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16 Oct 2011

Liam Fox resignation exposes Tory links to US radical right

Fox's organisation, which was wound up last year following a critical Charity Commission report into its activities, formed a partnership with an organisation called the American Legislative Exchange Council. The powerful lobbying organisation, which receives funding from pharmaceutical, weapons and oil interests among others, is heavily funded by the Koch Charitable Foundation whose founder, Charles G Koch, is one of the most generous donors to the Tea Party movement in the US. In recent years, the Tea Party has become a potent populist force in American politics, associated with controversial stances on global warming.
Fox's organisation, which was wound up last year following a critical Charity Commission report into its activities,...
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8 Nov 2011

Koch Brothers Poised to Raise Influence With Massive Conservative Database – The ITT List

David and Charles Koch billionaire brothers and infamous figureheads of libertarian activism are set to further certify their status as lynchpins of the Republican electoral machine. As the Guardian reports, the two oil moguls are creating a database that unites far-flung conservative think tanks, activist groups, tea party organizations, fundraising gurus and free market ideologues into a comprehensive list likely to make GOP campaign managers salivate in advance of next year s elections.
David and Charles Koch billionaire brothers and infamous figureheads of libertarian activism are set to further certify...
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4 Jun 2011

Asked About Being Viewed As A Pawn Of Koch Industries, Rep. Mike Pompeo Replies Koch Is ‘Amazing’

Last September, ThinkProgress posted an investigative piece about Mike Pompeo, the Republican nominee running for Congress in an open seat near Wichita, Kansas. Our post revealed that Pompeo, a businessman with little political experience, had been groomed and selected for office by the petrochemical conglomerate Koch Industries. Not only was Koch Pompeo's largest contributor, but Pompeo had gained a public profile using two local Koch front groups, had been personally endorsed by Charles Koch, and Pompeo s oil business has a partnership with Koch s subsidiaries operating in Brazil
Last September, ThinkProgress posted an investigative piece about Mike Pompeo, the Republican nominee running for...
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7 Sep 2011

The Koch Brothers’ Million-Dollar Donor Club

Twice a year, the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch host secretive retreats for an exclusive list of corporate America's rich and powerful to strategize and raise money for their right-wing political agenda. Mother Jones has obtained exclusive audio recordings that shed some light on the brothers' latest retreat, held at a resort near Vail, Colorado, in late June.
Twice a year, the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch host secretive retreats for an exclusive...
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11 May 2011

Koch Bros. Now Buying Academic Support

Billionaire Charles Koch's efforts at shaping public policy have come under immense scrutiny recently, despite the fact that he and his brother have used their immense wealth to influence legislation for years. But given the disastrous results in places like Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida and Indiana some of the Koch's old deals are getting a second look.
Billionaire Charles Koch's efforts at shaping public policy have come under immense scrutiny recently, despite the fact...
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10 May 2011

Koch Brother Buys Professors At Public University to Spread Free Market Propaganda — Is Public Education the Kochs’ Next Front

Usually, when billionaires or millionaires give a large sum of money to a university, even a private one, they can specify where that gift will go -- which department or function, facilities, new hires, dorms, or what have you. And it's no secret that some of those big donations may lead to a little bit of wink-and-nudge affirmative action when it comes time for the little billionaires Jr. to apply to college.
Usually, when billionaires or millionaires give a large sum of money to a university, even a private one, they can...
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6 Sep 2011

Exclusive Audio: Inside the Koch Brothers’ Secret Seminar

During his welcoming remarks, Charles Koch warned his guests that the 2012 elections are nothing short of a battle "for the life or death of this country." He then acknowledged the individuals and families who had given more than $1 million to the brothers' efforts - though he misspoke, saying "more than a billion," earning a huge laugh from the crowd. "Well, I was thinking of Obama and his billion-dollar campaign," Koch said, to more laughter and cheers. "So I thought, 'We gotta do better than that.'"
During his welcoming remarks, Charles Koch warned his guests that the 2012 elections are nothing short of a battle "for...
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30 Oct 2011

Outside Groups Eclipsing G.O.P. as Hub of Campaigns

A group of Republicans where almost none of them hold office or a job with the Republican Party itself meet to make policy for the Republican agenda. They represent conservative groups that channeled tens of millions of dollars into last year's Congressional campaign. And as 2012 approaches, the groups - among them the Karl Rove-founded American Crossroads, the Republican Governors Association, the American Action Network and Americans for Prosperity, which is backed by the billionaire Koch brothers - have gathered into a loosely organized political machine poised to rival, and in many ways supplant, the official Republican Party apparatus.
A group of Republicans where almost none of them hold office or a job with the Republican Party itself meet to make...
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2 Feb 2012

Billionaire Buddies: Adelsons Join Koch Brothers

In recent years, billionaire oil magnates David and Charles Koch have bankrolled the Tea Party movement, Republican candidates, and efforts to deny the existence global warming. But less noticed have been their series of twice-yearly strategy coordination meetings for wealthy right-wing donors. These secret confabs have attracted Republicans like Govs. Rick Perry (R-TX) and Rick Scott (R-FL), as well as former Fox News Channel talker Glenn Beck, Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, representatives from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and executives from the oil, banking, and health insurance industries
In recent years, billionaire oil magnates David and Charles Koch have bankrolled the Tea Party movement, Republican...
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13 Oct 2011

Koch Industries Gave Thousands To Mike Ross While Poisoning His Constituents

Over the course of his Congressional career, Ross has received thousands of dollars from Koch Industries, (something that got a little bit of news attention earlier this year) so much so that it s become apparent that he s their favorite Democrat.
Over the course of his Congressional career, Ross has received thousands of dollars from Koch Industries, (something...
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16 Apr 2011

Recipients of the Kochs’ Largesse

The Kochs heavily favored Republican candidates and committees, giving them $2.1 million, or 83 percent of the total given to partisan candidates and committees. Democratic candidates and committees garnered 17 percent of Koch's money, or $414,294. Two-thirds of the money that went to Democrats came from the Koch subsidiary Georgia-Pacific, at $276,152.
The Kochs heavily favored Republican candidates and committees, giving them $2.1 million, or 83 percent of the total...
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22 Jun 2011

Top Koch Industries Lobbyist Is A Nature Conservancy Trustee

The top lobbyist and 'enforcer' for petrochemical giant Koch Industries, Philip Ellender, is on the board of trustees of the Georgia branch of the Nature Conservancy, which opposes Koch's stance on global warming and toxic chemicals.
The top lobbyist and 'enforcer' for petrochemical giant Koch Industries, Philip Ellender, is on the board of trustees of...
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29 Mar 2011

Koch-Funded Scientist Richard Muller Makes Up Story About Al Gore And Polar Bears

Dr. Richard Muller is an iconoclastic physicist with contrarian beliefs about climate policy. He is leading the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study, a private project to replicate existing global temperature records that is funded by billionaires Bill Gates and Charles Koch.
Dr. Richard Muller is an iconoclastic physicist with contrarian beliefs about climate policy. He is leading the Berkeley...
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29 Mar 2011

Koch-Funded Scientist Richard Muller Makes Up Story About Al Gore And Polar Bears

Dr. Richard Muller is an iconoclastic physicist with contrarian beliefs about climate policy. He is leading the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study, a private project to replicate existing global temperature records that is funded by billionaires Bill Gates and Charles Koch.
Dr. Richard Muller is an iconoclastic physicist with contrarian beliefs about climate policy. He is leading the Berkeley...
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23 Apr 2011

Senate Koch Head Caucus Puts Koch Cash Before the Health of Their Constituents

Fifty senators - 46 Republicans and four Democrats - recently voted to deny the science of global warming and permanently ban limits on the carbon pollution that threatens the health of children and seniors. Not surprisingly, the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity group lent its voice in support of Sen. Mitch McConnell s (R-KY) dirty-energy amendment.
Fifty senators - 46 Republicans and four Democrats - recently voted to deny the science of global warming and...
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15 Jun 2011

Mike Pence Holds Top-Secret Dinner With GOP Donors

The weekend of April 8th was a heady time for Mike Pence. On Friday, the Indiana congressman and soon-to-be candidate for governor nearly brought the government to a halt with his measure to defund Planned Parenthood, earning him darling status among social conservatives.
The weekend of April 8th was a heady time for Mike Pence. On Friday, the Indiana congressman and soon-to-be candidate...
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17 Jul 2011

Koch Brothers Founders of FreedomWorks, the Group Responsible for New Cut, Cap, Balance Pledge Republicans are Signing

Koch industries seem to have their brand on everything Republican, so no surprise that the group that started the Cut, Cap, Balance Plede have ties to the Koch Brothers. In the last few weeks of talks of the debt ceiling, there has been talk of the Cut Cap, Balance Pledge Republicans have signed. So who is the owener of this Pledge.
Koch industries seem to have their brand on everything Republican, so no surprise that the group that started the Cut,...
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30 Dec 2011

Koch Brothers To Benefit From “Savannah River Sellout”

In addition to the financial and political favors she s already alleged to have already received for betraying South Carolina s economic and environmental interests, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley may reap yet another major reward from her "Savannah River Sellout." -- Specifically, her decision to accommodate the state of Georgia s government-funded Savannah port expansion project - which will effectively kill a public-private port facility in Jasper County, S.C. - will benefit a pair of major players in Republican Party politics.
In addition to the financial and political favors she s already alleged to have already received for betraying South...
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21 Oct 2011

Not an Employee Herman Cain Had Mailing and Email Addresses at Koch’s Americans For Prosperity HQ

As the New Yorker's Jane Mayer wrote earlier this week, members of Herman Cain's campaign staff are loath to discuss his longstanding ties to Americans for Prosperity and the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the organizing groups founded by billionaire David Koch, about whom Mayer famously wrote a comprehensive profile last year.
As the New Yorker's Jane Mayer wrote earlier this week, members of Herman Cain's campaign staff are loath to discuss his...
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15 Jul 2011

AG defends outside counsel decision

One law firm that represents the Koch brothers bills clients $115 per hour for paralegal services, or $300 an hour for litigation partners. This article does a nice job of explaining the GOP ties in Kansas, specifically the links between the Kansas statehouse, Charles and David Koch and the Kansas legal community.
One law firm that represents the Koch brothers bills clients $115 per hour for paralegal services, or $300 an hour for...
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10 Nov 2011

Degrading the American Dream: inside Koch’s Americans for Prosperity convention

Last weekend was a wild one for climate action in our nation s Capitol, between the protest outside a conference run by Koch Industries front group Americans for Prosperity and Sunday s large street protest against the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that encircled the White House with over 10,000 people. The two issues came together when I and another Greenpeace activist found oil billionaire and Americans for Prosperity Chairman David Koch inside AFP s "Defending the American Dream" conference, and questioned Koch about his company s financial stake in the Keystone XL pipeline and their false statement to Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA). Watch for yourself below.
Last weekend was a wild one for climate action in our nation s Capitol, between the protest outside a conference run by...
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21 Apr 2011

Koch brothers go after investigative journalists

As the journalism industry limps along and public broadcasting comes under attack, the Koch brothers - multimillionaire conservative-politics string-pullers- have taken aim at the Center for Public Integrity, a twenty-year-old nonprofit investigative organization dedicated to making institutional power more transparent.
As the journalism industry limps along and public broadcasting comes under attack, the Koch brothers - multimillionaire...
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25 Apr 2011

Koch Brothers Invade Facebook to Recruit Right-Wing Think Tank Automatons to Be Placed Around US

The Koch brothers are launching a recruiting blitz on Facebook for maintaining the plutocracy. In the last few days, I have encountered endless paid ads in the right-hand column of Facebook for a program called "Liberty at Work." "Looking for Work?" the ad asks. It then describes positions throughout the country for advancing "conservative and libertarian" causes.
The Koch brothers are launching a recruiting blitz on Facebook for maintaining the plutocracy. In the last few days, I...
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24 Jun 2011

Billionaire brothers to host conservative seminar in Vail Valley

A recent study by The Center for Public Integrity, a Washinton-based watchdog, found that Koch Industries, the brothers' Kansas-based energy company that is the second largest private company in the United States, has increased its spending on lobbying from $856,000 in 2004 to $20 million in the last two years. The report also shows the company had $100 billion in revenues in 2009.
A recent study by The Center for Public Integrity, a Washinton-based watchdog, found that Koch Industries, the brothers'...
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23 Apr 2011

Koch tells employees how to vote

Journalist Mike Elk joins the show to talk about his exclusive report on how Koch tells its employees which way to vote. Also, Paul Ryan's base turns against him, the mental toll of BP's oil spill lingers, and surprise! Another Republican mailed out a horribly racist photo of President Obama.
Journalist Mike Elk joins the show to talk about his exclusive report on how Koch tells its employees which way to vote....
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1 Aug 2011

How the Billionaires Broke the System

There are two ways of cutting a deficit: raising taxes or reducing spending. Raising taxes means taking money from the rich. Cutting spending means taking money from the poor. Not in all cases of course: some taxation is regressive; some state spending takes money from ordinary citizens and gives it to banks, arms companies, oil barons and farmers. But in most cases the state transfers wealth from rich to poor, while tax cuts shift it from poor to rich. So the rich, in a nominal democracy, have a struggle on their hands. Somehow they must persuade the other 99% to vote against their own interests: to shrink the state, supporting spending cuts rather than tax rises. In the US they appear to be succeeding.
There are two ways of cutting a deficit: raising taxes or reducing spending. Raising taxes means taking money from the...
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13 Jul 2011

ALEC: The Organization Rewriting State Laws Across the Country

Since the 2010 election, conservative legislatures in practically every state have almost immediately plunked down a spate of bills with a very unified focus, attacking unions, Planned Parenthood, and cherished social programs. If you have wondered about the shelf where all this legislation sits and waits for conservatives to marshal their numbers, it s located at the offices of an organization called ALEC. That stands for the American Legislative Exchange Council, and it s the most powerful organization you almost never hear about.
Since the 2010 election, conservative legislatures in practically every state have almost immediately plunked down a...
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12 Jul 2011

ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection

Hundreds of ALEC s model bills and resolutions bear traces of Koch DNA: raw ideas that were once at the fringes but that have been carved into 'mainstream' policy through the wealth and will of Charles and David Koch. Of all the Kochs investments in right-wing organizations, ALEC provides some of the best returns: it gives the Kochs a way to make their brand of free-market fundamentalism legally binding.
Hundreds of ALEC s model bills and resolutions bear traces of Koch DNA: raw ideas that were once at the fringes but that...
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30 Jul 2011

Conservative group asks court to cut disclosure rules

With next year's state ballot already crowded with controversial proposals, a conservative legal organization urged a federal court Wednesday to overturn portions of Florida's campaign finance laws, erasing key disclosure requirements.
With next year's state ballot already crowded with controversial proposals, a conservative legal organization urged a...
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22 Jul 2011

The Koch brothers’ campaign to kill social security

"The Koch brothers job is to do everything they can to dismember government in general," Senator Bernie Sanders says in this video. "If you can destroy social security, you will have gone a long way forward in that effort."
"The Koch brothers job is to do everything they can to dismember government in general," Senator Bernie Sanders says in...
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7 Sep 2011

When It Comes To Koch Apologists, Slate’s David Weigel Is “Chairman Of The Bored”

Slate s David Weigel is one of the few libertarian media figures who at least has had the courtesy to disclose, on occasion, his past relationships with Koch-funded outfits (Institute for Humane Studies, Reason Magazine). But half-disclosures can be deceiving. The record shows that every time the Koch-machine finds itself under media scrutiny, and its unnerving influence on our political and economic culture is exposed, you can count on David Weigel to rush to the scene and declare, Nothing to see here folks.
Slate s David Weigel is one of the few libertarian media figures who at least has had the courtesy to disclose, on...
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23 Jun 2011

Billionaire Koch Brothers Send Attack Lobbyists to Stop Energy Legislation

The famous Koch Brothers, who love to meddle in the very same government they claim should not basically exist, are now flexing their financial muscles again. They are demanding legislators lose the proposed energy legislation for natural gas subsidies to help wean America off oil.
The famous Koch Brothers, who love to meddle in the very same government they claim should not basically exist, are now...
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27 Jul 2011

High-Profile Energy Companies Reduce Lobbying Expenditures, But Not the Koch Brothers

Finally, Koch Industries -- like BP and Exxon -- has spent more on lobbying this year compared to last year. During the first half of 2011, Koch Industries has spent $4 million, including $1.8 million during the second quarter. That's an increase of 3.5 percent above what it spent during the first half of 2010. However, this amount is still 30 percent less than what Koch Industries spent on lobbying during the first half of 2009.
Finally, Koch Industries -- like BP and Exxon -- has spent more on lobbying this year compared to last year. During the...
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18 Jun 2011

Running on Empty Tour Is Empty of Facts, Full of Misinformation

Americans for Prosperity, a group funded in part by the petrochemical conglomerate Koch Industries, recently launched a tour of the American heartland, hoping to whip up a righteous furor against the current administration for high gas prices.
Americans for Prosperity, a group funded in part by the petrochemical conglomerate Koch Industries, recently launched a...
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17 Nov 2011

The Problem is Not Solyndra. It is Koch Industries

Another day, another misleading and false attack on clean energy funded by Koch Industries, which makes billions of dollars from a variety of polluting industries. Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers funded organization, is funding a new television ad now airing in Florida and other states claiming that President Obama gave millions of dollars away to political supporters as favors through the Department of Energy s guaranteed loan program.
Another day, another misleading and false attack on clean energy funded by Koch Industries, which makes billions of...
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28 Dec 2011

Koch Industries spreads influence in key places

I read with great interest Bruce Kading s September editorial in The St. Augustine Record protesting U. S. Rep. John Mica s sponsorship of HR 2018, which would dismantle large portions of the Clean Water Act. Of even greater interest to me was that Georgia-Pacific, who wishes to run a pipeline dumping toxic chemicals into the St. Johns River, is owned by Koch Industries. They and other industries that would benefit from HR 2018 have lavished more than $100,000 in campaign contributions to Mica. Sen. Marco Rubio has also received $32,000 in campaign contributions from Koch Industries.
I read with great interest Bruce Kading s September editorial in The St. Augustine Record protesting U. S. Rep. John...
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21 Apr 2011

Koch Industries Says That Koch Political Activities Are Motivated By Considerations Of Corporate Profit

Political movements need money. And that means that political movements tend to owe some debt to rich people who give them money. One question that naturally arises is whether those rich people are giving money out of ideological conviction, or as part of a business oriented lobbying strategy.
Political movements need money. And that means that political movements tend to owe some debt to rich people who give...
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18 Jun 2011

Social Security and the Koch lies

Guess who s leading the drive to raise the retirement age and privatize Social Security? Billionaire oil company executives David and Charles Koch, who have played a leading role in gutting environmental regulations and defeating pro-consumer candidates for office.
Guess who s leading the drive to raise the retirement age and privatize Social Security? Billionaire oil company...
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17 Jan 2012

Koch-backed group spends $6 million on anti-Obama Solyndra ad

A conservative group is spending $6 million in battleground states on a new ad critical of President Obama's role in funding the failed green energy firm Solyndra, whose bankruptcy last year despite a federal loan guarantee has proven a major embarrassment for the administration. Americans for Prosperity - group partially funded by the billionaire Koch brothers - said that the campaign will begin airing Monday in Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, Virginia and Iowa.
A conservative group is spending $6 million in battleground states on a new ad critical of President Obama's role in...
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16 Apr 2011

Tea Party Jesus: Koch’s Americans For Prosperity Sidles Up to Religious Right for 2012 Campaign

Jesus, it seems, is a fiscal conservative. Make that a tax-cut-loving, labor-union-busting, supply-side fiscal conservative. How else to explain the presence of Tim Phillips, president of the Koch-funded Tea Party astroturf group, Americans for Prosperity, as a presenter at the Awakening conference sponsored by the religious-right group, Freedom Federation?
Jesus, it seems, is a fiscal conservative. Make that a tax-cut-loving, labor-union-busting, supply-side fiscal...
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2 Aug 2011

So much for SHARED SACRIFICE. How the rich get richer.

Here they are the once behind the scenes Wallets of the GOP and now the Tea party the Koch Brothers. David and Charles have funded the GOP and Tea Party movement and advocacy groups in the United States.Since the 1980s the Koch foundations have given more than $100 million to such organizations, like the Heritage Foundation and Americans for Prosperity. Most notably for the Tea Party are FreedomWorks. A well funded movement to push the agenda of the rich by placing such Stooges as Scott Walker From WI and Rick Scott From FL
Here they are the once behind the scenes Wallets of the GOP and now the Tea party the Koch Brothers. David and Charles...
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31 Oct 2011

The Billionaire Koch Brothers’ War Against Obama

The anti-government fervor infusing the 2010 elections represents a political triumph for the Kochs. By giving money to 'educate,' fund, and organize Tea Party protesters, they have helped turn their private agenda into a mass movement. Bruce Bartlett, a conservative economist and a historian, who once worked at the National Center for Policy Analysis, a Dallas-based think tank that the Kochs fund, said, -The problem with the whole libertarian movement is that it's been all chiefs and no Indians.
The anti-government fervor infusing the 2010 elections represents a political triumph for the Kochs. By giving money to...
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17 May 2011

David Koch-The Lincoln Center

David Koch spent 100 million dollars to put his name on the Lincoln Center, his name is really synonymous with oil spills, busting unions in Wisconsin and funding the right wing Tea Party. In an attempt to white wash their image they have hired writers to re-write Wikipedia, have bought up Tweeters on Twitter who are paid to tweet favorable messages and now this- putting your name on the Lincoln Center.
David Koch spent 100 million dollars to put his name on the Lincoln Center, his name is really synonymous with oil...
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6 Apr 2011

Is the Shadowy World of ALEC and the Koch Brothers Leading the GOP’s Charge to Suppress the Youth Vote

Nearly forty years after a constitutional amendment conferring voting rights on eighteen year-olds was passed into law, and signed by President Richard Nixon, the American Legislative Exchange Council is doing all it can to make it difficult for young people to vote.
Nearly forty years after a constitutional amendment conferring voting rights on eighteen year-olds was passed into law,...
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8 Nov 2011

Tell Attorney General Holder to Fight Koch Brothers’ Voter Suppression

The AFL-CIO, NAACP, the Brave New Foundation and several other groups are urging U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to enforce the Voting Rights Act to stop the discriminatory voter suppression laws the right-wing billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have pushed and financed in dozens of states. The Koch Brothers are major funders of ALEC.
The AFL-CIO, NAACP, the Brave New Foundation and several other groups are urging U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to...
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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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22 Aug 2011

The Kochs are scared, and they’ve bought the web domains to prove it.

The Kochs and their related entities have poured money into politicking across the country. In Wisconsin alone, they were Gov. Scott Walker's largest out-of-state contributor, and they famously bought all kinds of advertisements and electioneering courtesy of their Tea Party group Americans for Prosperity.
The Kochs and their related entities have poured money into politicking across the country. In Wisconsin alone, they...
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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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18 May 2011

Don’t like getting Koch-Blocked

Tired of the Koch Brothers buying our political system? Then join our campaign to push Koch money out and bring democracy back in - sign up below to join The Other 98% as we fight Koch money wherever it shows up - and maybe take part in some more awesome creative agitation
Tired of the Koch Brothers buying our political system? Then join our campaign to push Koch money out and bring...
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14 May 2011

Koch Brothers Behind Attacks on Energy Plan

Billionaire T. Boone Pickens says political conservatives and tea-party types should embrace his Pickens Plan for natural-gas use, not attack it because of its tax credits for natural gas.
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens says political conservatives and tea-party types should embrace his Pickens Plan for...
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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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29 Feb 2012

Barack Obama Just Went After The Wealthy Libertarian Koch Brothers On His Twitter Account

Barack Obama (Soetoro) s twitter account sent out a message late tonight urging his supporters to put pressure on Charles and David Koch - the wealthy libertarian businessmen - to disclose the list of contributors to Americans for Prosperity, their main vehicle for political activism.
Barack Obama (Soetoro) s twitter account sent out a message late tonight urging his supporters to put pressure on...
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19 Jan 2012

Responding to Koch Attacks, First Obama Campaign Ad Hits ‘Secretive Oil Billionaires’

The Obama re-election campaign has launched its first advertisement of the 2012 election, responding to an attack ad from the petrochemical billionaire Koch brothers. The Koch's political front group, Americans For Prosperity, accused Obama of "cronyism" over the Solyndra solar company in a $6 million ad campaign launched this week. Obama's rapid response, hitting the "secretive oil billionaires" and touting the growing clean-energy economy, is running in Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin:
The Obama re-election campaign has launched its first advertisement of the 2012 election, responding to an attack ad...
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28 Dec 2011

Koch Brothers Financed ‘Research’ Institute Steps Up Misleading Obamacare Attacks

Sally Pipes, the President & CEO of the Koch Brothers funded Pacific Research Institute (which also received or currently receives hefty amounts of cash from corporations such as PhRMA, Pfizer and Exxon Mobile), recently shared her view of the findings of a Deloitte survey of America s physicians, offering the study up as the latest proof of how Obamacare is destroying the nation s health care system
Sally Pipes, the President & CEO of the Koch Brothers funded Pacific Research Institute (which also received or...
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31 Oct 2011

100 Kansans March On Koch Industries Headquarters In Wichita

The oil billionaires Charles and David Koch, the heads of Koch Industries, are some of the far right s biggest funders. They have provided millions of dollars to bankroll causes ranging from school privatization to climate change denialism. On Saturday, nearly a hundred 99 Percenters in Kansas took their complaints about this corporate influence in democracy directly to the Kochs by marching on the Wichita headquarters of Koch Industries.
The oil billionaires Charles and David Koch, the heads of Koch Industries, are some of the far right s biggest funders....
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4 Oct 2011

Occupy DC Protest Of Koch Industries’ Downtown Office Planned

Occupy DC protesters are planning a protest of Koch Industries' downtown offices Tuesday evening. Jeffrey Light, an attorney involved with the protesters, told The Huffington Post that protesters will meet in McPherson Square at 5 p.m. before heading over to Koch's offices at 600 14th St NW.
Occupy DC protesters are planning a protest of Koch Industries' downtown offices Tuesday evening. Jeffrey Light, an...
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11 Jun 2011

How Koch Became An Oil Speculation Powerhouse

In April, ThinkProgress caused a stir when we uncovered a series of Koch Industries corporate documents revealing the company s role as an oil speculator. Like many oil companies, Koch uses legitimate hedging products to create price stability. However, the documents reveal that Koch is also participating in the unregulated derivatives markets as a financial player, buying and selling speculative products that are increasingly contributing to the skyrocketing price of oil.
In April, ThinkProgress caused a stir when we uncovered a series of Koch Industries corporate documents revealing the...
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23 May 2011

Brave New Films Explains How Billionaires Could Profit From Keystone XL Pipeline

In the latest installment of its video series "Koch Brothers Exposed," the Brave New Films team interviews concerned property owners and farmers whose land and water quality is threatened by the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry filthy tar sands crude from Alberta to Gulf Coast refineries.
In the latest installment of its video series "Koch Brothers Exposed," the Brave New Films team interviews concerned...
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22 May 2011

Waxman to Koch Industries: ‘Are you now or have you ever been a capitalist’

Koch Industries and House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are criticizing Rep. Henry Waxman s (D-Calif.) probe of whether Koch stands to gain from a proposed pipeline to import Canadian oil sands - a project that Republicans hope to expedite with legislation.
Koch Industries and House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are criticizing Rep. Henry Waxman s (D-Calif.) probe...
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10 Nov 2011

Degrading the American Dream inside Koch’s Americans for Prosperity convention

Last weekend was a wild one for climate action in our nation s Capitol, between the protest outside a conference run by Koch Industries front group Americans for Prosperity and Sunday s large street protest against the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that encircled the White House with over 10,000 people. The two issues came together when I and another Greenpeace activist found oil billionaire and Americans for Prosperity Chairman David Koch inside AFP s Defending the American Dream conference, and questioned Koch about his company s financial stake in the Keystone XL pipeline and their false statement to Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA). Watch for yourself below.
Last weekend was a wild one for climate action in our nation s Capitol, between the protest outside a conference run by...
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28 Oct 2011

Watchdog Groups Criticize Philanthropy Award Given to Billionaire Charles G. Koch

Two groups active in philanthropy and government accountability today criticized a trade organization for giving billionaire Charles G. Koch of Koch Industries an award for his charitable giving, noting that most of it is tainted because it supports Koch s political and business agenda.
Two groups active in philanthropy and government accountability today criticized a trade organization for giving...
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21 Aug 2011

Read My Lips Koch Brothers, No New Tax Cuts

Much of the business and non-profit investments Koch gives money to are organizations that promote his political ideology of less government regulations and more tax breaks for himself and his ultra-wealthy colleagues in the corporate world. Koch did not expound on what government programs he considers do more harm than good, but based on his politics, one can assume it is any program that benefits the bottom 98% of income earners; but primarily the poor. One thing is certain, Koch does not object to millions of Americans tax dollars going to government programs that subsidize his companies
Much of the business and non-profit investments Koch gives money to are organizations that promote his political...
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12 Jul 2011

Kansas Hires Koch Brothers’ Attorneys To Defend Against Planned Parenthood

After passing a measure to defund Planned Parenthood over the non-issue of "taxpayer-funded abortions" last month, the state of Kansas has hired an expensive team of private attorneys - the same attorneys who represent the billionaire Koch brothers - to defend the state against Planned Parenthood in court.
After passing a measure to defund Planned Parenthood over the non-issue of "taxpayer-funded abortions" last month, the...
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26 Oct 2011

Dear Koch brothers: will you be my guest in Arkansas?

I want Charles and David Koch to come visit me first hand and see how their factory and pollution have hurt my neighbors. I have heard from thousands of people all across the country, but I am still looking and listening for a RSVP from Charles and David themselves.
I want Charles and David Koch to come visit me first hand and see how their factory and pollution have hurt my...
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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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13 Oct 2011

Koch-Owned Georgia-Pacific Plant Linked To High Cancer Rates, Film Alleges

A provocative new video by political filmmakers Brave New Films says that Crossett residents who suffer from poor air quality and ambient carcinogens are victims of pollution emitted by a Koch Industries-owned paper manufacturer, Georgia-Pacific
A provocative new video by political filmmakers Brave New Films says that Crossett residents who suffer from poor air...
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4 Mar 2011

The Further Death of ‘Liberaltarianism’

I like to point out here that the Kochs spend about a tenth as much annually on political/intellectual causes as does left-wing billionaire George Soros which doesn t stop shameless Soros grantees from suggesting that the Kochs are somehow doing something evil by using their money to support causes they believe in.
I like to point out here that the Kochs spend about a tenth as much annually on political/intellectual causes as does...
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18 Oct 2011

More Reports of Cancer Near Koch Brothers’ Factory

Billionaire political donors Charles and David Koch aren't the only ones who saw our latest investigative film. Thousands of people have posted comments on our Facebook page and have offered additional testimony about the Koch brothers' pollution in their communities.
Billionaire political donors Charles and David Koch aren't the only ones who saw our latest investigative film....
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21 Mar 2011

Rep. Mike Pompeo – The Koch brother’s puppet in the war on children

Last month, we found out how Rep. Mike Pompeo succeeded in getting his amendment passed that would strip out funding for a new public database, operated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The database would allow people to make informed decisions on product safety, having access to injury reports on things like toys, cribs, and strollers.
Last month, we found out how Rep. Mike Pompeo succeeded in getting his amendment passed that would strip out funding for...
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16 Dec 2011

Another Ignored Protest – Civil Rights Activists March on the Koch Brothers

In yet another example of corporate media ignoring a massive demonstration on December 10, 2011 as thousands of civil rights activists marched on the New York offices of Koch Industries and then to the UN to protest the Koch brothers support of restrictive voting laws that are set to create electoral racial segregation and disenfranchise millions of American voters.
In yet another example of corporate media ignoring a massive demonstration on December 10, 2011 as thousands of civil...
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5 Aug 2011

The Tea Party

Neither Charles nor David Koch fund the Tea Parties. They are involved with and support an organization, which in turn has involvement with some Tea Party members. Koch Industries encourages all citizens, including Tea Party members, to engage in civil discourse concerning the important public policy issues in the United States, most importantly the grave financial issues presented by the rampant overspending and growth of government in the past 10 years.
Neither Charles nor David Koch fund the Tea Parties. They are involved with and support an organization, which in turn...
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18 Jul 2011

Rupert Murdoch, the Koch Brothers, and Republicans Had Each Others Backs Over the Years

Not only does Rupert Murdoch rules a media empire in Great Britain, he has a bit if an empire here in the United States in which he can Thank the Republicans on the Hill literally. Furthermore when you are in every aspect of Republican politics it should come as no surprise that the Koch brothers would also know the infamous Rupert Murdoch that makes his living to own the media and do what ever it takes to spin the story the way he wants it. Mr. Rupert Murdoch, the one of the same that is dealing with the hacking scandal of victims, politicians in Great Britain to the Head of the Wall Street Journal doing what every they wanted to get the story under Rupert Murdoch and his son.
Not only does Rupert Murdoch rules a media empire in Great Britain, he has a bit if an empire here in the United States...
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27 Jul 2011

News Corp a study in the failure of corporate self-regulation

What is the main lesson learned in the Murdoch scandal? That corporate conglomerate power run unregulated causes great public harm and lacks the checks and balances required for there to be any accountability. Given this, what would be the best way to investigate the criminal wrongdoings of such a conglomerate?
What is the main lesson learned in the Murdoch scandal? That corporate conglomerate power run unregulated causes great...
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7 Mar 2011

Wisconsin Koch-Puppet Scott Walker Loves Him Some Private Prisons

Scott Walker is a prime example of a heavily corporate sponsored candidate (even drawing large sums from Arch-NeoCons the Koch Brothers) who plots to destroy working class negotiation tools, while giving away public resources to his billionaire allies. Whether it be lies about how public pensions are draining the budget , selling no bid power plant contracts to Koch industries or using layoffs as a political weapon, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has no problems lying and scheming to accomplish the will of his corporate masters.
Scott Walker is a prime example of a heavily corporate sponsored candidate (even drawing large sums from Arch-NeoCons...
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