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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 09:30 AM Dec 2013

Heard of the State Policy Network? Your state probably has at least one of these evil groups.

Collectively they are a group of entities tasking themselves with forwarding ALEC's agenda at state level. Know who they are in your state:

http://www.spn.org/directory/

Nation of Change has a good article on the history of their activities.

http://www.nationofchange.org/stink-tanks-historical-records-reveal-state-policy-network-was-created-alec-1386689633

This is who we are fighting locally. These insanely unjust laws just didn't arise out of the fevered brains of a loose group of backwoods wingnuts. They are the product of our business communities and the finance industry.

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Heard of the State Policy Network? Your state probably has at least one of these evil groups. (Original Post) Skidmore Dec 2013 OP
K&R for more visibility. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2013 #1
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Kicking for exposure. Skidmore Dec 2013 #3
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