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Saturday, April 6th, 2013

State Policy Network, an Umbrella Coordinating ALEC, Heritage, Heartland and Others

Author:     CONNOR GIBSON
Source:     Firedoglake
Publication Date:     Thursday April 4, 2013 11:54 am
 Link: State Policy Network, an Umbrella Coordinating ALEC, Heritage, Heartland and Others
Stephan:   This is how the Theocratic Right, in the service of the uber rich, is trying to take over the United States. This story is too polemic, but its facts are straight.

Fresh today from the Center for Media and Democracy: A Reporters’ Guide to the State Policy Network.
Close up of George Washington on money

The State Policy Network is yet another tool for Koch-based corporate influence on American state politics.

What is the State Policy Network, aka SPN? According to CMD’s report on PR Watch:

SPN officially launched in 1992 with 12 members and money from South Carolina billionaire Thomas Roe to franchise, fund, and foster a growing number of in-state ‘mini Heritage Foundations

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