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12 Nov 2012

The Koch Brothers Turn On Chris Christie and Warn Him About Setting Up Obamacare

The Koch Brothers think-tank, Americans for Prosperity, handed down a warning to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for not rejecting provisions in the ACA to submit health insurance exchange plans ahead of the health law s full implementation. Republicans were already furious with Christie for praising President Obama s rapid response to the super-storm Sandy that ravaged parts of the East Coast last week, and now the Koch Brothers are pressuring him to reject a New Jersey exchange bill to rebuff the ACA s requirement before a November 16 cutoff date for states to set up health insurance exchanges. If states fail to set up the exchanges, the federal government does it for them and the provision gave individual states leeway to set up a healthcare marketplace according to their resident s needs.
The Koch Brothers think-tank, Americans for Prosperity, handed down a warning to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for...
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10 Nov 2012

Koch-Backed Group Warns Chris Christie

This preemptive chastising of Christie is an odd turn in the Koch-Christie tale. The Koch brothers have long been fans of the governor. On June 26, 2011, as Mother Jones first reported, Christie delivered the keynote speech at Charles and David Koch's ultra-exclusive seminar at the Ritz-Carlton resort near Vail, Colorado. At the event, David Koch hailed Christie as a "true political hero."
This preemptive chastising of Christie is an odd turn in the Koch-Christie tale. The Koch brothers have long been fans...
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8 Nov 2012

Conservatives fail to oust judges in Iowa and Florida

In Florida, the Koch-backed Americans For Prosperity and the state Republican party failed to get rid of three state Supreme Court justices, who they argued were "extreme" and "activist" in their rulings. One decision that the right didn t particularly like involved the state s attempt to block the Affordable Care Act, which the judges ruled against.
In Florida, the Koch-backed Americans For Prosperity and the state Republican party failed to get rid of three state...
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28 Oct 2012

A Hostile Takeover of Our Country Treasonous, noxious, thieving, tyrannical

American democracy is under assault. In one super-PAC alone, Karl Rove and the Enron grifter Ed Gillespie, have assembled $200 million from big polluters and Wall Street moguls to buy the 2012 election. Two of the Koch Brothers, Charles and David, pledged $130 million to elect candidates who favor unrestrained corporate profiteering. The senators and congressmen they fund and elect are not representing the United States - they are representing Koch and its oil industry cronies, Big Pharma, and the Wall Street banksters currently mounting a hostile takeover of our government.
American democracy is under assault. In one super-PAC alone, Karl Rove and the Enron grifter Ed Gillespie, have...
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24 Oct 2012

Koch Brothers Produce Counterfeit Climate Report to Deceive Congress

An upcoming junk study from a Koch-funded think tank that has taken on the format and appearance of a truly scientific report from the US Government, but is loaded with lies and misrepresentation of actual climate change science. The false report is a tentacle of the Kochtopus - with oil and industrial billionaires Charles and David Koch at the head.
An upcoming junk study from a Koch-funded think tank that has taken on the format and appearance of a truly scientific...
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20 Oct 2012

When plutocrats bullied voters

The Koch brothers and David Siegel aren't the only billionaires putting pressure on their employees to elect Mitt. Across America, this divide between the superrich and everyone else has become a yawning chasm that studies indicate may stifle jobs and growth for years to come. At no time in modern history has the top one hundredth of one percent owned more of our wealth or paid so low a tax rate. But in neither of the two presidential debates so far has the vastness of this astounding inequality gap been discussed. Not by Mitt Romney, who is the embodiment of the predatory world of financial capitalism, and not even by Barack Obama, whose party once fought for working men and women against the economic royalists.
The Koch brothers and David Siegel aren't the only billionaires putting pressure on their employees to elect Mitt....
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19 Oct 2012

Koch-backed activists use power of data in drive to oust Obama from White House

Americans for Prosperity, the Tea Party-aligned group part-funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, is building a state-of-the-art digital ground operation in Ohio and other vital battleground states to spread its anti-Obama message to voters who could decide the outcome of the presidential election.
Americans for Prosperity, the Tea Party-aligned group part-funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, is building a...
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17 Oct 2012

Koch Brothers Report Progression of Attacks and Lies From Democrats Forcing Them to Increase Security

The Koch brothers told reporters there has been a progression of lies and attacks on the company since Barack Obama entered office. They also said this forced them to increase security on their homes and their family.
The Koch brothers told reporters there has been a progression of lies and attacks on the company since Barack Obama...
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15 Oct 2012

Koch Industries, other CEOs warn employees of layoffs if Obama is reelected

In it was a letter, dated Oct. 1, from Koch Industries president Dave Robertson implicitly warning that "many of our more than 50,000 U.S. employees and contractors may suffer the consequences" of voting for President Obama and other Democrats in the 2012 elections, a list of conservative candidates the company's political action committee endorses and a pair of editorials: one, by David Koch, supporting Mitt Romney, and the other, by Charles Koch, condemning Obama.
In it was a letter, dated Oct. 1, from Koch Industries president Dave Robertson implicitly warning that "many of our...
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15 Oct 2012

Koch Industries, other CEOs warn employees of layoffs if Obama is reelected

In it was a letter, dated Oct. 1, from Koch Industries president Dave Robertson implicitly warning that "many of our more than 50,000 U.S. employees and contractors may suffer the consequences" of voting for President Obama and other Democrats in the 2012 elections, a list of conservative candidates the company's political action committee endorses and a pair of editorials: one, by David Koch, supporting Mitt Romney, and the other, by Charles Koch, condemning Obama.
In it was a letter, dated Oct. 1, from Koch Industries president Dave Robertson implicitly warning that "many of our...
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15 Oct 2012

Koch Sends Pro-Romney Mailing to 45,000 Employees While Stifling Workplace Political Speech

No longer is it good enough for the Kochs to spend unlimited money influencing elections. They are also touting candidates to employees while creating policies that have a chilling effect on employees' freedom of speech.
No longer is it good enough for the Kochs to spend unlimited money influencing elections. They are also touting...
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14 Oct 2012

Koch brothers are on a quest to change course of country

"The Koch political machine is the most elaborate, comprehensive financial dip into American politics since Standard Oil and the robber barons a century ago," said Larry Jacobs, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota. "This is the 21st century version of how you buy yourself a government in America."
"The Koch political machine is the most elaborate, comprehensive financial dip into American politics since Standard Oil...
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13 Oct 2012

William Koch, Billionaire Koch Brother, Accused Of Imprisoning Executive

Billionaire William Koch is facing a lawsuit in federal court from a former top-level employee who claims the energy mogul lured him to a secluded property, where he was imprisoned and interrogated for a period of time, according to a report in Courthouse News.
Billionaire William Koch is facing a lawsuit in federal court from a former top-level employee who claims the energy...
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11 Oct 2012

The 6 billionairs who want Romney to be president

The following 1 percent wonders are doing just fine under Obama, but since their worldview is largely restricted to an obsession with their marginal tax rate, they can t refrain from denouncing the president and thinking of new ways to thwart his re-election bid. The Romney men desperately want to see the first financier president, a man after their own cold hearts.
The following 1 percent wonders are doing just fine under Obama, but since their worldview is largely restricted to an...
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11 Oct 2012

Trick Or Treat A Koch Brother Dresses Up As An Environmentalist In His Fight Against Cape Wind

Yesterday, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound - a group established by Koch and his cronies to wage war on Cape Wind, the first offshore wind farm proposed in U.S. waters - dredged up an old lawsuit against the project. The frivolous nature of this latest tilt at the project s offshore windmills is enough to make even Don Quixote blush.
Yesterday, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound - a group established by Koch and his cronies to wage war on Cape...
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10 Oct 2012

Koch brothers polluting river and politics

The Koch brothers are poisoning our river and our politics. If you re not familiar with Charles and David Koch, you should bone up on them. Among the mega-rich, Forbes estimates their fortunes at $25 billion each, the brothers family-owned companies stretch from oil and gas refineries to fertilizer production to paper mills. They have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into right-wing, ultra-conservative causes - a political philosophy they come by naturally. Their father, Fred, was a founding member of the John Birch Society.
The Koch brothers are poisoning our river and our politics. If you re not familiar with Charles and David Koch, you...
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9 Oct 2012

Koch Brothers shutter plant in Duluth, Nolan calls out Cravaack for doing nothing

"When we lost 141 jobs here, our congressman was nowhere to be found," said his DFL opponent Rick Nolan. "Chip Cravaack has been all show and no go - when the working men and women in this district are looking for a champion to fight for their jobs - he's no where to be found." "And now the Koch brothers are spending millions to protect Chip Cravaack and others because they know he will always be a vote for their interests, not the working men and women who rely on these jobs," Nolan continued.
"When we lost 141 jobs here, our congressman was nowhere to be found," said his DFL opponent Rick Nolan. "Chip Cravaack...
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8 Oct 2012

How Gloria Romero Became The Face Of Prop 32

"Money is the mother's milk of politics," Gloria Romero tells me on the phone. "It's flowing to both sides. Government isn't about drawing lines. It's not about saying you're on that side and you can't come over." Her voice is friendly, somewhat placid, but it's clear Romero is not thrilled with having to answer questions about her political alliance with the Koch brothers and other wealthy supporters of Proposition 32, and she conspicuously avoids bringing up their names. When pressed about the Kochs and the money behind behind Prop. 32, she falls back upon her experience in Sacramento.
"Money is the mother's milk of politics," Gloria Romero tells me on the phone. "It's flowing to both sides. Government...
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2 Oct 2012

George Soros donates to democratic super pac hoping to-match the koch brothers

George Soros, the liberal billionaire and champion for liberal causes, has donated $1.5 million to three Democratic Super PACs. $1 million will go to Obama s Super PAC Priorities USA and $500,000 will go to two congressional PACs. That brings Soros total donations this year to $4.3 million. The NY Times reported that Soros made his contribution at a luncheon where donors committed to an additional $10 million in Democratic campaign financing.
George Soros, the liberal billionaire and champion for liberal causes, has donated $1.5 million to three Democratic...
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2 Oct 2012

Arkansas: A Koch brothers case study

When the history of the influence of money in the 2012 election is written, Arkansas may be an interesting case study. Despite the focus on the flood of money unleashed by the Citizens United decision on the presidential and congressional races, some of the more lasting results may be felt at the local level. There is a rule in political spending: the lower the category of interest a race holds for the voters, the more influence money can have. A voter considering a presidential or senate candidate will have multiple sources of information and may have a long history of regular voting at that level of the ballot. But what about as they move further down ballot? How many people know who their state legislator is, or their county supervisor, or their local judges? How many care?
When the history of the influence of money in the 2012 election is written, Arkansas may be an interesting case study....
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2 Oct 2012

Plutocracy 2012: Koch Brothers Organization Spending $1 Million To Buy The State Of Arkansas

Americans For Prosperity (AFP), the group founded and funded by the right-wing billionaires the Koch Brothers, has its sights set on Arkansas. Having just spent big in Kansas to unseat some of the state s last moderate Republicans, AFP is now looking to swing both the House and Senate in Arkansas to the Republican Party.
Americans For Prosperity (AFP), the group founded and funded by the right-wing billionaires the Koch Brothers, has its...
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2 Oct 2012

Don’t Let the Koch Brothers Buy Our Elections

"Greedy Lying Bastards" investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality but also a growing problem that is placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that human behavior has no affect on greenhouse gases. Mr. Rosebraugh, a political activist, documents the impact of an industry that has continually put profits before people, waged a campaign of lies designed to thwart measures to combat climate change, used its clout to minimize infringing regulations and undermined the political process in the U.S. and abroad.
"Greedy Lying Bastards" investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the...
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1 Oct 2012

Koch Brothers Set Sights on Florida Supreme Court Justices

Besides backing from the Florida GOP, a conservative effort to oust three judges from the Florida Supreme Court is getting big bucks from Americans for Prosperity, a national right-wing group heavily funded by the billionaire Koch brothers.
Besides backing from the Florida GOP, a conservative effort to oust three judges from the Florida Supreme Court is...
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25 Sep 2012

Progressive Groups Say Koch Brothers are Attacking Rhode Island

Activists, union leaders and concerned citizens took to Kennedy Plaza Monday to warn that a national agenda put forth by billionaires Charles and David Koch will set the country and Rhode Island back if voters don t rise to the challenge this November. At a rally attended by roughly 30 Rhode Islanders, a group known as Patriot Majority explained what it calls the Koch brothers' "greed agenda," which includes advocating for tax breaks for the extraordinarily wealthy while cutting social programs.
Activists, union leaders and concerned citizens took to Kennedy Plaza Monday to warn that a national agenda put forth by...
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23 Sep 2012

Billionaire brothers launch effort to torpedo Florida.

A tea-party organization founded by the billionaire Koch brothers has launched a vigorous attack on Florida's corporate income tax, enlisting two dozen Republican legislative candidates who vow to abolish the $2.1 billion levy.
A tea-party organization founded by the billionaire Koch brothers has launched a vigorous attack on Florida's corporate...
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21 Sep 2012

Koch Brothers Cashing in 220,000 Acres of Tar Sands Holdings

Recent action by Koch Oil Sands pulls the curtain back further on the Koch family's deep but quiet involvement in Canada's oil sands industry. A Canadian division of Koch Industries is reviewing a range of offers to buy up to 220,000 net acres of its many undeveloped oil sands properties within Alberta's vast reserves of oil sands.
Recent action by Koch Oil Sands pulls the curtain back further on the Koch family's deep but quiet involvement in...
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20 Sep 2012

Kochs Send Millions to Silence California Workers with Prop. 32

Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch could be the poster boys for the big money special interests that are dumping hundreds of millions of dollars in this year s elections on the national and state levels. Last week it was reported that the American Future Fund (AFF), a front group for corporate special interests that s linked to the Kochs, dropped $4 million into the effort to pass California s Prop. 32.
Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch could be the poster boys for the big money special interests that are...
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19 Sep 2012

Activists Funded By Koch Brothers Plan Protest Against ‘Occupy Wall Street Mob’

An activist group founded by the notorious Koch brothers is holding a demonstration in Midtown tomorrow to voice its opposition to President Barack Obama s economic policies and to stand up to the "Occupy Wall Street mob," according to a press release.
An activist group founded by the notorious Koch brothers is holding a demonstration in Midtown tomorrow to voice its...
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18 Sep 2012

Koch Bros. Could Pull A $40B Dividend — But Probably Won’t

Charles and David Koch are attacked by left-wingers for their free-market politics, which strike some who dwell in more liberal circles as being extreme and even vaguely anti-American. But here s something really strange about the brothers who control Koch Industries, the nation s second-biggest private company: They operate it with no net debt
Charles and David Koch are attacked by left-wingers for their free-market politics, which strike some who dwell in more...
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18 Sep 2012

Koch and Adelson campaign money tests integrity of election

Dave Koch ran as the Libertarian vice presidential candidate in 1980 on a platform to abolish Social Security and corporate taxes. He was also against campaign spending limits, and he and his brother evidently now realize that this opens the door to the other two goals. Adelson is also grateful for the Supreme Court's convenient outlook that money has nothing to do with corruption, stating in a jaw-dropping admission of what moral integrity means to him: "I'm against very wealthy people attempting to or influencing elections, but as long as it's doable, I'm going to do it."
Dave Koch ran as the Libertarian vice presidential candidate in 1980 on a platform to abolish Social Security and...
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17 Sep 2012

Mitt + Koch = Prop 32 Ways to Buy CA

First it was Wisconsin. Then it was Ohio. Now the Koch Brothers, Karl Rove and the Tea Party have their eyes on an even bigger prize: the eighth largest economy in the world. Home to 35 million people, 10 percent of the nation's population.Yep. The ultra-right Koch Brothers with the help of Karl Rove and the Tea Party have just made a major investment in deep blue California.
First it was Wisconsin. Then it was Ohio. Now the Koch Brothers, Karl Rove and the Tea Party have their eyes on an even...
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10 Sep 2012

64 Conservative Organizations Notify the Senate Don’t Renew the Wind PTC

64 conservative groups, led by Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity, sent a letter to Congress urging it to allow the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) to expire at the end of this year.
64 conservative groups, led by Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity, sent a letter to Congress urging it to...
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10 Sep 2012

Five Ways Charles Koch Benefits From Practices He Criticizes In Absurd Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

In today's Wall Street Journal, Charles Koch laments "crony capitalism," complaining about "partisan rhetoric," corporations eagerness "to lobby for maintaining and increasing subsidies," and rewards for "politically connected friends." Hilariously, he is not writing about himself or his brother David.
In today's Wall Street Journal, Charles Koch laments "crony capitalism," complaining about "partisan rhetoric,"...
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30 Aug 2012

David Koch: The billion-dollar delegate

Even though David Koch s equally politically active brother Charles has kept his distance from the organized GOP, a number of operatives in Tampa told POLITICO that David Koch s presence as a delegate from New York here sent a strong message that the Kochs expanding political operation is becoming a more reliable adjunct of the Republican Party.
Even though David Koch s equally politically active brother Charles has kept his distance from the organized GOP, a...
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30 Aug 2012

Democrats Demonize Wealthy, Appalled at Koch Brother Presence at RNC

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) sent out an e-mail Thursday morning warning supporters that, "the Republicans are in all-out-attack mode." But the Democrats are the ones doing the attackin... and right on cue, the filthy rich, evil Koch brothers are in their cross-hairs.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) sent out an e-mail Thursday morning warning supporters that, "the...
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29 Aug 2012

Exposed: Koch Brothers, Karl Rove, Tea Party ‘Coming Together’ With Anti-Gay Groups

David Brody, the chief political reporter for CBN News admitted in an MSNBC "Morning Joe" discussion this morning that the Koch Brothers, Karl Rove, and the Tea Party are "coming together" with major anti-gay organizations and a hate group, the Family Research Council.
David Brody, the chief political reporter for CBN News admitted in an MSNBC "Morning Joe" discussion this morning that...
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27 Aug 2012

Meet the Man Who’s Trying to Force Paul Ryan to Look for a Real Job

Once again, Koch brothers cash will face off against a people-powered campaign in Wisconsin this November. The race is for a House seat in the first Congressional District, a seat now held by Paul Ryan. His challenger - the first serious challenge he's faced in 14 years in Congress - is Rob Zerban, a restaurateur and County Commissioner.
Once again, Koch brothers cash will face off against a people-powered campaign in Wisconsin this November. The race is...
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17 Aug 2012

Koch Brothers Behind Paul Ryan as VP Choice

I've waited a few days to lay out my analysis of the selection of Paul Ryan for the VP slot on the Romney ticket. Unlike politicos like Dick Morris who bad-mouths the selection privately and shills for it publicly, I'll tell you what I really think. My sources tell me David Koch played a key role in Ryan's selection and that Koch's wife Julia had been quietly lobbying for Ryan. The selection was cemented at the July 22nd fundraiser Koch held for Romney at the former's sumptuous Hamptons estate.
I've waited a few days to lay out my analysis of the selection of Paul Ryan for the VP slot on the Romney ticket. Unlike...
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16 Aug 2012

Zach Galifianakis Slams Koch Brothers

"...apparently the industrialist/political fixer Koch Brothers are unhappy that they've been depicted as less-than-utterly awesome in the new Will Ferrell/Zach Galifianakis movie "The Campaign."
"...apparently the industrialist/political fixer Koch Brothers are unhappy that they've been depicted as...
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16 Aug 2012

Koch Brothers’ Moonshine

Question: If you mix a cocktail of "black liquor," biofuels, diesel and a generous splash of tax subsidies -- then have it shaken vigorously by a U.S. senator and served in a golden goblet by corporate lobbyists -- what do you call it? Answer: Koch Brothers Moonshine
Question: If you mix a cocktail of "black liquor," biofuels, diesel and a generous splash of tax subsidies -- then have...
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15 Aug 2012

The alliance that killed the Kansas moderate

The political decimation of the moderate Republican in Kansas has been getting a lot of national press. The showdown has been seen as inevitable since the election of Kansas first radically conservative Governor. So how did the state of Kathleen Sebelius and Nancy Kassebaum turn into the state of Brownbackistan? It is hard to fathom, especially in light of Governor Brownback s dismal polling. The following is from Kansas political scientist Dr. H Edward Flentje.
The political decimation of the moderate Republican in Kansas has been getting a lot of national press. The showdown has...
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15 Aug 2012

In Ad, voters break with Obama

Americans for Prosperity, the nonprofit political advocacy group co-founded by the conservative Koch brothers, is airing new ads explicitly attacking President Barack Obama with ex-Obama voters expressing "buyers remorse."
Americans for Prosperity, the nonprofit political advocacy group co-founded by the conservative Koch brothers, is airing...
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13 Aug 2012

How The Tea Party Was Hijacked by the Koch Brothers

The Tea Party had an opportunity to be a voice for the masses. Unfortunately, they were usurped by the robber barons of the 21st Century -- the Koch brothers -- and have been repurposed to fight in favor of corporate fascism and against democracy. All that is needed to prove out this statement is a look at the movement's platform as listed on the web:
The Tea Party had an opportunity to be a voice for the masses. Unfortunately, they were usurped by the robber barons of...
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8 Aug 2012

The Koch Brothers Go After Actor Zach Galifianakis and the Film: The Campaign

In The Campaign, out this weekend, Will Ferrell plays an incumbent Congressman who s running what s supposed to be an uncontested race, when a pair of wealthy brothers by the name of Motch put up a genial dummy, played by Zach Galifianakis, to run against him.
In The Campaign, out this weekend, Will Ferrell plays an incumbent Congressman who s running what s supposed to be an...
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7 Aug 2012

Koch brothers committed to seeing Republican states turn a ‘deeper shade of red’

Tim Owens, a Republican who held elected office in Kansas for more than three decades, fell out of favor with Governor Sam Brownback because he committed the crime of compromising with Democrats, says Jennifer Granholm. So Brownback started endorsing tea party newcomers against Republican moderates, including Senator Owens opponent, Jim Denning. But most important, it wasn t just the governor backing these tea partyers - the Kansas-based conservative billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch, who are behind Americans for Prosperity, started funding them too.
Tim Owens, a Republican who held elected office in Kansas for more than three decades, fell out of favor with Governor...
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7 Aug 2012

Koch Brother Will Be Official Romney Delegate At Republican National Convention

David Koch will be an official delegate for Mitt Romney at this month s Republican National Convention and will represent the New York Republican Party, according to National Journal. Koch, an oil billionaire currently ranked number five on the Forbes U.S. billionaire list, has pledged along with his brother Charles to spend $100 million in their effort to oust President Obama this November.
David Koch will be an official delegate for Mitt Romney at this month s Republican National Convention and will...
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5 Aug 2012

Koch Brothers, GOP Mega Donors, Help Bankroll Religious Conservative’s 2012 Efforts

A conservative group led by longtime political activist Ralph Reed has budgeted $10 million for a major 2012 election push to turn out the religious right and block a second term for President Barack Obama, a top executive with his organization told the Huffington Post
A conservative group led by longtime political activist Ralph Reed has budgeted $10 million for a major 2012 election...
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5 Aug 2012

BEST Climate Change Study Supports Koch Gas Fracking Investments

The kicker is that BEST is partly funded by the Koch brothers, who have become notorious for their financial support of the "climate change denial machine." Hence the bombshell, and with it a lesson in the perils of corporate funding for scientific research. Or is it? Take a closer look at some of the Koch brothers energy investments and pair that with another BEST funder, and it s clear that the new study works in favor of the Koch interests, not against them.
The kicker is that BEST is partly funded by the Koch brothers, who have become notorious for their financial support of...
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3 Aug 2012

Pro-Romney independent group tied to billionaire Koch brothers readies $25M TV ad campaign

An independent group supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says it s launching a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign in several general election battleground states. People familiar with the plans say Americans for Prosperity plans to spend about $25 million on the ads beginning next week and running into early September. The ads will run in Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
An independent group supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says it s launching a multimillion-dollar...
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1 Aug 2012

Kochs Take Tip From Soros Investing in Voter Registration

The door-knockers wearing matching T- shirts and carrying electronic tablets loaded with maps and survey scripts fanned out on a recent evening across Hillsborough County, a Florida enclave that has backed the winning presidential candidate in each of the last three elections
The door-knockers wearing matching T- shirts and carrying electronic tablets loaded with maps and survey scripts fanned...
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26 Jul 2012

How ALEC, the Koch Brothers Led CABAL and The Amicus Project Interfere in Federal Courts …

This article by Bob Sloan of the Daily Kos describes how ALEC and the Koch brothers have been filing "friend of the Court" briefs in federal court cases around the country to advance an agenda important to their members and corporate interests. The problem is, what is in the best interests of ALEC and their friends all too often is not in our best interests. And if Romney wins in November and the republican propaganda campaign results in them taking the US Senate also, you can bet that this problem will get worse, not better.
This article by Bob Sloan of the Daily Kos describes how ALEC and the Koch brothers have been filing "friend of the...
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19 Jul 2012

Sold Out Why Mitt Could Win

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has pledged $10 million to the Koch brothers 2012 political plans, cementing a potent alliance of two of the biggest spending forces in politics. The $10 million pledge was delivered by Adelson's aide Andy Abboud at the Koch brothers donor summit in suburban San Diego. Investment tycoon Charles Schwab committed to a seven-figure donation and the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch donated undisclosed millions of dollars.
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has pledged $10 million to the Koch brothers 2012 political plans, cementing a potent...
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19 Jul 2012

Lautenberg Boycott My Constituents!

So today on the Senate floor I am going to disclose the identities of a couple of people who are among the biggest sources of secret money. I am going to disclose where their money comes from. Here on this placard we see the Koch brothers, David and Charles Koch. They are the powerhouses in this movement to take away the ability of the American people to decide how they vote and who gets into office.
So today on the Senate floor I am going to disclose the identities of a couple of people who are among the biggest...
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30 Jun 2012

Trump, Koch brothers among megadonors looking down-ticket

Conservative megadonors Sheldon Adelson, the Koch brothers and Donald Trump aren t stopping with their efforts to swing the presidential election. Now, they re shoveling cash into down-ticket races. Their big checks have helped state-focused GOP groups more than double the cash haul of their Democratic counterparts and open up another front that could help Mitt Romney beat President Barack Obama.
Conservative megadonors Sheldon Adelson, the Koch brothers and Donald Trump aren t stopping with their efforts to swing...
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22 Jun 2012

Koch brothers-funded group launches TV ad against Tim Kaine

It s not too surprising that Americans for Prosperity, a group founded with support from the billionaire Koch brothers, has cut a TV ad against U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine. After all, the power conservative group has ties to Kaine s opponent, Republican George Allen.
It s not too surprising that Americans for Prosperity, a group founded with support from the billionaire Koch brothers,...
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22 Jun 2012

Koch Bros’ tea-party group goes after Bill Nelson in new ad

Americans for Prosperity, the tea-party group funded in great part by the Koch Brothers (the conservative version of George Soros), have launched a six-state $3 million ad buy that targets Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, among others. The ad is a standard conservative assault on a Democrat, who's portrayed as a tax-and-spend-happy liberal.
Americans for Prosperity, the tea-party group funded in great part by the Koch Brothers (the conservative version of...
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22 Jun 2012

Is the drama over at the Cato Institute

After the co founder of Cato Institute Niskanen died of stroke complications in October, the Koch brothers claimed that a founding shareholder agreement gave them the option to buy his shares. Crane, current president of CATO held that they should go to Niskanen's widow, which would leave him in effective control of the organization.
After the co founder of Cato Institute Niskanen died of stroke complications in October, the Koch brothers claimed that...
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15 Jun 2012

Inside the Koch World convention

Many of the dozens of rich conservative invitees are expected to write huge checks to a pool of cash distributed among Koch-approved groups, potentially boosting the Kochs 2012 spending plan beyond their historic $395 million goal. And it s also a chance for the Kochs to show off their increasingly robust political machine, including a growing voter database project called Themis that played a major role in conservatives recent efforts in Wisconsin and in which POLITICO has learned Koch operatives have discussed investing $20 million.
Many of the dozens of rich conservative invitees are expected to write huge checks to a pool of cash distributed among...
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6 Jun 2012

IF Scott Walker beats the recall it will mean the Koch Brothers’ investment paid off

The June 5 Wisconsin recall vote is just days away, and Republican Gov. Scott Walker has raised more campaign cash than any candidate in Wisconsin history, with more than $31 million raised since he took office in January 2011. Walker's war chest, which grew by a whopping $5.9 million in the past five weeks, dwarfs that of his Democratic opponent, former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who's fundraising total of $4.2 million in comparison had Wisconsin Democrats scolding their party's national leadership.
The June 5 Wisconsin recall vote is just days away, and Republican Gov. Scott Walker has raised more campaign cash than...
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4 Jun 2012

Jeb Bush Rebukes Koch Brothers, Karl Rove’s Political Machine; Calls For Total Campaign Disclosure

BUSH: In a perfect world, we could have a different financing system. I love the idea of having campaigns be funded directly, rather than indirectly. And have no limits and total transparency so if people were offended by a large donor, the candidate, he or she, would have to accept responsibility for the message and the for the amount of money and who gave it
BUSH: In a perfect world, we could have a different financing system. I love the idea of having campaigns be funded...
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3 Jun 2012

Koch influence present in school lawsuit

Koch-funded groups recently helped push through historic tax cuts in Kansas. This week, they will battle against public schools seeking more funding. Fifty-four school districts are taking the state to court to try to recover funding that was cut by state officials during the recession. The trial, which starts Monday before a three-judge panel in the Shawnee County Courthouse, could take a month.
Koch-funded groups recently helped push through historic tax cuts in Kansas. This week, they will battle against public...
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2 Jun 2012

Koch brothers, with Citizens United behind them, announce their intention to buy election

According to a new report in Politico, the Koch brothers, through their various front organizations, are set to funnel $400 million of their personal wealth into this year s presidential campaign. It s an absolutely staggering amount. To put it in context, these two men will be investing more than John McCain raised during the course of the entire 2008 campaign. (According to federal filings, McCain raised a total of $370 million.) Fortunately, some, like Vermont Senator, Bernie Sanders, aren t just accepting this new, post-Citizens United, elections belong to the highest bidder paradigm
According to a new report in Politico, the Koch brothers, through their various front organizations, are set to funnel...
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31 May 2012

GOP groups plan record $1 billion blitz

Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives - including Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - plan to spend roughly $1 billion on November s elections for the White House and control of Congress, according to officials familiar with the groups internal operations.
Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives - including Karl...
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30 May 2012

Koch Brothers group offers free food for votes in Scott Walker recall election

The recall election of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is said to be a referendum on Tea Party politics and their union-busting policy. The election, where Walker will face Democrat Tom Barrett, is set for June 5th, 2012. Efforts to influence the outcome of the electionin favor of Tea Party Republican Scott Walker, includes free food and other perks, compliments of the Koch Brothers Super Pac
The recall election of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is said to be a referendum on Tea Party politics and their...
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29 May 2012

$55 million for conservative campaigns – but where did it come from

The Center to Protect Patient Rights, is an organization with ties to Charles and David H. Koch, the billionaire brothers who bankroll a number of conservative organizations. During the 2010 midterm election, the center sent more than $55 million to 26 GOP-allied groups, tax filings show, funding opaque outfits such as American Future Fund, 60 Plus and Americans for Job Security that were behind a coordinated campaign against Democratic congressional candidates.
The Center to Protect Patient Rights, is an organization with ties to Charles and David H. Koch, the billionaire...
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27 May 2012

Harper is right Foreign radicals are after the oil sands

Stephen Harper s Conservatives have courageously chosen to expose and confront foreign interests that have surreptitiously been infiltrating the Canadian oil industry - and they don t mean their Chinese Communist partners. They are apparently in possession of revelations about these extremists and criminals that, in the words of Senator Nicole Eaton, "would make your blood boil." For six decades around the world, Koch Industries has blazed a path to riches - in part, by making illicit payments to win contracts, trading with a terrorist state , fixing prices, neglecting safety and ignoring environmental regulations. At the same time, Charles and David Koch have promoted a form of government that interferes less with company actions."
Stephen Harper s Conservatives have courageously chosen to expose and confront foreign interests that have...
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9 May 2012

Conservative thinktanks step up attacks against Obama’s clean energy strate

A network of ultra-conservative groups is ramping up an offensive on multiple fronts to turn the American public against wind farms and Barack Obama's energy agenda. A number of rightwing organisations, including Americans for Prosperity, which is funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, are attacking Obama for his support for solar and wind power. The American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec), which also has financial links to the Kochs, has drafted bills to overturn state laws promoting wind energy.
A network of ultra-conservative groups is ramping up an offensive on multiple fronts to turn the American public against...
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28 Apr 2012

U.S. Republican Koch oil billionaires help fund the Fraser Institute. Why the Fraser Institute

So why are the Koch brothers in Canada and why have they selected the Fraser Institute to be the repository of their generosity? A trip to The Fraser Institute's website offers clues, if not answers. Fraser Institute Branding: Freedom, Prosperity, Choice Fraser's website and Facebook page boldly promote a conservative political agenda. And although the Fraser Institute claims to be "independent" and "non-partisan", the institute has been a connecting point for many leading conservatives in Canada.
So why are the Koch brothers in Canada and why have they selected the Fraser Institute to be the repository of their...
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24 Apr 2012

Bill Koch’s Company Donates Another $1 Million to Romney’s Super PAC

Bill Koch, the Palm Beach billionaire who criticized his brothers' support of libertarian causes and has long escaped notice on the national political stage, is emerging as a major supporter of Mitt Romney. Huron Carbon, a subsidiary of Koch's West Palm Beach-based Oxbow Corp., donated $1 million to Romney's Restore Our Future "super PAC" last month. That brings Koch's Restore Our Future donations to a total of $2 million, including $750,000 Oxbow contributed last year and $250,000 Koch gave on his own.
Bill Koch, the Palm Beach billionaire who criticized his brothers' support of libertarian causes and has long escaped...
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24 Apr 2012

Koch Industries, lightning rod in American politics, donates to Tim Knopp’s legislative race

The firm for the first time is reaching into an Oregon legislative race by giving $5,000 to former House Majority Leader Tim Knopp for his primary race against Sen. Chris Telfer, R-Bend. Koch Industries does have a direct interest in Oregon: it owns Georgia-Pacific, which was once headquartered in Portland and still has nine facilities with more than 2,200 employees in the state. But, according to the secretary of state's campaign-finance database, this is the first time Koch Industries has given money to a legislative candidate here (at least going back to 2007, which is when the database was established).
The firm for the first time is reaching into an Oregon legislative race by giving $5,000 to former House Majority Leader...
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20 Apr 2012

The Koch Brothers – Exposed!

If the Koch brothers didn't exist, the left would have to invent them. They're the plutocrats from central casting - oil-and-gas billionaires ready to buy any congressman, fund any lie, fight any law, bust any union, despoil any landscape, or shirk any (tax) burden to push their free-market religion and pump up their profits.
If the Koch brothers didn't exist, the left would have to invent them. They're the plutocrats from central casting -...
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16 Apr 2012

Could Billionaire Koch Brothers Ruin Cato

Charles and David Koch filed two lawsuits against the libertarian think tank that one of them helped found. The brothers say they want Cato to stay true to its 'principles.' But many in Cato say the move will put the brothers in charge and threatens Cato's independence. Cato's Michael Cannon speaks with host Michel Martin
Charles and David Koch filed two lawsuits against the libertarian think tank that one of them helped found. The brothers...
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14 Apr 2012

Kochs fire back at anti-ALEC campaign from Color of Change

Philip Ellender, president and chief operating officer of government and public affairs at KCPS, told TheDC that the anti-ALEC campaign is designed "not only to intimidate, but to silence supporters of free-market principles and those who oppose the current policies that are worsening our already ruinous deficits."
Philip Ellender, president and chief operating officer of government and public affairs at KCPS, told TheDC that the...
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13 Apr 2012

FreedomWorks, Koch Brothers Clash Over Cato Institute Takeover Bid

A split is opening up between two forces that helped to launch the Tea Party in 2009. FreedomWorks, a free market/limited government advocacy group, released a statement Thursday criticizing the move by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch to sue for majority control of the libertarian Cato Institute.
A split is opening up between two forces that helped to launch the Tea Party in 2009. FreedomWorks, a free...
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12 Apr 2012

Is ALEC the new Koch Brothers, Halliburton, or Bildebergers

Progressives have launched an attack on the lobbying group ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, a group that does what every other lobbying group does - raise funds and petitions legislators for their agenda, in this case focused on state legislatures. Although I ve barely heard of them before, they must be effective, since the Left has made them their newest, bestest b te noire.
Progressives have launched an attack on the lobbying group ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, a group that...
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11 Apr 2012

Koch vs. Cato Koch brothers file second lawsuit over ‘Board-packing scheme’

Billionaires Charles and David Koch have filed a second lawsuit against the Cato Institute, marking the newest development in the ongoing battle for control over the libertarian think tank. According to court documents filed Monday and obtained by The Washington Post, the Kochs are asking the court to invalidate the results of an "improper election" held recently by Cato's board--an action the Kochs refer to as a "Board-packing scheme."
Billionaires Charles and David Koch have filed a second lawsuit against the Cato Institute, marking the newest...
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10 Apr 2012

Top Ten Koch Facts

Everyone seems to be investigating Charles and David Koch lately, with expos s of their corrupt political behavior popping up in places like the New Yorker, AlterNet, ThinkProgress, and Brave New Foundation's film Koch Brothers Exposed. Naturally, the billionaire brothers don't like the attention, so they're responding to it by smearing the activists and journalists. In their panic, they have now taken out Google ads attacking me and plastered an ominous image of my eyes on their website...
Everyone seems to be investigating Charles and David Koch lately, with expos s of their corrupt political behavior...
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10 Apr 2012

President Obama will smash GOP Super PACs (he hopes)

Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and other high-powered conservatives have already launched or will soon launch ads attacking President Obama. Rove s American Crossroads yesterday announced plans for a multi-state, four month blitz against the commander-in-chief, and Americans for Prosperity, funded by billionaires Charles and David Koch, has already started airing commercials painting Obama as corrupt and ineffectual.
Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and other high-powered conservatives have already launched or will soon launch ads...
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28 Mar 2012

Koch Brothers Move To Control Cato Institute

Libertarians say it's like watching dear friends in an ugly divorce, as the billionaire Koch brothers try to take control of the highly regarded Cato Institute. The head of Cato says the Kochs are out to politicize the think tank.
Libertarians say it's like watching dear friends in an ugly divorce, as the billionaire Koch brothers try to take...
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27 Mar 2012

3 Shady Things the Koch Brothers Have Been Up To That the Media Ignore

The broad and detrimental reach of the Koch brothers' influence on American life offers an array of areas that demand scrutiny, but there are three that set the stage for all the others: the corrupting influence of Koch money on elections, legislation and the scholarly research that shapes legislation.
The broad and detrimental reach of the Koch brothers' influence on American life offers an array of areas that demand...
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27 Mar 2012

The Koch Bros Plan To Take Down Health Care Reform

While the intellectual battle waged inside the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of health care reform, it was outside where the political battle really took off. And who is at the center of the political battle? The Koch brothers. Conservative billionaire brothers have sent the surrogates, the Americans for Prosperity, to rally against the bill. The protest featured notorious anti-health care crusaders like Rep. Michele Bachmann and Sens. Jim DeMint and Rand Paul and will do little, if anything, to impact the actual deliberations of the Court.
While the intellectual battle waged inside the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of health care reform, it was...
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26 Mar 2012

‘Koch Brothers Exposed ‘ – New Film Examines How Billionaire Brothers Shaped The Political Narrative

Over the past two years, Charles and David Koch have commanded a great deal of attention and been held up as an example of how corporate forces have corrupted the democratic process in America. Now a provocative new film, "Koch Brothers Exposed," seeks to uncover how the Koch brothers have manipulated the political narrative for personal and ideological gain, particularly in the post-Citizens United era.
Over the past two years, Charles and David Koch have commanded a great deal of attention and been held up as an example...
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13 Mar 2012

Slovakia Defies the Kochs and Cato

For the past decade, the people of the small central European nation of Slovakia have suffered under a harsh and corrupt "privatization" scheme devised by the Koch Brothers' Cato Institute. However, in weekend elections, they defied their oligarchs by voting for a left-of-center "populist" party, reports Mark Ames.
For the past decade, the people of the small central European nation of Slovakia have suffered under a harsh and corrupt...
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12 Mar 2012

The Cato Institute Controversy: Why Should Anyone Care What Libertarians Think

As everyone must know by now, the Koch brothers, extraordinarily capable entrepreneurs who built America s largest privately-held company, are trying to gain control of the Cato Institute which is the world s largest, most influential libertarian think tank.
As everyone must know by now, the Koch brothers, extraordinarily capable entrepreneurs who built America s largest...
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