A bit of good news. 0 For 13: Beating ALEC

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Good news, a bit. When the fossil-fuel-and-Koch-Brother-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meets in Chicago this week, they'll have some explainin' to do to their corporate lackeys: Despite having declared their #1 priority to roll back states' clean energy standards via the usual disinformation campaign - including model legislation charmingly dubbed the "Electricity Freedom Act" - they failed to do so in every state they hit. Of course, they're still at it. More on what they tried to do, why and where it failed, what corporations are still listening (or not), and what comes next.

http://www.commondreams.org/further/2013/08/08

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[hobbit709]

2. But meanwhile they did pretty good on voter suppression,, invasion of women's bodies, etc.

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4. Yes... I know... Every time they want to pass a piece of legislation that sounds nice, I know it's

the opposite... The killer about the voter suppression is on multiple fronts... I just found this link.. I was looking for something else but will have to search more, but this has some current info. on this topic...

http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/elections/voter-id-2013-legislation.aspx

[charmay]

3. They certainly did a number on Wisconsin.

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5. Yes they did... I was looking for a link that shows the courts did uphold the voter I.D. law...

The DNR and the mining issue is concerning.... But so is not being able to express your opinion with out being arrested...

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6. ALEC's education agenda is geared almost entirely toward starving the public education system to

fund private schools and returning us to the days when rich and poor were safely segregated.

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12204/alecs-2013-agenda-harkens-back-bygone-era