Even though the political activities of the Koch brothers gained national visibility only after Barack Obama moved into the White House, Charles and David were no neophytes. They had been at work for decades tr
The Koch brothers’ main political advocacy group is the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, which even introduced a website called West Virginia Values. The group has been encouraging the people of West Virginia to email Joe Manchin to reject Washington’s partisan agenda and to be “The Voice...
political paralysis, rampant homosexuality, a desperate, disoriented populace open to the ravings of a demagogue – that is the portrait we get of Germany between the end of World War I in 1918 and the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. That is where...
In the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Koch Brothers’ campaign becomes overt (2017) The New Yorker, June 5, 2017 http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/in-the-withdrawal-from-the-paris-climate-Agreement-the-koch-brothers-campaign-becomes-overt Google Scholar McCarthy and Gam...
Campaign Finance Reform: The billionaire Koch brothers want to eliminate all limits on campaign contributions so that the wealthiest citizens can basically buy the government. I want the opposite. At the very least I would like to see individual donations limited, and corporate donations and superpa...
We need all of our candidates to have the courage to stand up to the Koch Brothers, Wall Street, drug companies, insurance companies, oil companies, and fight for working families?—?not just the top one percent. (Note that Talking Points Memo linked to this article under the headline “...
And the Koch brothers have wanted to privatize the USPS. “Long-envisioned ideological project.” 156 retired cynic Aug 16, 2020 • 9:33:09am down 1 up report re: #155 retired cynic This article is a longer, deep dive, and worth the read. 157 Colère Tueur de Lapin Aug...
this planet is on a suicidal direction in terms of climate change. And it is beyond my comprehension that we can have a Republican Party and Republican candidates who are more concerned about getting huge campaign contributions from the Koch brothers and Exxon Mobil and the coal industry than th...
The Koch brothers have been the founders and or lead funders of the most influential political theory and action organizations on the right,some 85 organizations, including: The Heritage Foundation, the CATO Institute, Americans for Prosperity, and the Center to Protect Patient Rights. Going back ...
The Koch brothers appear to be funneling money into Donor’s Capital via their Knowledge and Progress Fund. Heartland’s credibility has been so damaged that mainstream funders have been abandoning the organization, and it has been forced to discontinue its annual climat...