Group aiming to sabotage Whitmer's Covid policies funded by dark money

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Group aiming to sabotage Whitmer’s Covid policies funded by dark money

Non-profit affiliated with utility DTE Energy funded effort to repeal Michigan governor’s emergency order powers

Tom Perkins in Detroit
Tue 10 Jan 2023 11.00 GMT

A dark money non-profit linked to power utility DTE Energy funded a group behind the effort to repeal the emergency order powers of Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, and end the state’s Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions.

Internal Revenue Service records revealing a $100,000 donation made in 2020 were not publicly available until late 2021, and show the funds were contributed to another dark money non-profit that served as a primary funder of the Unlock Michigan repeal campaign.

Industry observers say utilities generally opposed lockdowns: during the first wave of Covid restrictions, many voluntarily or were required to stop shutting off service to financially struggling customers.

Unlock Michigan was ultimately successful, complicating Whitmer’s efforts to order restrictions and ending any serious discussion of shutoff moratoriums that included DTE, the state’s largest energy utility.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/10/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-covid-policies-dark-money

[Lovie777]

1. It is apparent that RWers care nothing about the health and welfare .....

of the USA citizens.

[Timeflyer]

2. Hope the Dark Money behind Wrong DeSadist's campaign to keep Florida open and COVID friendly

will be fully revealed. He's still milking the science-hate.