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Another Republican Front Group Bites The Dust

From Emptywheel at The Next Hurrah: Remember the way that Thor Hearne tried to hide any traces of his American Center for Voting Rights, just as the

From Emptywheel at The Next Hurrah:

Remember the way that Thor Hearne tried to hide any traces of his American Center for Voting Rights, just as the media started to realize that it was a Republican front group designed to popularize ideas with no basis in reality, but which would be key tools to Republican dominance?

Well, the same is happening with Italia Federici's organization, Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy. The Hill reports that the organization is all but disappearing.

But, if the council’s website is any indication, it couldn’t survive her guilty plea in federal court last month for obstruction and tax evasion. Federici’s sometime-boyfriend, former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles, was also sent to prison last week for 10 months. Read more...

(h/t Daily Kos)

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