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BREAKING: The Center for Media & Democracy filed a complaint today with the IRS against the Republican Attorneys General Association for failure to itemize its contributions & expenditures in its 2025 year-end report due on January 31 as required by law. exposedbycmd.org/2026/03/03/cmd…

Join us on Sunday in Madison for a screening of Steal this story, please! followed by a Q&A with the directors!

Since January 2025, the Trump admin has consistently targeted journalists for their reporting. Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, we're urging the DOJ to drop charges against @ByGeorgiaFort and other journalists. Read the letter we signed with @amnesty: amnestyusa.org/blog/civil-soc…

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." amnestyusa.org/blog/civil-soc…

The Modern Ag Alliance has been the leading public face of a campaign to quash tens of thousands of cancer claims surrounding the use of Roundup, the highly controversial and most widely used pesticide in the world. buff.ly/RlJ0RCw

In the eight years since it bought Monsanto, Bayer AG has been saddled with an endless stream of lawsuits and settlement payments for cancer claims related to the most widely used herbicide in the world. buff.ly/02F4XD4

The executive order President Trump signed in February protecting and encouraging the production of glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Roundup, is a major victory for Bayer AG. buff.ly/EkbPuma

As the Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could stall lawsuits against Roundup's role in causing cancer, we have a 3-part series from @exposedbycmd on Bayer/Monsanto's drive for immunity from Roundup liability. First, on the overall lobbying, PR, & legal campaign:

New: The Modern Ag Alliance purports to now represent more than 110 agricultural organizations in the U.S. and claims that farmers need “crop protection tools” like Roundup “to ensure that [Americans] have a robust and affordable domestic food supply.” But a look below the surface reveals that Bayer AG, the German pharmaceutical giant that produces Roundup—and whose Roundup-related liabilities topped $11 billion last year—launched the group in 2024 to help protect its bottom line and shield the company from rising public anger over the product’s cancer risks. Bayer’s lead lobbyist, Hallie Utley, serves as its CEO and board president. From @EXPOSEDbyCMD: barnraisingmedia.com/ag-front-group…

NEW: Ag Front Group Shields Bayer in Controversial Roundup Liability Fights (This is the third in a three-part series on Bayer’s crusade for immunity from Roundup-related cancer claims.) exposedbycmd.org/2026/04/23/ag-…

NEW: Bayer Banks on Congress for Permanent Roundup Immunity exposedbycmd.org/2026/04/22/bay…

NEW: Bayer “Turns Over Every Stone” to Stiff Roundup Cancer Victims exposedbycmd.org/2026/04/21/bay…

PUBLISHED: Most Big Political Players on the Right Sat Out Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race exposedbycmd.org/2026/04/16/mos…

As the United States has started yet another war in the Middle East, one think tank, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, has been a leading advocate both in making the case to go to war against Iran and to continue it. exposedbycmd.org/2026/04/10/mar…

The full amicus brief is viewable 👇 documentcloud.org/documents/2802…

NEW: CMD has joined with other democracy defenders on an amicus brief in support of a League of Women Voters lawsuit challenging conversion of the SAVE database to a tool to disenfranchise voters. Filed with @CommonCause, @CampaignLegal, & @protctdemocracy exposedbycmd.org/2026/04/07/pro…

Congress must not once again extend FISA Section 702 without stopping abuses that allow surveillance of Americans, including journalists. Read the letter we signed with over 80 other organizations: demandprogress.org/wp-content/upl…

Vivek Ramaswamy's race for governor of Ohio is really a demonstration of how much crypto cash one politician can get, as our report in conjunction with @exposedbycmd explains. prospect.org/2026/04/04/wit…

NEW: Ohio’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to invest taxpayer funds in crypto despite big losses in this sector and for his own company. exposedbycmd.org/2026/04/04/wit…

NEW: None of the more than dozen bills to criminalize abortion considered this year have passed, but extremists hoping to ban all abortions and put abortion patients on death row continue to flood the zone. exposedbycmd.org/2026/03/31/abo…

NEW: Koch’s massive political spending hasn’t been enough to avoid a DOJ investigation into alleged fertilizer price fixing, & it faces 2 class-action lawsuits accusing its subsidiaries in the fertilizer & containerboard industries of antitrust violations. exposedbycmd.org/2026/03/27/maj…