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United to Protect Democracy (often shortened to “Protect Democracy”) is a left-of-center litigation and advocacy organization created to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump. The Protect Democracy Project is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliate of United to Protect Democracy. Political Activities Security from Political Interference in Justice Action of 2019
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The Protect Democracy Project (PDP) is a left-of-center litigation organization created to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump. United to Protect Democracy is the 501(c)(4) advocacy affiliate of the Protect Democracy Project. Activity Petition for Resignation of Attorney General William Barr Eight legal analysts that work for CNN and
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Other Group
New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD) is a project of the Brennan Center for Justice which advocates for campaign finance reforms in New York.1
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The Media Democracy Fund is a left-of-center activist organization that works on media and internet related issues. It is a project of the New Venture Fund (itself managed as part of a network of “dark money” organizations under the ambit of for-profit philanthropic consultancy Arabella Advisors
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Democracy 21 is a lobbying and advocacy group that aims to combat the influence of private money in politics. It was founded in 1997 by longtime activist Fred Wertheimer. 1 Media Bias/Fact Check has rated
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Democracy 21 (D21) Education Fund is the research and education arm of the left-of-center political advocacy group Democracy 21. 1 D21 and D21 Education Fund were founded by activist Fred Wertheimer in 1997 to advocate
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The State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) is a donor collaborative and project of the left-of-center fiscal clearinghouse NEO Philanthropy launched in 2010. The SIF is one of several “funder collaboratives,” which NEO describes as tools for “connecting donors with aligned values to support work they could not fund as effectively
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The Taft-Hartley Act (known formally as the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947) is a set of amendments to the federal National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) passed after the Second World War to promote industrial peace and correct the pro-organized-labor bias of the New Deal-era Wagner Act (the un-amended
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Person
Joshua Pechthalt is a long-time labor union agitator and official. From 2011 to March of 2020, Pechthalt was the president of the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), the second-largest labor union in California and state-level affiliate of the left-of-center American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Previously, Pechthalt was a
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The Brico Fund is a left-of-center grantmaking organization founded in 1990 in Milwaukee by heiress Lynde B. Uihlein. The fund provides grants to a range of left-of-center causes, beginning with a focus on women’s issues and moving to providing funding for environmentalist projects in recent years. The organization’s 501(c)(3)
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Mark Dimondstein is a labor union activist who currently sits as president of the American Postal Workers’ Union (APWU). Dimondstein is a noted left-of-center activist who has repeatedly criticized Trump administration-aligned Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Prior to DeJoy’s appointment, Dimondstein urged U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) to
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The Mai Family Foundation is the private foundation of Vincent A. Mai, a South Africa-born investment banker who is the current chairman and CEO of Cranemere, LLC, a former employee of the leveraged buyout firm AEA Investors, and past managing director of Lehman Brothers. In 2017 the Mai Family Foundation
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The Laura and John Arnold Foundation is a private foundation based in Houston, Texas. The foundation was founded in 2008 by hedge fund manager John Arnold and his wife, Laura. The foundation focuses on criminal justice, education issues, public pensions, dietary policy, and scientific research reform. The foundation
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Other Group
The WhyNot Initiative is a program of Patriotic Millionaires which advocates for government-controlled healthcare, redistributing individual income, and gun control advocacy. The WhyNot Initiative primarily engages in funding elections research and advocacy training programs for left-of-center issues. The WhyNot Initiative also financially backs efforts to oppose Republican officials and
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Stand Up Republic (SUR) is a nominally right-leaning advocacy organization founded by failed 2016 presidential candidate Evan McMullin and former 2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffer Mindy Finn. 1 Stand Up Republic Foundation
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Borealis Philanthropy is a left-of-center philanthropic intermediary that has supported the creation, provided operational expertise, and staffed 299 groups since its founding in 2014. Borealis is deeply involved in identity-interest advocacy and organizing; it is perhaps most notable for partnering with the Black Lives Matter movement since 2016.
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The R Street Institute is a public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C., that was spun off from the right-of-center and Chicago-based Heartland Institute in 2012.
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The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) is an abortion advocacy group which frequently sues to stop and/or overturn pro-life laws in the United States and internationally. Founded in 1992, CRR’s revenues totaled nearly $32,000,000 in 2016.
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For more information, see BerlinRosen (For-Profit) Jonathan Rosen is a Democratic Party political consultant and close political ally of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) who works as principal and co-founder of BerlinRosen, a campaign consulting and public affairs firm. Rosen is charged with the firm’s
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Fusion GPS is an opposition research firm created by former Wall Street Journal reporters in 2011. The firm gained public notoriety after the 2016 election cycle. During the election, Fusion GPS controversially worked for persons associated with the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to
