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Sen. Grassley: Boycott Coca-Cola for leaving ALEC
Sen. Chuck Grassley on Saturday suggested that people should boycott Coca-Cola because the company decided not to renew its membership with the influential American Legislative Exchange Council. “U might think abt not drinking Coca Cola since company sucombed to pressure fr Leftist not to support ALEC [sic],” the conservative senator…
Pepaw Grassley Wants you to Boycott Coca-Cola Because ALEC and the Fringe Left, That’s Why
Chuck Grassley apparently isn’t too happy about the Radical Left™ exerting free market pressure on the corporate members of ALEC. ALEC, if you don’t know, stands for the American Legislative Exchange Council, and is a formerly anonymous and shadowy organization that writes many of the bullshit laws that state legislatures…
ALEC eliminates task force on social issues
The conservative group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) announced Tuesday that they would get rid of its public task force focusing on non-economic issues. The decision comes after progressive groups such as Color of Change pressured corporations to withdraw their support from ALEC based on their influence in crafting “voter…
Georgia lawmaker quits ALEC, calls it ‘radical’ group with ‘dangerous agenda’
A state senator from Georgia, Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta) has left the American Legislative Exchange Council, the controversial legislative organization better known as ALEC. In a statement to the citizens’ action group Better Georgia, Orrock denounced the group, calling it “radical,” “dangerous” and accused it of “impeding democracy.” “As a member…
Food maker Mars Inc. ends membership with ALEC
Mars Inc., the maker of Skittles and other well-known candies, has dropped its membership with the influential American Legislative Exchange Council following pressure from liberal and progressive groups. “The Color Of Change community is thrilled to learn that Mars has ended its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council,” Executive…
ALEC blasts ‘intimidation campaign’ against its corporate members
The influential American Legislative Exchange Council on Wednesday blasted a public-shaming campaign started by liberal and progressive groups, which has led major members to cut ties with the organization. “ALEC is an organization that supports pro-growth, pro-jobs policies and the vigorous exchange of ideas between the public and private sector…
McDonalds becomes fifth major sponsor to cut ties with ALEC
McDonalds said Tuesday that it would not renew its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council, making it the fifth major sponsor to drop its support this month. “While [we] were a member of ALEC in 2011, we evaluate all professional memberships annually and made the business decision not to…
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pull support from ALEC
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday vowed to withdraw financial support for the American Legislative Exchange Council, an influential conservative nonprofit that drafts model bills for legislators. The foundation contributed more than $375,000 to ALEC in the past two years, according to Roll Call. “We have made a…
Coke and Pepsi abandon conservative group over voter ID, gun laws
Though the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) was formed almost 40 years to organize conservative state legislators and allow them to share and replicate one another’s legislative ideas — and has been “soliciting more input from private sector members” about what is good for them for more than 20 years…
Protestors call on ALEC to disavow ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws after Trayvon Martin’s murder
Just before noon on a sunny D.C. day, close to 100 students, office workers and activists quietly converged outside a nondescript office building for a rally to shine light on the role that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) played in pushing legislatures to pass “Stand Your Ground” or “Shoot…
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