Posts Tagged ‘freedomworks’

FreedomWorks has a radical rebrand in mind — from tea party to tolerance

FreedomWorks, the hard-line conservative policy group that helped launch the tea party movement, is attempting a major makeover. One of the most renowned political groups to have branched off from the Koch Brothers’ network has decided to transform itself into a more moderate group, one sounding traditionally libertarian notes while pursuing the types of ideological […]

How an animal rights activist at FreedomWorks became the target of ‘Dr. Evil’s’ former PR shop

The COO left the group this week after enduring a barrage of attacks from a website named FreedomWoke, which had been agitating for his dismissal by citing his record lobbying for the legislative arm of the Humane Society and his work on behalf of Animal Wellness Action. “Why is FreedomWorks Going ‘Woke’?” the site read. […]

FreedomWorks Hopes Anti-Critical Race Theory Organizing Will Bring ‘Massive’ Right-Wing Gains in 2022

FreedomWorks, one of the many right-wing groups taking part in the dishonest campaign against critical race theory, is fomenting opposition to teaching about systemic racism in an effort to mobilize conservative voters to turn out in 2022 midterms and take over school boards. The day after Thanksgiving, FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon wrote in a fundraising […]

FreedomWorks Mobilizing School Board Takeovers to Fight ‘Socialist Brainwashing’ and Critical Race Theory

​FreedomWorks, the astroturf organizing and advocacy group​, is among the right-wing organizations spreading fear of ​the teaching of the racial history of the United States ​to motivate conservative activists to run for school board seats nationwide. ​Such right-wing fearmongering is framed around the term ​”critical race theory​,” ​an academic framework for analyzing systemic racism. Right-wing activists, religious-right groups, and Republican political operatives have spent […]