Thread by @StopBigMoney

THREAD 🧵 : We’ve released our updated Dark Money report on groups that have capitalized on the Big Lie and the January 6 insurrection by funding efforts to restrict voting.

Here are our findings :
ecuactionfund.org/wp-content/upl…

The DISCLOSE act is a key part of the #ForThePeopleAct to combat dark money.

In 2020 $1 billion in dark money was spent on the election cycle.

Before the dreadful Citizens United decision over 80% of outside spending was fully disclosed. That number dwindled to 50% in 2020

💰 $250 million in dark money has been raised to push our courts to the radical right.
💰 $34 million alone was spent on Trump Supreme Court nominees:

💵 $17 million on Neil Gorsuch
💵 $ 7.3 million on Brett Kavanaugh
💵 $ 10 million Amy Coney Barrett

washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/…

Conservative dark money groups have positioned themselves to attack our elections by pledging over $42 million in spending to restrict voting rights at the state level and blocking passage of the #ForThePeopleAct.

$24 million comes from Heritage Action.

Nationwide 371 bills have been introduced that include restrictive voting proposals called for by the Heritage Foundation

17 states have enacted 27 Heritage inspired laws.

Recently, The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer uncovered a network of groups that are actively working to limit access to the ballot for millions of Americans. These same groups fought tooth and nail to overturn the 2020 election - many of them still fighting.
newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…

In a private meeting the executive director of Heritage Action admitted to writing parts of egregious voting restriction bills introduced by Republican state legislatures and passed into law.

“We did it quickly and we did it quietly,”
motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

The solution to this act of corruption and voter suppression is simple: the #ForThePeopleAct.

It’s time to restore accountability to our government by reducing the influence of dark money and wealthy special interests. Let's give power back to regular Americans & small donors.