global energy markets for an extended period.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">California’s gas prices, currently nearly $5 per gallon,</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> highlight the need a robust domestic energy market</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">. Although some may see high gasoline prices as a good way to combat climate change by reducing driving, Californians on modest incomes may not be able to use public transit or buy a pricey new electric Tesla</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Many Californians have little choice but to pay more at the pump to get to work and essential locations, thus reducing their spending on other items. Ultimately, efforts to prevent capital from making its way to companies that provide oil and gas could hurt the pocketbooks of California’s families.</span></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">To be clear, CalPERS and CalSTRS do not need to go out of their way to invest in oil and gas companies, they should simply invest in whatever will best ensure they’ll have the assets to pay for the pension benefits promised to workers. And state lawmakers shouldn’t restrict those efforts or <b>force their environmental or social goals onto pension fund managers.</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Entrepreneurs are developing many tools to transition us away from fossil fuels</b>, if that’s what Californians want. The best options involve private capital and innovation reducing the cost and increasing the availability of renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, and <b>nuclear</b>. However, forcing public pension funds to potentially undermine the US domestic market for oil and natural gas before the economy is ready to fully replace these alternatives would be an unforced error that could also hurt taxpayers and pensioners.</font></p><div class="bio" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin: 35px 0px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">Marc Joffe is a senior policy analyst at <b>Reason Foundation.</b></font></span></p></div><p><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></span></p><p><a href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/featured-documents/bradley-impact-fund-2019-approved-grant-recipient-organizations/"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://www.exposedbycmd.org/featured-documents/bradley-impact-fund-2019-approved-grant-recipient-organizations/</font></a></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">tustin?</font></p><p><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">==</font></span>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>California Public Policy Center</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a right-wing pressure group based in California. Founded in June 2010, it is a state affiliate of the $83 million right-wing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">State Policy Network</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(SPN), a web of state pressure groups that denote themselves as "think tanks" and drive a right-wing agenda in statehouses nationwide.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>See<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Members" title="SPN Members" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">SPN Members</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for more.</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Although SPN's member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent, the Center for Media and Democracy's in-depth investigation, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/2/25/SPN_National_Report_FINAL.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">EXPOSED: The State Policy Network -- The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government</a>," reveals that SPN and its member think tanks are major drivers of the right-wing,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Ties_to_ALEC" title="SPN Ties to ALEC" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">American Legislative Exchange Council</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(ALEC)-backed corporate agenda in state houses nationwide, with deep ties to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_brothers" title="Koch brothers" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Koch brothers</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and the national right-wing network of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Funding" title="SPN Funding" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">funders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In response to CMD's report, SPN Executive Director<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tracie_Sharp" title="Tracie Sharp" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Tracie Sharp</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>told national and statehouse reporters that SPN affiliates are "fiercely independent." Later the same week, however,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The New Yorker'</i>s Jane Mayer caught Sharp in a contradiction. In her article, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/11/is-ikea-the-new-model-for-the-conservative-movement.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?</a>," 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.'"<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A set of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/842271-spn-budget-proposals-state-by-state.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">coordinated fundraising proposals</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>obtained and released by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Guardian</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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,"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Guardian</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>notes.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></font>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As of September 2013:<sup id="cite_ref-ArchiveAbout_5-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_note-ArchiveAbout-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></sup></font></p>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">TJ Zane</font></li>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As of September 2013:<sup id="cite_ref-ArchiveAbout_5-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_note-ArchiveAbout-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></sup></font></p>
<ul style=" list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A);">
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ed Ring (Editor, UnionWatch.org; former employee of Stop Special Interest Money Now, the California PAC that placed Prop. 32 on the November 2012 state ballot), Executive Director</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jack Dean</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John Dickerson</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">William Fletcher (former Senior Vice President, Rockwell International; formerly employed by Bechtel Corporation, McKinsey and Company, Inc., and Combustion Engineering’s Nuclear Power Division; formerly an officer and engineer in the U.S. Navy’s nuclear program)</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Marcia Fritz (President and founding board member, California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility)</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Gloria Romero (former California State Senator; State Director, Democrats for Education Reform)</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Larry Sand (president, California Teachers Empowerment Network)</font></li>
</ul>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><big>2012</big></b><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a></sup></font></p>
<ul style=" list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A);">
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Total Revenue: $36,797</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Total Expenses: $27,241</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Net Assets: $30,821</font></li>
</ul>
<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><big>2011</big></b><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a></sup></font></p>
<ul style=" list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A);">
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Total Revenue: $160,063</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Total Expenses: $136,884</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Net Assets: $-30,821</font></li>
</ul>
<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><big>2010</big></b><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a></sup></font></p>
<ul style=" list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A);">
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Total Revenue: $105,000</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Total Expenses: $52,914</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Net Assets: $52,086</font></li>
</ul>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">18002 Irvine Blvd.,Suite 108
Tustin, CA 92780
Phone: (714) 573-2201
Web:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://californiapublicpolicycenter.org/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">http://californiapublicpolicycenter.org/</a></font></p>
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<ul style=" list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A);">
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">State Policy Network</a>:
</font><ul style=" list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A);">
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:State_Policy_Network" title="Portal:State Policy Network" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">SPN Portal</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Political_Activity" title="SPN Political Activity" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">SPN Political Activity</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Funding" title="SPN Funding" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">SPN Funding</a>
</font><ul style=" list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A);">
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_2011_Funding" title="SPN 2011 Funding" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">SPN 2011 Funding</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_2010_Funding" title="SPN 2010 Funding" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">SPN 2010 Funding</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_2009_Funding" title="SPN 2009 Funding" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">SPN 2009 Funding</font></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Agenda" title="SPN Agenda" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">SPN Agenda</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Founders,History,and_Staff" title="SPN Founders, History, and Staff" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">SPN Founders, History, and Staff</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Members" title="SPN Members" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">SPN Members</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SPN_Ties_to_ALEC" title="SPN Ties to ALEC" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">SPN Ties to ALEC</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_A._Roe" title="Thomas A. Roe" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Thomas A. Roe</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tracie_Sharp" title="Tracie Sharp" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Tracie Sharp</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Byron_S._Lamm" title="Byron S. Lamm" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Byron S. Lamm</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roe_Foundation" title="Roe Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Roe Foundation</font></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">American Legislative Exchange Council</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(ALEC)
</font><ul style=" list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A);">
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Non-Profits" title="ALEC Non-Profits" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">ALEC Non-Profits</font></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DonorsTrust" title="DonorsTrust" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">DonorsTrust</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Donors_Capital_Fund" title="Donors Capital Fund" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Donors Capital Fund</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Family_Foundations" title="Koch Family Foundations" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Koch Family Foundations</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Industries" title="Koch Industries" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Koch Industries</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heritage_Foundation" title="Heritage Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Heritage Foundation</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Think_tanks" title="Think tanks" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Think tanks</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Whitney_Ball" title="Whitney Ball" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Whitney Ball</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Adam_Meyerson" title="Adam Meyerson" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Adam Meyerson</font></a></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bridgett_Wagner" title="Bridgett Wagner" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Bridgett Wagner</font></a></li>
</ul>
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<ul style=" list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A);">
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Brendan Fischer,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/12/12344/why-franklin-center-wisconsin-reporter-attacking-john-doe" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Why Are the Franklin Center's "Wisconsin Reporter" and "Watchdog.org" Attacking the John Doe?</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, December 19, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rebekah Wilce,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/11/12316/state-policy-networks-cozy-relationship-big-tobacco" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">The State Policy Network's Cozy Relationship with Big Tobacco</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, December 16, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rebekah Wilce,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/12/12339/did-alec-found-spn-1991-report-suggests-so-exposes-spn-agenda" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Did ALEC Found SPN? 1991 Report Suggests So, Exposes SPN Agenda</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, December 12, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rebekah Wilce,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/12/12334/guardian-documents-expose-state-policy-network-groups-intent-lobby" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Guardian Documents Expose State Policy Network Groups' Intent to Lobby</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, December 5, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rebekah Wilce,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/12/12325/state-policy-network-stealth-network-dramatically-influencing-state-law" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">State Policy Network: The Stealth Network Dramatically Influencing State Law</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, December 5, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rebekah Wilce,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/11/12311/tracie-sharp-bursar-mystery-money-and-ikea-model-materials-stinktanks" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Tracie Sharp: Bursar of Mystery Money and "IKEA Model" Materials to Stink Tanks</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, November 19, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Center for Media and Democracy,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/11/12302/reports-expose-right-wing-pressure-groups-fronting-think-tanks" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Reports Expose Extreme Pressure Groups Masquerading as Think Tanks</a>, press release, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rebekah Wilce,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/node/11909/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">A Reporters’ Guide to the "State Policy Network": the Right-Wing Think Tanks Spinning Disinformation and Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, April 4, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sara Jerving,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11878/alec-and-heartland-aim-crush-renewable-energy-standards-states" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">ALEC and Heartland Aim to Crush Renewable Energy Standards in the States</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, November 27, 2012.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Connor Gibson,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/10/11819/meet-network-hiding-koch-money-donors-trust-and-donors-capital-fund" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Meet the Network Hiding the Koch Money: "Donors Trust" and "Donors Capital Fund"</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, October 29, 2012.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Brendan Fischer,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11490/koch-funded-mackinac-center-brings-wisconsin-act-10-provisions-alec" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Brings Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, May 2, 2012.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sara Jerving,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/10971/franklin-center-right-wing-funds-state-news-source" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Franklin Center: Right-Wing Funds State News Source</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>PRWatch.org</i>, October 31, 2011.</font></li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>DeSmog Blog</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/12/09/stink-tanks-historical-records-reveal-state-policy-network-created-alec" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Stink Tanks: Historical Records Reveal State Policy Network Was Created by ALEC</a>, December 9, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>The Guardian</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/state-conservative-groups-assault-education-health-tax" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax</a>, December 5, 2013.</font></b></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Portland Press Herald</i>, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/Mainers-in-Washington-County-have-mixed-reactions-to-FreeME-plan-to-eliminate-taxes.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Washington County residents have mixed reactions to plan to eliminate taxes</a>," December 5, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>The Texas Observer</i>, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.texasobserver.org/money-behind-fight-undermine-medicaid/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">The Money Behind the Fight to Undermine Medicaid</a>," December 5, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Media Matters,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediamatters.org/research/2013/12/03/north-carolina-newspapers-largely-ignore-conser/197113" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">North Carolina Newspapers Largely Ignore Conservative Funding Of Sham Think Tanks</a>, December 3, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Shepherd Express</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-22239-masters-of-manipulation.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Masters of Manipulation: Right-wing Billionaires, Corporations and the Bradley Foundation Pay for Junk Studies that Prop up Their Agenda</a>, November 27, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Moyers & Company,"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://billmoyers.com/2013/11/19/how-a-shadowy-network-of-corporate-front-groups-distorts-the-marketplace-of-ideas/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">How a Shadowy Network of Corporate Front Groups Distorts the Marketplace of Ideas</a>, November 19, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>MSNBC</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"Rachel Maddow Show,"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rachel-maddow/53595649#53595649" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">November 18, 2013</a>.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Free Speech TV</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"Ring of Fire,"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2013/11/facebook-microsoft-att-others-supporting-right-wing-propaganda-machine/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Facebook, Microsoft, AT&T and Others Supporting Right Wing Propaganda Machine</a>, November 18, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Topeka Capital-Journal</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cjonline.com/news/2013-11-16/trabert-dismisses-report-tying-kpi-koch-agenda" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Trabert dismisses report tying KPI to Koch agenda</a>, November 16, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>The New Yorker</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Jane Mayer),<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/11/is-ikea-the-new-model-for-the-conservative-movement.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?</a>, November 15, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Salon</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.salon.com/2013/11/15/ted_cruz_and_koch_brothers_embroiled_in_shadowy_tea_party_scheme/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Ted Cruz and Koch brothers embroiled in shadowy Tea Party scheme</a>, November 15, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>St. Louis Business Journal</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morning_call/2013/11/beyond-sinquefield-who-else-is.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Beyond Sinquefield: Who else is funding the Show-Me Institute?</a>, November 15, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>The Guardian</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/14/facebook-microsoft-rightwing-lobby-network-spn" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Facebook and Microsoft help fund rightwing lobby network, report finds</a>, November 14, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Huffington Post</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/14/state-policy-network-kochs_n_4275899.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Meet The Little-Known Network Pushing Ideas For Kochs, ALEC</a>, November 14, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>CBS St. Louis</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/11/14/show-me-institutes-ties-questioned-in-new-report/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Show-Me Institute’s Ties Questioned in New Report</a>, November 14, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Talking Points Memo</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/florida-conservative-group-helping-muck-up-obamacare-in-alaska" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Florida Conservative Group Helping Muck Up Obamacare In Alaska</a>, November 14, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Mint Press News</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mintpressnews.com/reports-reveal-spns-secret-corporate-agenda-through-use-expert-testimony/172663/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Reports Reveal SPN’s Secret Corporate Agenda Through Use ‘Expert’ Testimony</a>, November 14, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Media Matters,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/14/shadowy-right-wing-group-generates-media-covera/196906" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Shadowy Right-Wing Group Generates Media Coverage For Conservative Policy From Coast To Coast</a>, November 14, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Institute for Southern Studies,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.southernstudies.org/2013/11/are-conservative-think-tanks-breaking-lobbying-law.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Are conservative think tanks breaking lobbying laws?</a>, November 14, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Nonprofit Quarterly</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/23239-corporate-money-in-network-of-right-wing-state-policy-think-tanks.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Corporate Money in Network of Right-Wing State Policy Think Tanks</a>, November 14, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>The Progressive</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.progressive.org/rightwing-think-tanks-push-privatization-in-the-states" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Right-Wing Think Tanks Push Privatization in the States</a>, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Politico</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/koch-brothers-think-tank-report-99791.html?hp=l3" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Report: Think tanks tied to Kochs</a>, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Lawrence Journal-World</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/nov/13/reports-released-progressive-groups-critical-kansa/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Reports released by progressive groups are critical of Kansas Policy Institute</a>, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Maine Insights</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://maineinsights.com/perma/report-maine-heritage-policy-centers-funding-connection-to-koch-brothers" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Report: Maine Heritage Policy Center’s funding connection to Koch Brothers</a>, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>The Florida Current</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=35282005" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Liberal groups bemoan lobbying by conservative think tanks</a>, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>The Oregonian</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2013/11/cascade_policy_institute_benef.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Cascade Policy Institute benefits from secretive donor group but says it operates independently</a>, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Center for Media and Democracy,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/2/25/SPN_National_Report_FINAL.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">EXPOSED: The State Policy Network, The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Arizona Working Families and CMD,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/arizona" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">A Reporter’s Guide to the Goldwater Institute: What Citizens, Policymakers, and Reporters Should Know</a>, organizational report, updated November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Progress Florida and CMD,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/florida" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Lawmaking Under the Influence of Very Special Interests: Understand the role of Florida ‘think tanks’ in driving a Koch-fueled, ALEC-allied corporate agenda</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Maine's Majority Education Fund,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/maine" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Fooling Maine: How national conservative groups infiltrated Maine politics by founding and funding the Maine Heritage Policy Center</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Progress Michigan,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/michigan" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Who's Running Michigan? The Far-Right Influence of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Alliance for a Better Minnesota,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/minnesota" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Who's in Charge: How Nationalized Corporate-Run Think Tanks Influence Minnesota Politics</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Progress Missouri,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/missouri" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">What Missourians Need to Know About the Show-Me Institute</a>, organizational report, updated November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Granite State Progress,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/new-hampshire" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Bad Bartlett: The Josiah Bartlett Center and NH Watchdog Answer the Call of the Koch Brothers</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ProgressOhio,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/ohio" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Smoke Screen: The Buckeye Institute</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Keystone Progress,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Think tanks or corporate lobbyist propaganda mills?</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Progress Texas,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/texas" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">TPPF + ALEC</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">One Wisconsin Now,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/wisconsin" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">S is for Shill: Inside the Bradley Foundation's Attack on Public Education</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Muncie Voice</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://muncievoice.com/9357/glenda-ritz-pence-right-wing-are-taking-over-public-education/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Pence and Right-Wing Are Taking Over Public Education</a>, November 13, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>The Spokesman-Review</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/nov/02/shawn-vestal-idaho-freedom-foundation-pushes/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Shawn Vestal: Idaho Freedom Foundation pushes limits of word ‘charity’</a>, November 2, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>AZ Central</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.azcentral.com/insiders/ejmontini/2013/10/12/when-this-watchdog-pitches-taxpayers-lose/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">When this ‘watchdog’ pitches, taxpayers strike out</a>, October 12, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>IndyStar</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indystar.com/article/BY/20131010/NEWS0501/310100044/Daniels-says-speech-to-partisan-group-was-a-mistake?nclick_check=1" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Daniels says speech to partisan group was a mistake</a>, October 10, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Muncie Voice</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://muncievoice.com/8962/indiana-policy-review-not-an-independent-news-source/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Indiana Policy Review: Not an Independent News Source</a>, October 2, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>The Spokesman-Review</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/sep/15/idaho-freedom-foundations-charitable-status/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Idaho Freedom Foundation's charitable status scrutinized</a>, September 15, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>CounterSpin</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fair.org/counterspin-radio/tim-shorrock-on-north-korea-lee-fang-on-the-right-leans-in/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Lee Fang on 'The Right Leans In'</a>, April 5, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>FireDogLake</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://my.firedoglake.com/cgibson/2013/04/04/state-policy-network/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">State Policy Network, an umbrella coordinating ALEC, Heritage, Heartland and others</a>, April 4, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thom Hartmann with Lee Fang on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>MSNBC</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thomhartmann.com/bigpicture/conservative-state-policy-network-sneaking-your-state-will-change-america" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">The conservative State Policy Network is sneaking into your state & will change America</a>, March 29, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Current TV</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"War Room",<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXBQcrPx0aY" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Lee Fang discussing the State Policy Network</a>, March 28, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>The Nation</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thenation.com/article/173528/right-leans?page=full" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">The Right Leans In</a>, March 26, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Democracy Now</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/19/donors_trust_little_known_group_helps" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Donors Trust: Little-Known Group Helps Wealthy Backers Fund Right-Wing Agenda in Secret</a>, February 19, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/02/14/12181/donors-use-charity-push-free-market-policies-states" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Consider the Source</i>, February 14, 2013.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John R. Mashey,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/fake2.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>DeSmog Blog</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>report, updated October 23, 2012, p. 74.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Urban Milwaukee</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2012/10/11/murphy%E2%80%99s-law-stealth-conservatives/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Stealth Conservatives</a>, October 11, 2012.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Rome News-Tribune</i>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/20390910/article-ANALYSIS--Georgia-leaders-depend-on-the-same-well-for-ideas?instance=home_news_lead_story" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">ANALYSIS: Georgia leaders depend on the same well for ideas</a>, October 2012.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Andy Kroll,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/state-policy-network-union-bargaining" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">The Right-Wing Network Behind the War on Unions</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Mother Jones</i>, April 25, 2011.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Guidestar,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/ReportOrganization.aspx?ein=57-0952531" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">State Policy Network</a>, IRS filings and other organizational information about SPN.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Center for Policy Alternatives,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecwatch.org/cpabrochure.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">ALEC and the Extreme Right-Wing Agenda</a>, organizational brochure about ALEC and SPN.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John J. Miller,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heymiller.com/2009/09/fifty-flowers-bloom/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Fifty Flowers Bloom: Conservative think tanks — mini–Heritage Foundations — at the state level</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>National Review</i>, November 19, 2007.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bridge Project,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bridgeproject.com/?organization&id=275641&tab=grants" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">State Policy Network</a>, online resource listing grants to SPN and SPN's connections to other groups.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/People_for_the_American_Way" title="People for the American Way" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">People for the American Way</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/state-policy-network" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">State Policy Network</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>RightWingWatch.org</i>, organizational resource.</font></li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greenpeace" title="Greenpeace" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Greenpeace</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/state-policy-network-spn/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Koch Industries Climate Denial Front Group: State Policy Network (SPN)</a>, organizational resource.</font></li>
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<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style=" -webkit-user-select: none;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text">State Policy Network,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spn.org/members/default.asp" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Members</a>, organizational website, accessed December 2013.</span></font></li>
<li id="cite_note-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style=" -webkit-user-select: none;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text">Rebekah Wilce, Center for Media and Democracy,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/2/25/SPN_National_Report_FINAL.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">EXPOSED: The State Policy Network -- The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</span></font></li>
<li id="cite_note-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style=" -webkit-user-select: none;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text">Jane Mayer,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/11/is-ikea-the-new-model-for-the-conservative-movement.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The New Yorker</i>, November 15, 2013.</span></font></li>
<li id="cite_note-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style=" -webkit-user-select: none;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text">Ed Pilkington and Suzanne Goldenberg,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/state-conservative-groups-assault-education-health-tax" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Guardian</i>, December 5, 2013.</span></font></li>
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<li id="cite_note-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style=" -webkit-user-select: none;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text">California Public Policy Center,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2012_04_EO/27-2870463_990EZ_201112.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">2011 Form 990</a>, organizational annual IRS filing, March 6, 2012.</span></font></li>
<li id="cite_note-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style=" -webkit-user-select: none;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_Public_Policy_Center#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text">California Public Policy Center,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/2011_06_EO/27-2870463_990EZ_201012.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 16px; background: url("http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") 100% 50% no-repeat;">2010 Form 990</a>, organizational annual IRS filing, May 11, 2011.</span></font></li>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>California Policy Center</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(CPC) is a public policy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_tank" title="Think tank" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">think tank</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>located in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Policy_Center#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The organization is active in pension reform and education reform efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Policy_Center#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The organization operates a website, TransparencyCalifornia.com, that houses a public pension database that includes information about the pension benefits of retired public employees.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Policy_Center#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Romero_(California_politician)" title="Gloria Romero (California politician)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Gloria Romero</a>, the former Democratic majority leader of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">California State Senate</a>, leads the organization's education reform efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Policy_Center#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></font></p>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">alifornia Policy Center is an educational nonprofit focused on how to improve California’s democracy and economy.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">An attorney licensed in California since 1975, Mr. Loewen recently retired after practicing 36 years as a member of a prominent international law firm in its 85-lawyer Irvine, California office. There he specialized in business litigation with an emphasis on environmental and appellate cases and is still consulted on constitutional issues concerning personal freedom. Robert Loewen is chairman of the Lincoln Club of Orange County, where he has been a member for over 20 years. He served as President of the Lincoln Club from 2009 to 2013.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Loewen received his bachelor of arts degree from Pomona College in 1970. Following college, Mr. Loewen served in the United States Army, including a tour in the Republic of Vietnam. He was honorably discharged in 1972 as a First Lieutenant.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 1975, Mr. Loewen graduated first in his class from the University of Southern California School of Law, where he served as Executive Editor of Lead Articles for the Southern California Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif. Following law school, Mr. Loewen served as a law clerk to Justice Byron R. White at the United States Supreme Court and for Judge Walter Ely at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Loewen serves on the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Orange County, the Board and Executive Committee of the Lincoln Club of Orange County, and the Board of Advisors of The Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence. Married to Jacinta Loewen in 1972, the couple has three grown children. They have lived in Laguna Beach, California for over thirty years.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Bucher has been actively involved in public affairs since the 1993 Proposition 174 school choice campaign, when he acted as the volunteer coordinator for Orange County. His observations during that campaign of the power and influence of the unions in our state led him to found the Education Alliance, a group dedicated to assisting independent school board candidates as well as authoring, qualifying, and chairing the 1998 Proposition 226, which would have required unions to receive permission to use their members’ dues for political purposes.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bucher is a longtime entrepreneur. He is the chairman and founder of Employers Resource, a full service human resources consulting firm. He is also the CEO and founder of Service First, providing plumbing and HVAC solutions to commercial clients throughout Southern California.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bucher obtained his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Biola University, and his Juris Doctorate from Western State University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, first in his class, and with the additional honor of Valedictorian. Mark lives with his family in Orange County, California.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David L. Bahnsen, Board Director</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David L. Bahnsen is founder, Managing Director, and Chief Investment Officer of The Bahnsen Group, a private wealth management boutique based in Newport Beach. David has been named as one of Barron’s America’s Top 1,200 Advisors as well as On Wall Street’s Top 40 Advisors Under 40 and Financial Times Top 400 Advisors in America, he directs all portfolio and strategic asset allocation decisions, personal wealth advising and advanced estate planning strategies for The Bahnsen Group’s high net worth individuals and families.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David is a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) and holds numerous financial designations and licenses. He is an active board member of the Lincoln Club of Orange County where he serves on the Executive Committee and chairs the Platinum Circle. He is the Vice President on the Board of Trustees for Pacifica Christian High School of Orange County. Mr. Bahnsen also serves on the Blackstone Faculty of the Alliance Defense Fund and is a Cooperating Board member of the Center for Cultural Leadership where he is the Senior Fellow of Economics and Finance.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">David is a disciple of Milton Friedman, a lover of Ronald Reagan, and a “National Review kind of conservative.” His prolific writings strive to reflect an ideology of freedom principles integrated with transcendent truths. David’s hobbies include travel, fine dining, golf, and sports. His ultimate passions are his lovely wife of nearly 14 years, Joleen, their gorgeous and brilliant children, sons Mitchell and Graham, and daughter Sadie, and the life they’ve created together in Newport Beach, California.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John Kruger, Board Director</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John Kruger is one of the founders & Chairman at TravisMathew Apparel, an Orange County based manufacturer of sports & lifestyle apparel. Kruger has been a life long entrepreneur, previously serving as the second generation CEO of Accurate Metal Fabricators, a precision metal fabricator serving the electronics industry. In 2008, he sold the company and now invests his time in school activities – serving on the board of Orange Lutheran High School, supporting the charter school movement, as well as other school efforts which will promote real improvement in outcomes. John lives with his family in Orange County, California.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jim Palmer, Board Director</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jim Palmer is President of the Orange County Rescue Mission, the county’s most comprehensive private homeless services provider. The Rescue Mission started with nine people and has grown into the largest non-profit, faith-based organization serving more than 19,800 people throughout Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties by providing more than 1.7 million units of service and more than 1 million meals in 2010.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Under Mr. Palmer’s visionary leadership, OCRM has received national recognition for success rates of client graduates and entrepreneurial approaches to developing self-sufficiency, including the 211th Presidential Point of Light award, Governor Schwarzenegger’s Service Award (2004), and recognition from President George W. Bush at the Faith-based Initiatives Conference in Washington, D.C. On July 3rd, 2007 President George W. Bush nominated Mr. Palmer for the position of a Director on the Board of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Sixty days later, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Palmer’s nomination for his term ending 2011.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mr. Palmer is the only person to have served on three levels of government simultaneously. He served as a local elected official, County Commissioner, and Federal Official from 2006 to 2010. Mr. Palmer continues to serve as a County Housing Commissioner, and a Senate Confirmed Presidential Appointee. He recently completed four years on the Tustin City Council. One of his significant achievements was authoring and implementing the most comprehensive government transparency law in California.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mr. Palmer served as the Commander of the Orange County Sheriffs’ Department volunteer Professional Services Responders. He commanded a group of over 400 volunteers that provided $5 million dollars worth of service. He has personally volunteered more than 2,000 hours, in the areas of homeland security, fire arms range master and commander of the unit.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mr. Palmer is an advocate for children’s issues in Orange County. He fostered nine children and adopted three. As a father, Mr. Palmer spends time with his two sons and two daughters. In his free time, he is a rancher raising horses and goats. Mr. Palmer resides in the City of Tustin with his four children.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ed Ring is the President of the California Policy Center. He directs the organization’s research projects and is also the editor of UnionWatch.org. His work has been cited in the Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and other national and regional publications. Previously, as a CFO primarily for start-up companies in the Silicon Valley, he has done financial accounting for over 20 years, and brings this experience to his analysis and commentary on issues of public sector finance. Between 1991 and 1997 he was CFO and circulation director for Upside Magazine, a technology and finance publication that grew to a national readership of 325,000. From 1995 to 2009 he was the editor of EcoWorld, a website covering environmental issues from a free-market perspective. Between 2007 and 2010 he launched in partnership with AlwaysOn Media the highly successful “GoingGreen” clean technology investor conferences, held annually in San Francisco and Boston. He has an MBA in Finance from the University of Southern California, and a BA in Political Science from UC Davis.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Will Swaim is Vice President of Communications for the California Policy Center. For the past four years, Swaim was editor of Watchdog.org, a national network of state-based investigative reporters, and vice president of journalism at Watchdog’s nonprofit parent, the Washington, D.C.-based Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity. In 1990, he was named managing editor of the startup international business magazine, World Trade. He rose quickly to publisher. In 1995, Village Voice Media named him OC Weekly’s founding editor; that newspaper became the fastest startup to profitability in the alternative weekly industry. In 2000, he was promoted to associate publisher, and to publisher in 2002. Swaim left OC Weekly in January 2007, and shortly after launched The District, an alternative newsweekly in Long Beach, California. Swaim graduated summa cum laude in journalism and with honors in theology from the University of Southern California. He earned an MA in history from UC Irvine where he was a California Regents Fellow. A seventh-generation Californian, Swaim has written extensively about California business, media, politics and religion; is the winner of several print journalism awards and a Southern California Broadcasters Golden Mike award for public affairs commentary. He appears regularly on television and radio.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Paul Olivett</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Paul Olivett brings more than 25 years of major gift fundraising experience to the California Policy Center including time with National Review, the Pennsylvania State University, and the American Red Cross (during which time he helped raise money for the victims of the Northridge earthquake). Paul specializes in working with growing, free market minded organizations whose mission is to educate the public about the issues that impact their daily lives. Paul graduated from Franklin and Marshall College (BA, English) in Lancaster, PA and earned a Master’s in Higher Education from Penn State. Paul is very active in the community and has served on the finance committee for his local school district for the last 8 years. He coaches youth football and is also a certified official for high school basketball and baseball.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kathryn Sanchez</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kathryn Sanchez is the Development Associate for the California Policy Center. Most recently, she was a Congressional intern for Representative Ed Royce (39th) at his Brea office. She has always had a great interest for public policy and politics. During her stays in Kansas, she was actively involved in Young Republican groups and was elected Johnson County Young Republican Fundraising Chair. In addition, during her college years at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, she served as President of the Young Republican’s Club. She has combined her interest in politics with her passion for media/communications. While living in the Kansas City area, she interned for Fox Sports WDAFTV with Al Wallace and Jason Lamb. She resides in the Orange County area.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">RESEARCH ASSOCIATES</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Scott Kaufman</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Scott Kaufman brings his journalistic experience to the California Policy Center to write investigative reports and editorials for UnionWatch and the Prosperity Digest. Kaufman also works for the Orange County Register as an editorial writer. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego and got his start in journalism with the Washington D.C. based weekly Human Events. He transitioned to local government reporting at the Santa Barbara News-Press.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kevin Wen</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kevin Wen manages local politician profile research for the California Policy Center, coordinating the efforts of paid and volunteer data gatherers. He is also a District Representative for a member of the California State Legislature and a contributor for the California Transparency Project. Kevin has extensive public relations experience through his work in the political and business sphere. Kevin received a BA in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">SENIOR FELLOW – FISCAL POLICY</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Carl DeMaio</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Former San Diego city councilman and lifelong entrepreneur Carl DeMaio is now tackling state-wide fiscal reform policy. While on the City Council, DeMaio led the effort to cut red tape on small businesses, reform the city’s contracting processes to expedite infrastructure projects, and enact some of the toughest “Sunshine Law” open government requirements in the nation. In 2012, DeMaio crafted and led a citizens campaign to qualify and pass the “Comprehensive Pension Reform” Initiative – the first-of-its kind measure to switch San Diego from a Defined Benefit Pension Plan to a 401(k) retirement program. In 2003, DeMaio founded the American Strategic Management Institute (ASMI), which provides training and education in corporate financial and performance management. In late 2007, DeMaio sold both of his companies to Thompson Publishing Group. DeMaio holds a BA in International Politics and Business from Georgetown University.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">POLICY ANALYSTS</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kevin Dayton</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Kevin Dayton is the President & CEO of Labor Issues Solutions, LLC, and a policy analyst for the California Policy Center. Dayton is the author of frequent postings about generally unreported California state and local policy issues at on the California Policy Center’s Prosperity Forum and Union Watch, as well as well as on his own website LaborIssuesSolutions.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DaytonPubPolicy.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Marc Joffe</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Marc Joffe is the founder of Public Sector Credit Solutions and a policy analyst with the California Policy Center. Joffe founded Public Sector Credit Solutions in 2011 to educate policymakers, investors and citizens about government credit risk. PSCS research has been published by the California State Treasurer’s Office, the Mercatus Center and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute among others. Prior to starting PSCS, Marc was a Senior Director at Moody’s Analytics. He has an MBA from New York University and an MPA from San Francisco State University.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">LEGAL COUNSEL</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chad Morgan</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chad Morgan is an attorney in private practice focusing primarily on public law and public interest litigation. He represents clients in matters related to civil rights, access to public information, election law, and similar public interest matters. Prior to his legal career, Chad had an extensive background in government affairs and public relations. He has served as Chief of Staff for a member of the California State Legislature and has more than a decade of experience advising political campaigns at all levels. Chad is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton and Western State University College of Law.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Craig Alexander</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Craig Alexander is the principal of the Law Offices of Craig P. Alexander and has practiced law for over twenty five years. He represents clients in litigation and non-litigation matters regarding construction defects, insurance coverage, personal injury, property damages, business litigation and general civil litigation matters and professional liability cases. Craig’s experience includes working for ten years inside the insurance claims industry including for carriers that insured construction and design professionals for residential and commercial real estate projects. Craig is a graduate of Santa Clara University’s School of Law and he was admitted to the California State Bar in December of 1987.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">CONTRIBUTORS AND ADVISORS</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ken Churchill</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Since 2012, Ken Churchill has been executive director of New Sonoma, an organization of financial and business experts and concerned citizens dedicated to working together to solve Sonoma County’s serious financial problems. Churchill has over 40 years of business and financial management experience as founder, CEO and CFO of a solar energy company and environmental consulting firm. He sold both companies and now grows wine grapes and produces wines under his Churchill Cellars label. For the past several years, Churchill has been actively researching and studying the public sector pension crisis.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jack Dean</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Since 2004, Jack Dean has edited the influential website PensionTsunami.org, formed to monitor developments in all three pension spheres nationwide – public employees, corporations and social security. He is a former newspaper editor and a past executive director of the Reason Foundation. He has been active in politics for more than three decades and currently serves as president of the Fullerton Association of Concerned Taxpayers.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John Dickerson</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Since 2008 Dickerson has been the publisher of the influential website and newsletter YourPublicMoney.com. He focuses on the impact of unfunded pension debt on the 21 California counties that operate their own independent Pension Funds. He is a financial and organizational planner and analyst with 30 years of experience. Dickerson earned his MBA in Strategic Planning from the University of Texas at Austin.</font>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">William Fletcher</font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">William (Bill) Fletcher retired as Senior Vice President at Rockwell International. During most of his time there he was responsible for international operations and business development for Rockwell Automation. Before joining Rockwell, he worked for Bechtel Corporation, McKinsey and Company, Inc., and Combustion Engineering’s Nuclear Power Division, and was an officer and engineer in the U.S. Navy’s nuclear program. His international experience includes expatriate assignments in Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada. In addition to his interest in California’s state and local government finances, he is involved in organizations dealing with national security and international relations</font>
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<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Take California and Colorado, for example.</font></span></p>
<h1 style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DFER's Gloria Romero Joined with Koch-Connected Groups to Attack Unions</font></span></h1>
<p style="margin: 1.5em 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the last presidential election year, DFER's state leader got heavily involved in pushing a California state proposition that would have undermined the power of workers' voices in elections, Proposition 32.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DFER's California arm was led by Gloria Romero, a former state legislator from Los Angeles, who was termed out from running for re-election after leading the state senate.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Romero failed in her bid to become the state Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2010, and then, like so many other failed politicians, she was welcomed as a leader for DFER. </font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DFER began filing election disclosure forms in California in 2012. Some of its most high-profile activities under Romero were in partnership with other secretive groups. </font></span>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">Ultimately, it turned out that Romero was not just fronting for the ERN/ERNA/DFER hedge funders but also for non-profits closely tied to the controversial billionaire Koch brothers. And as the Center for Media and Democracy has documented, Charles and David Koch's</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12527/his-dad-charles-koch-was-bircher-new-documents" style=" text-decoration: none;">antipathy</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">toward public schools and unions runs deep and is part of their multi-decade agenda to re-shape America. </span></font>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">To try to win Prop 32, DFER's Romero worked with a group called "Americans for Responsible Leadership" (ARL), which received more than 97% of its $24 million in funding from another group called the "Center for Protect Patient Rights" (CPPR).</font></span>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">As</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/12/americans-for-responsible-leadership-wholly-funded-by-koch-linked-group/" style=" text-decoration: none;">noted</a> by Open Secrets, ARL:</span></font></p>
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<p style=" margin: 1em 0px;"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> "<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=Americans+for+Responsible+Leadership&cycle=2012" style=" text-decoration: none;">spent nearly $9.8 million</a> in the 2012 elections, including $3.2 million against President Obama’s re-election bid, according to reports it filed with the Federal Election Commission. The rest was spent supporting Obama’s rival, GOP nominee Mitt Romney, and 20 other Republican candidates, most of whom were running for Senate seats ... ARL also gave $11 million to a group working on a California ballot measure and nearly $1.4 million to organizations fighting two Arizona ballot initiatives," including one on redistricting. </font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 1.5em 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">So, a major Republican-backing operation spent millions aiding the objectives of a group with the word "Democrats" in its name to thwart unions? No wonder some in labor created "Democrats in Name Only for Education Reform" or <a href="http://www.dferdinos.com/" style=" text-decoration: none;">dferdinos.com</a>.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">At the time of the election in 2012, the full extent of the connections to the Koch network's CPPR was not known to the public.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As Open Secrets stated, "the state of California ... demanded to know, under state law, who donated the $11 million that ARL sent to the Small Business Action Committee, a group that was fighting a tax-hike initiative and supporting a measure to cut the influence of labor unions. Under order from a state judge ARL eventually revealed that it received the funds from CPPR; CPPR in turn got the money from Americans for Job Security, another dark money group." </font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As Open Secrets detailed: "The state of California wound up <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/24/local/la-me-pc-california-koch-arizona-campaign-finance-20131024" style=" text-decoration: none;">fining ARL and CPPR a total of $1 million</a> and requiring the Small Business Action Committee to disgorge the $11 million to the state." </font></span>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">(The Kochs denied any wrongdoing and were not themselves fined. It is not clear, however, whose funds actually paid the fines; it was paid b certified check. Meanwhile, the Kochs' Americans for Prosperity is now hotly contesting long-standing state requirements that major donors of non-profits that are exempt from paying taxes be disclosed to the state, which AFP is claiming could chill its <a href="http://www.law360.com/articles/762688/koch-bros-group-s-ceo-defends-donor-secrecy-at-trial" style=" text-decoration: none;">seven-figure</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">donors.)</span></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">Even before that historic fine</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><em>after</em> the election, however, some in California had traced at least some of the money fueling the fight for Prop 32 to the network of Koch front groups--before the voting started. (During the investigation, the state was able to identify only some of the direct donors and the Kochs have said they did not write a check to fund the proposition fight. But there is zero doubt that the Kochs' Freedom Partners directed $115 million to CPPR in 2011-2012; the Kochs told the press that they did not indirectly support Prop 32. That's how the shell corporations and non-profits operate to allow secret donors to deny any responsibility for how their funds are used. The amount the Kochs gave to their Freedom Partners group remains hidden, but it was their operatives who redirected the funds raised to select non-profits aligned with their agenda in that election cycle.)</span></font>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DFER's Gloria Romero appeared in ads backing both of the Koch network-backed propositions.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">So she was asked by Matthew Fleischer, before the election, "about her political alliance with the Koch brothers and other wealthy supporters of Proposition 32, and she conspicuously avoids bringing up their names." </font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As he noted, “I have sat in the belly of the beast,” she says. “I have seen the realities of money and its influence.”</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fleischer also reported: "'Money is the mother’s milk of politics,' Gloria Romero tells me on the phone. 'It’s flowing to both sides. Government isn’t about drawing lines. It’s not about saying you’re on that side and you can’t come over.'”</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Operatives funded or directly employed by the Kochs have made similar claims in their efforts to destroy clean election law limits on corporate influence and the coordination of election groups funded by dark money tied to corporations or CEOs.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Romero's comments echo the Team Koch mantra.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As <em>Pro Publica</em> noted, the key Koch operative in that election was Sean Noble:</font></span></p>
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<p style=" margin: 1em 0px;"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Plucked from obscurity by libertarian billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, Noble was tasked with distributing a torrent of political money raised by the Koch network, a complex web of nonprofits nicknamed the Kochtopus, into conservative causes in the 2010 and 2012 elections. Noble handed out almost $137 million in 2012 alone-- all of it so-called dark money from unnamed donors--from his perch atop the Center to Protect Patient Rights, a group run out of an Arizona post office box...." </font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 1.5em 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">That story also highlighted this telling excerpt: "I must tell you that Sean Noble from your group has been immensely helpful in our efforts,' a California multimillionaire <a href="https://propublica.org/documents/item/810105-russo-miller-documents#document/p52/a128460" style=" text-decoration: none;">wrote to Charles Koch</a> in October 2012 about Noble's help for Prop 32 in an</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="https://www.propublica.org/documents/item/810105-russo-miller-documents#document/p52/a128460" style=" text-decoration: none;">email</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">to Charles Koch" asking for him personally to write a check for more money. That email surfaced <em>after</em> the election.</span></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">In fact, it was not until nearly a year after the 2012 elections that the general public learned that the Koch brothers and their operatives had created a behemoth that injected more than $200 million into the 2012 elections, called the "Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce." CMD detailed the Freedom Partners' shell game</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/09/12247/breaking-new-list-dark-money-shell-game-groups-connected-kochs" style=" text-decoration: none;">here</a>.</span></font>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Noble's group, CPPR, received money from Freedom Partners and TC4 Trust, which was disclosed in IRS filings made public well after the election was over. (Those Freedom Partners' documents also reveal that TC4 funded "PRDIST," which are the David Koch operations that go by the name "Americans for Prosperity" for the public.)</font></span>
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<p style="margin: 1.5em 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For those keeping score, that's like at least four layers of Koch-hood: Freedom Partners to TC4 to CPPR to ARL to Prop 32. That proposition--the proposition these very special interests tied to the billionaire Koch brothers and their network of billionaires were underwriting--was actually branded the "Stop Special Interest Money Now" proposition.</font></span>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">And it was DFER's Romero who appeared in ads for Prop 32 that were paid for by the special interest money behind</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><em>that</em></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">proposition.</span></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">In the meantime, the Los Angeles County Democratic Party asked DFER to</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://www.lacdp.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/LACDP-2012-DFER-Cease-Desist-Final.pdf" style=" text-decoration: none;">stop using the word "Democrats"</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">in its name, and the state Democratic Party passed a similar</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/craig/mailings/7/attachments/original/CDP_Fracking.pdf?1371135169" style=" text-decoration: none;">resolution</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">of condemnation.</span></font></p>
<h2 style="line-height: 2em; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Even More Koch Ties</font></span></h2>
<p style="margin: 1.5em 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">So, to recap, DFER routinely funnels out-of-state hedge fund money into state political fights and, in 2012, the leader of DFER-California was working with another murky group funded by yet another group--one operating out of an Arizona mail drop box--funded by still other groups that were part of the Koch network of big secret money in elections.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">To be clear, Romero was not working <em>for</em> the Kochs technically; she was working <em>with</em> the Koch network on the DFER effort that appears to have taken much of her time in 2012.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But that may be a distinction without a difference when it comes to sharing a political agenda--even though Romero and the Kochs failed in their 2012 quest in California.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DFER's California leader, its public face, was the public face of key components of that joint but unsuccessful proposition campaign.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2013, Romero left DFER's employ to create the "California Center for Parent Empowerment," named after the bill she gained fame pushing into law: the "Parent Empowerment Act," which is better known as "Parent Trigger."</font></span>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">Romero spearheaded that controversial bill when she was in the state legislature but, as CMD has</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/09/11763/wont-back-down-film-pushes-alec-parent-trigger-proposal" style=" text-decoration: none;">noted</a>:</span></font>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">* "[T]hat California law was based on a <a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2077564,00.html" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">proposal</a> from Ben Austin, a policy consultant for a small non-profit education organization called Green Dot Public Schools, which manages <a href="http://www.greendot.org/page.cfm?p=1646" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">charter schools</a> for the city of Los Angeles."</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">* "Austin subsequently formed Parent Revolution, which promotes these laws across the country. But this is not your local PTA. Parent Revolution is <a href="http://parentrevolution.org/content/our-funders" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">backed</a> by big money, including receiving funding from the conservative <a href="http://parentrevolution.org/content/our-funders" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">Walton Family Foundation</a> (think Wal-Mart), which has spent over a billion to promote school privatization." </font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">* "The rabid pro-privatization <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Heartland_Institute" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">Heartland Institute</a> quickly took up the Parent Trigger idea in 2010. The <a href="http://heartland.org/policy-documents/parent-trigger-model-transforming-education" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">Heartland version of the bill</a> (PDF) went a step further and gave parents the authority to trigger a school's restructuring regardless of whether it is 'failing' or not."</font></span>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">The Heartland Institute has spent untold sums promoting "education reforms" that undermine public schools in America, though it is more infamous for its</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevezwick/2012/05/06/heartlands-unabomber-fiasco-is-par-for-the-course/#1f57494d7139" style=" text-decoration: none;">extremism</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">in climate change denial--even equating those who recognize that climate change is happening with the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. </span></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">Heartland took the California parent trigger bill to the 2010 meeting of the</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://www.alecexposed.org/" style=" text-decoration: none;">American Legislative Exchange Council</a>, whose biggest funder is the Koch fortune in myriad ways. The corporate-backed ALEC adopted the bill as a national model for other states. (The Heartland Institute has also received funding from the Koch family foundations.)</span></font>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2013, Romero began collaborating with the state affiliate of ALEC's sibling group, the State Policy Network (SPN), and also helped it pull the trigger in other communities.</font></span>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><b>That SPN affiliate, the California Policy Center (CPC), </b>has promoted Romero's help with Parent Trigger. SPN has also <a href="https://www.spn.org/publications/detail/spn-state-labor-policy-exchange-volume-2-issue-38" style=" text-decoration: none;">touted</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #ffffff;">Romero its publications. Romero has also been a featured speaker for another SPN affiliate, the Cascade Policy Institute in Oregon. </span></font>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">SPN has received funding from the Koch family foundations. Although SPN distributes some of the funding it receives to its 60+ state affiliates, it is not known if the CPC has directly received any Koch cash.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Meanwhile, Romero's new group, whose website is parentempowerment.org, was granted non-profit status in 2015, but because it is so new, any tax filings about its revenues and expenses are not public. However, its donors would not be revealed in such filings, so it is not known who is now funding Romero or what she is paying herself for education reform.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">And just last year, SPN's CPC--the California Policy Center--announced that Romero had joined it as its "Director of Education Reform," in addition to her work at her own organization. CPC advances the ALEC/SPN agenda and opposes a progressive Democratic agenda in almost every way.</font></span>
<span style=" background-color: #ffffff;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Democrats for Education Reform-California, meanwhile, continues on without Romero, with Steve Barr of Green Dot as board chair.</font></span></p>
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