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American Legislative Exchange Council's annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Getty)

GM and Walgreens are latest to dump ALEC

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Right-wing public policy group American Legislative Exchange Council has lost its support from GM and Walgreens as well as a host of other companies, due to its recent support of the 'stand your ground' gun laws and voter ID requirements...
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Advocacy group files IRS complaint against ALEC

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(AP) - Advocacy group Common Cause said Monday it had filed an IRS complaint accusing ALEC of masquerading as a public charity...
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ALEC’s retreat is a victory for the activist movement

David A. Love
OPINION - The controversial organization behind 'Stand Your Ground' and voter ID laws around the country is backing down on social issues, signaling a victory for the progressive activist movement opposing it...
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ALEC changes focus amid Trayvon Martin backlash

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A conservative organization that helped spread a Florida law that allows people to use deadly force rather than retreat when they feel threatened said Tuesday that it was abandoning the task force that developed the measure...
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Coca-Cola cuts ties with 'Stand Your Ground' boosters

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Coca-Cola Co. has terminated its relationship with a conservative group seen by some as an incubator for a string of new state voter ID laws and a marketer of laws like Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' self-defense statute...
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ALEC and AUL: Buying our democracy at wholesale

Krystal Ball
OPINION - While a lot of attention has rightly been focused on Super PACs, there's another type of organization that has had an even more dramatic and troubling impact on our democracy...
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