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.

The entity behind that anti-Irby campaign is Berman and Co., a public relations firm founded by the PR executive…