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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES: Wal-Mart Leaves ALEC, 22nd Company To Exit Conservative Lobbying Group

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the No. 1 U.S. retailer, said Thursday it had quit the American Legislative Exchange Council, a Washington, D.C.-based group that lobbies for conservative laws in state legislatures. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee coordinated efforts to get companies to quit ALEC. Others that previously opted out include Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company; Procter & Gamble, the No. 1 consumer products maker and Coca-Cola, the biggest drinks maker.

WFPL: National Progressive Group Targets Kentucky Lawmakers for ALEC Ties

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has spearheaded several national campaigns, like the push to recall Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker and with Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s U.S. Senate bid. The PCCC has been working for months to encourage lawmakers in other states to drop their ALEC memberships. Now, PCCC state director James Ploeser says the group is focusing on three Kentucky Democrats: Gerald Neal, Walter Blevins and Kathy Stein.

HUFFINGTON POST: Scott Walker Recall — Progressive Group Sends $100,000 To Wisconsin

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee announced Tuesday that it will send $100,000 to Wisconsin to help unseat Gov. Scott Walker (R), a cash infusion that will go to the state Democratic Party’s field operations for next week’s recall vote. In a statement, the Washington, D.C.-based group said that it was frustrated with how little money the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has put into the recall fight and that it managed to raise the $100,000 in the last nine days.

CNN: Wisconsin’s Still A National Fight

On Tuesday, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, announced it raised an additional $100,000 for the Wisconsin Democratic Party’s field operations.

POLITICO: AMAZON DROPS ALEC

Online retailer Amazon dropped its membership with American Legislative Exchange Council. The decision comes after groups like the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and other organizations put pressure on the company. Since April, 20 companies have dropped out.

SEATTLE PI: Protest outside Amazon shareholders’ meeting

Kristiane Skolmen with Bold Progressives announces that she will deliver over 500,000 petition signatures asking Amazon to pull support of the American Legislative Exchange Council. Moments later is was announced that the Seattle-based online retailer pulled its support for the group.

THE GUARDIAN: ALEC grows vulnerable as 11 legislators cut ties with lobbying network

The storm surrounding the American Legislative Exchange Council, Alec, has gathered pace with the fresh defection of 11 Democratic state legislators who have cut off ties with the lobbying network. The defections bring the number of Democratic representatives in state assemblies across the country who have dumped Alec to 39. The network, which brings together big corporations with local politicians to forward right-wing and anti-union legislation, has come under sustained pressure from campaigns such as the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

TALKING POINTS MEMO: Progressive Group Expands Anti-Walker Ad Buy

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is expanding its ad buy for an ad that went up last week urging Wisconsin voters to vote against Gov. Scott Walker in the recall election. PCCC is adding $30,000 to an their previous ad buy of the same amount, allowing them to expand from the Madison TV market to now include Green Bay.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES: After $2B JPMorgan Loss, Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren Calls For ‘New Glass-Steagall Act’

In the wake of JPMorgan’s $2 billion trading loss, U.S. Senate Democratic candidate for Massachusetts, Harvard Law professor and former White House adviser Elizabeth Warren is calling for a new Glass-Steagall law to separate investment and commercial banking. Warren, a Democrat who is challenging Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., in a nationally watched race, says JPMorgan’s bungled derivatives trading demonstrate a need for a new Glass-Steagall Act. She sent out an email with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee — a group that has raised more than $700,000 for her candidacy — to push for stronger financial regulations.

BLOGGING BLUE: New PCCC Ad — Remember. Recall.

The folks from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee have re-launched a 60-second ad titled “Remember. Recall.” featuring last year’s protests at the Capitol and people talking about the effort to recall Scott Walker.

THE PROGRESSIVE: Wisconsin Recall — Day One

Today, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee announced a major ad buy urging Wisconsinites to remember the historic protests of 2011 and featuring a powerful portrait of the rallies of a year and a half ago. The ad begins with the word “Remember” and black-and-white footage of a firefighter standing in the snow outside the Capitol in Madison, holding an American flag.

MOTHER JONES: Scott Walker Foes Launch New Barrage Of Recall Ads

Walker’s enemies on the left are wasting no time shifting the focus back to the governor as they try to galvanize Wisconsinites to vote him out of office on June 5. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) unveiled a new recall ad on Wednesday called “Remember. Recall,” that draws heavily on the imagery of the populist uprising in Madison, the state capital, in the winter of 2011.

WISPOLITICS: PCCC unveils new spot featuring protests, effort to recall Walker

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is starting a new TV ad featuring last year’s protests at the Capitol and people talking about the effort to recall Scott Walker. The 60-second spot begins with black-and-white footage of last year’s protesters in the snow with some of them talking about Walker’s collective bargaining bill and its impact on them.

NATIONAL JOURNAL: PCCC Hits Walker With $30K Madison Buy

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is hitting Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker on day one of the recall general election campaign with a TV ad featuring protesters explaining the need for the governor to be recalled.

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