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16 Feb 2012

Fox News And The Phony Koch Brothers Defense

Touching down their private jets at the Palm Springs Airport late last month, and convening at a nearby golf resort in Indian Wells, California, for a secretive retreat, wealthy conservative donors met again under the aegis of David and Charles Koch to plot the best way to pool their fortunes and defeat President Obama in November.
Touching down their private jets at the Palm Springs Airport late last month, and convening at a nearby golf resort in...
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25 Feb 2012

Obama v. Koch Brothers

In just about 24 hours, Mitt Romney is headed to a hotel ballroom to give a speech sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, a front group founded and funded by the Koch brothers. Those are the same Koch brothers whose business model is to make millions by jacking up prices at the pump, and who have bankrolled Tea Party extremism and committed $200 million to try to destroy President Obama before Election Day.
In just about 24 hours, Mitt Romney is headed to a hotel ballroom to give a speech sponsored by Americans for...
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28 Mar 2011

Kochs lash out at ‘dangerous’ critics, ‘radical’ Obama

In lengthy interviews with a conservative magazine, the billionaire Koch brothers mounted an aggressive defense of their business and political interests, describing their liberal critics as "very, very extreme" and "very dangerous" and President Barack Obama as a "radical" with "Marxist" ideas whose success is owed largely to his "silver tongue."
In lengthy interviews with a conservative magazine, the billionaire Koch brothers mounted an aggressive defense of their...
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5 Jun 2011

Koch brothers launch new PR campaign to burnish their image

In response to an increasing amount of bad publicity fingering them as puppet masters behind Governor Scott Walker s union-busting drive in Wisconsin, the Tea Party s push to cut government services and pro-corporate, climate-science denying astroturf groups such as Americans for Prosperity, Charles and David Koch are now fighting back.
In response to an increasing amount of bad publicity fingering them as puppet masters behind Governor Scott Walker s...
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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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7 Nov 2011

Empire Building

Charles and David Koch are the most powerful right-wing billionaires of our time. They have spent hundreds of millions bankrolling a broad attack against Social Security, organized labor, financial regulations, environmental protection and public education. The brothers plan to spend at least $200 million trying to elect right-wing, anti-government Republicans in 2012, according to Politico. They seem hell-bent on dragging America back to the dark days of unregulated capitalism. The history of their grandfather in Texas may help explain why.
Charles and David Koch are the most powerful right-wing billionaires of our time. They have spent hundreds of millions...
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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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15 Dec 2011

Tens Of Thousands March On Koch Industries For Suppressing Voting Rights

This past Saturday, tens of thousands of civil rights activists marched on the New York offices of Koch Industries to protest the Koch brothers support of restrictive voting laws that disenfranchise millions. In dozens of states, Republican politicians have pushed laws that disproportionately keep Democratic voters, including blacks, Latinos, students, and the poor, from the polls.
This past Saturday, tens of thousands of civil rights activists marched on the New York offices of Koch Industries to...
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6 Nov 2011

Occupy The Koch Brothers Violence, Injuries, And Arrests At DC Protest

On Friday, oustide the Americans for Prosperity Foundations forum backed by billionaire industrialist David Koch, - hundreds of protesters from various Occupy movements and nonprofits including Greenpeace gathered outside to rally against the Koch brothers's involvement in politics.
On Friday, oustide the Americans for Prosperity Foundations forum backed by billionaire industrialist David...
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23 Sep 2011

Best rebuttal to Koch brothers is their own bottom line

While I have political differences with the Koch brothers, I don't begrudge them the success that they have enjoyed, not in the least. These aren't CEOs squeezing shareholders for more and more money; they themselves are the company owners, and they ve clearly made wise business decisions. Instead, I'm troubled by the gaping contrast between their political rhetoric and their own experience.
While I have political differences with the Koch brothers, I don't begrudge them the success that they have enjoyed, not...
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27 Mar 2011

The Paranoid Style in Liberal Politics

David Koch s secretary told him the news. This was in February, during the rowdy standoff between Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and demonstrators backing 14 Democratic legislators who d fled to Illinois rather than vote on a bill weakening public employee unions.
David Koch s secretary told him the news. This was in February, during the rowdy standoff between Wisconsin governor...
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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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19 Apr 2011

Sarah Palin: The Koch Brother’s Union Maid

Tax Day was approaching and the righties were out to denigrate government workers and government spending. Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, who quit her job in 2009, headlined a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, bought and paid for by the front-group Americans for Prosperity (AFR), but billed as a 'grassroots' Tea Party event.
Tax Day was approaching and the righties were out to denigrate government workers and government spending. Sarah Palin,...
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25 Aug 2011

Think Again: Kochs Life Is Good

According to Forbes, the Koch brothers have seen their wealth rise $11 billion in recent years, making the Koch brother[s] among the richest in the country by being worth around $22.5 billion each. Much of those profits, however, are due to soaring gas prices and the fact Koch Industries has avoided compensating the public for one hundred million tons of carbon pollution the company produces each year.
According to Forbes, the Koch brothers have seen their wealth rise $11 billion in recent years, making the Koch...
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29 Apr 2011

The Billionaires’ Tea Party

The Tea Party movement has taken American politics by storm. But is this truly a populist uprising or one of the greatest feats of propaganda ever seen? Australian filmmaker Taki Oldham sets out answer this question, finding that behind the movement s rhetoric of freedom versus socialism lies a highly co-ordinated network of shadow groups, funded by the likes of billionaire ideologues Charles and David Koch. Are the Tea Party protestors really just pawns in a plan to replace government with a privatized America?
The Tea Party movement has taken American politics by storm. But is this truly a populist uprising or one of the...
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8 Apr 2011

The Koch Brothers’ Tangled and Far-Reaching Web – Tea Party and the Right

At an EPA hearing last summer, representatives from Koch Industries argued that moderate levels of the toxic chemical dioxin should not be designated as a cancer risk for humans. When members of Congress sought higher security at chemical plants to guard against terrorist attacks, Koch Industries lobbyists prowled Capitol Hill to voice their opposition.
At an EPA hearing last summer, representatives from Koch Industries argued that moderate levels of the toxic chemical...
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29 Apr 2011

Special: The Billionaires’ Tea Party

In Summer 2009, something stirred in America. After Barack Obama and a Democratic congress swept to power promising a new era of hope and change, out of nowhere the emergence of a citizens protest movement called the Tea Party threatened to derail their agenda. Was this uprising the epitome of grassroots democracy? Or was it, as some said, an example of 'astroturfing' - the creation of fake grassroots groups, designed to put corporate messages in the mouths of seemingly independent citizens?
In Summer 2009, something stirred in America. After Barack Obama and a Democratic congress swept to power promising a...
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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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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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9 Apr 2011

The Koch Brothers: Dark Lords of Derivatives

People don t seem that interested in talking about Wall Street s unpunished and ongoing rape of America anymore these days. And that s too bad. Because Koch Industries has a lot more in common with Wall Street than most people realize.
People don t seem that interested in talking about Wall Street s unpunished and ongoing rape of America anymore these...
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21 Sep 2011

Forbes Koch Brothers Now Worth $50 Billion

Forbes estimates that Tea Party petrochemical scions Charles and David Koch have a fortune of $25 billion each, making them the fourth richest Americans, behind only Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Larry Ellison. Their combined wealth of $50 billion is exceeded only by the Microsoft founder s $59 billion fortune. Buoyed by aggressive speculative trading on volatile energy markets, the Koch brothers accumulated $15 billion in wealth since March 2010, a 43 percent increase.
Forbes estimates that Tea Party petrochemical scions Charles and David Koch have a fortune of $25 billion each, making...
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21 Feb 2012

David Koch Brags About Influence On Wisconsin Recall

The Koch brothers -- the financial backers for Americans for Prosperity, the conservative group dedicated to making Barack Obama a one-term president and rolling back union rights across the country -- rarely give interviews. So this lengthy discussion with the Palm Beach Post is noteworthy, especially since David Koch bluntly asserts that he and his brother are helping Governor Scott Walker fend off a broadly popular recall effort in Wisconsin:
The Koch brothers -- the financial backers for Americans for Prosperity, the conservative group dedicated to making...
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21 Feb 2011

Walker Paying Back the Koch Brothers in Wisconsin With Union Busting and No-Bid Power Plant Sales

As Think Progress' Lee Fang discussed with Cenk Uygur today, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is doing more than just busting the unions in his state to help out the Koch brothers. There is also a provision in the budget plan that would allow the state to give no-bid sales of state owned of power plants to his corporate donors.
As Think Progress' Lee Fang discussed with Cenk Uygur today, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is doing more than just...
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27 Jun 2011

Bob McDonnell, Rick Perry at latest Koch brothers summit

Two prominent Republican governors Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Rick Perry of Texas mingled with other GOP notables and some of the wealthiest conservative donors in the country at the annual summer retreat organized by the Koch brothers that began Sunday near Vail, Colo.
Two prominent Republican governors Bob McDonnell of Virginia and Rick Perry of Texas mingled with other GOP notables and...
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28 Jun 2011

Koch meeting in Vail Colorado

Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch held their twice a year meeting of corporate titans, political operatives, and public officials in Beaver Creek Colorado (near Vail) The event started Sunday and wrapped up today. Six months ago, Common Cause helped draw attention to these secretive meetings by staging a rally in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and we made sure to bring the attention and protests to Vail.
Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch held their twice a year meeting of corporate titans, political operatives,...
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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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29 Mar 2011

Boycott Toolkit: Boycott Koch Industries

Koch Industries is one of the largest polluters in America. The brothers who own the energy conglomerate have given over $100 million to right-wing causes, including pseudoscientific climate-change denial groups, "Tea Party" astroturf, and "free market" solution advocates.
Koch Industries is one of the largest polluters in America. The brothers who own the energy conglomerate have given over...
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21 Apr 2011

How Koch Industries Politicizes the Workplace

After the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, corporations enjoy many of the free speech rights that for years were reserved only for individuals. As Mark Ames and Mike Elk report in this week's issue of The Nation, the libertarian brothers who head of Koch Industries are taking full advantage of this new-found freedom, going so far as to explicitly recommend which candidates its employees should vote for.
After the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, corporations enjoy many of the free speech rights that for years were...
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20 Apr 2011

Koch Industries 2010 Election Packet

Just before the November election, Koch Industries sent materials to 50,000 employees advising them who they should vote for. The Nation obtained a copy of the packet sent to workers in Washington state.
Just before the November election, Koch Industries sent materials to 50,000 employees advising them who they should vote...
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20 Apr 2011

Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch

On the eve of the November midterm elections, Koch Industries sent an urgent letter to most of its 50,000 employees advising them on whom to vote for and warning them about the dire consequences to their families, their jobs and their country should they choose to vote otherwise.
On the eve of the November midterm elections, Koch Industries sent an urgent letter to most of its 50,000 employees...
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14 Apr 2011

Koch Industries: Still Fueling Climate Denial 2011 Update

One year ago, not many knew the name Koch Industries, a publicity-averse private company run by two brothers, David and Charles Koch. The Koch brothers each have an estimated net personal wealth of more than $21 billion and are now tied for the fifth richest man in America, ranking among the top 20 richest people in the world.1 A year ago, even reporters at major outlets responded 'who?' in conversation about the Koch brothers or Koch Industries. Fortunately, the shroud of secrecy is being lifted.
One year ago, not many knew the name Koch Industries, a publicity-averse private company run by two brothers, David and...
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20 Mar 2011

Koch And Native-American Reservation Oil Theft

Koch money is a key driver of the conservative movement. Almost every conservative-movement rock you turn over has Koch money crawling around under it. As the movement becomes more and more of a pay-to-play operation, conservatives of every stripe do more and more to protect and enrich the Koch operation
Koch money is a key driver of the conservative movement. Almost every conservative-movement rock you turn over has Koch...
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20 Mar 2011

Koch Brother: Koch Industries an organized crime operation

Just what is this Koch Industries? Should it be called a "company?" If so we need to re-think the idea of what a company and a business is supposed to be. Even the brother of Koch Industries owners David and Charles Koch called the company an "organized crime" operation.
Just what is this Koch Industries? Should it be called a "company?" If so we need to re-think the idea of what a company...
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7 Jul 2011

Letter to Senator Patty Murray, Chair Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

For many months now, your colleagues in the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee leadership have engaged in a series of disparagements and ad hominem attacks about us, apparently as part of a concerted political and fundraising strategy. Just recently, Senator Reid wrote in a DSCC fundraising letter that Republicans are trying to "force through their extreme agenda faster than you can say 'Koch Brothers.'"
For many months now, your colleagues in the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee leadership have engaged in a series...
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15 Mar 2011

Koch Industries accused of polluting waterway

A Koch Industries paper mill is violating the Clean Water Act by pumping out massive amounts of pollution into an Arkansas waterway, according to an EPA enforcement complaint to be filed tomorrow by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Ouachita Riverkeeper.
A Koch Industries paper mill is violating the Clean Water Act by pumping out massive amounts of pollution into an...
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13 Apr 2011

Did Koch Industries Write The Budget Deal

Did Koch Industries write the budget deal? Or is it just a coincidence that so many of the the things Republicans demanded -- and got -- just happen to line up with the financial interests of the billionaires who fund the Tea Party and much of the 'conservative movement?' Cutting money for the EPA, alternative energy efficiency, high-speed rail, efforts to fight climate change -- even prohibiting NOAA from creating a Climate Service ... it reads like an oil tycoon's wish list.
Did Koch Industries write the budget deal? Or is it just a coincidence that so many of the the things Republicans...
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4 Apr 2011

Koch Front Groups Attack RGGI – the Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Koch front groups campaigned against the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a market-based cap-and-trade program established in 2007 by ten U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
Koch front groups campaigned against the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a market-based cap-and-trade program...
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2 Mar 2011

How Koch Industries Makes Billions By Demanding Bailouts And Taxpayer Subsidies

As ThinkProgress has carefully documented over the last three years, Koch groups have spent tens of millions to influence government policy - from financing the Tea Parties, to funding junk academic studies, to undisclosed attack ads against Democrats, to groups promoting climate change denial, to a large network of state-based and national think tanks.
As ThinkProgress has carefully documented over the last three years, Koch groups have spent tens of millions to...
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21 Apr 2011

Koch Industries Has Now Spent $55 Million Funding Climate Denial

Koch Industries rose out of the shadows last year to take on the mantle of corporate villain numero uno. Its unmasking came about thanks in part to an eye-opening investigation from Greenpeace that revealed the company was sinking astronomical amounts of cash into campaigns designed either to undermine existing environmental laws or prevent new ones from being passed.
Koch Industries rose out of the shadows last year to take on the mantle of corporate villain numero uno. Its unmasking...
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15 Dec 2011

Koch, subsidiaries to hire 300 people in Wichita

Koch Industries and 10 of its business units are hiring or planning to hire more than 300 workers in Wichita. That s according to Koch officials, who said this week that most of the jobs are professional - information technology, accounting and analysis, and engineering - and are new positions, not vacant ones. --- So if they are doing so well why are they fighting so hard against Obama?
Koch Industries and 10 of its business units are hiring or planning to hire more than 300 workers in Wichita. That s...
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6 Apr 2011

Koch Industries’ Lobbying Curtain Lifted By Center For Public Integrity

The Center for Public Integrity has an in-depth look today at Koch Industries' "Web of Influence" in Washington, revealing the immense growth in Koch's spending on lobbyists and influence peddling over the last few years.
The Center for Public Integrity has an in-depth look today at Koch Industries' "Web of Influence" in Washington,...
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31 Dec 2011

TransCanada Northern Border Inc. (Keystone XL) is a Subsidiary of ONEOK Inc., and ONEOK Inc. has a Partnership with Koch Industries

Talk about how oil and gas companies can dictate oil price. Well certainly having a hand in every major venture like it would seem Koch Industries has been could definitely impact on the price of gas, especially when you considered all the assets Koch Industries owns all around the world. To top that Republicans in Congress want the President to make a decision on the Keystone XL in sixty days (they added this to the Payroll tax extention bill where it should not have been), ignoring the environmental dangers, but through further investigation it appears the company that suppose to be over everything is only the operator and other companies through partnerships are the ones behind it all.
Talk about how oil and gas companies can dictate oil price. Well certainly having a hand in every major venture like it...
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16 Apr 2011

Koch Industries Lackeys Admit To Manipulating Oil Prices – and Gloat About It, Too

Last week, I wrote that Kochs Industries' recent fight against financial regulation and aggressive defense of unregulated derivatives via the 'Enron Loophole' was a clear sign that the company was using its position as a large-scale marketer of oil and other energy commodities to manipulate prices.
Last week, I wrote that Kochs Industries' recent fight against financial regulation and aggressive defense of...
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24 Mar 2011

A handy list of Koch Industries products

Charles and David Koch, owners of Koch Industries, are responsible for much of the mayhem that Robert Reich called the Republican "coup d' tat" in Wisconsin. And the Koch Brothers are big contributors to ALEC, the Republican state-law-writing organization that's funded mainly by corporations.
Charles and David Koch, owners of Koch Industries, are responsible for much of the mayhem that Robert Reich called the...
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11 Apr 2011

Don’t Be A Koch Head – Boycott These Products

Below is a list of the products that they sell that I am personally boycotting. In between the posts I have put some of their less-than-moral business decisions, which is why they should be boycotted. You can decide for yourself if these are the type of people you want to do business with.
Below is a list of the products that they sell that I am personally boycotting. In between the posts I have put some of...
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20 Apr 2011

The Contango Game: How Koch Industries Manipulates The Oil Market For Profit

In recent weeks, gas prices around the country have surged to levels unseen since the 2008 oil spike. However, market fundamentals are not driving the nearly $4.00/gallon gas prices. In fact, under the Obama administration, oil production is at record highs and there is adequate global supply of crude. As Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Bart Chilton has explained, rampant oil speculation, which is at its highest level on record right now, is to blame for current prices.
In recent weeks, gas prices around the country have surged to levels unseen since the 2008 oil spike. However, market...
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21 Oct 2011

In new op-ed, Riverkeeper demands answers to questions about Georgia-Pacific pipeline

In an op-ed published in today s Florida Times-Union, St. Johns Riverkeeper Neil Armingeon writes that Floridians "deserve answers" about a nearly four-mile pipeline that would carry waste from a Palatka paper mill owned by Koch Industries subsidiary Georgia-Pacific into the St. Johns River.
In an op-ed published in today s Florida Times-Union, St. Johns Riverkeeper Neil Armingeon writes that Floridians...
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20 May 2011

Koch Industries’ Toxic Gifts to Wisconsin

Koch Industries ranks in the "top ten" of the Toxic 100 list of the Political Economy Research Institute, which identifies the top U.S. air polluters among the world's largest corporations based on their chronic human health risk. Koch Industries is included in the list as the parent corporation of a diversity of industrial facilities that process and distribute fossil fuels, paper, wood products and synthetic fibers. The pollution from these facilities has a significant effect on the natural environment and on human health
Koch Industries ranks in the "top ten" of the Toxic 100 list of the Political Economy Research Institute, which...
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4 Apr 2011

2,000 Protesters March On Koch Industries’ D.C. Office

Though they don t want you to know about it, the billionaire Koch brothers are bankrolling a massive campaign to roll back progressive achievements, and today, labor, civil rights, and climate activists turned out at dozens of rallies across the country to demonstrate against the Koch s secretive influence in American politics and to stand up for labor and civil rights.
Though they don t want you to know about it, the billionaire Koch brothers are bankrolling a massive campaign to roll...
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19 Feb 2012

Occupy Wichita responds to Koch IndustriesÂ’ statement

Koch Industries says we are lying about their stake in the pipeline and they timed the release of the threatening emails, many of which were likely sent before the Occupy movement began, in a dishonest attempt to link these threats to peaceful demonstrators.
Koch Industries says we are lying about their stake in the pipeline and they timed the release of the threatening...
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15 Apr 2011

House Committee Hearing Sponsored By Billionaire Koch Brothers

On Thursday, April 14, 2011, the House Government Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is holding a hearing regarding state budget deficits featuring Wisconsin s controversial Governor, Scott Walker. Gov. Walker was infamously 'pranked' by a caller earlier this year who Walker thought to be David Koch.
On Thursday, April 14, 2011, the House Government Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is...
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21 Mar 2011

Instead Of Defunding NPR- Let’s Defund Koch Industries First

For those who are kind of going wait- what? Koch Industries is not publicly subsidized! , well, I hate to break it to you, but the people behind the attempts to defund the American government- the same people who run the incorrectly named Americans for Prosperity- get a ton of money from the government to subsidize their failing businesses all the while trying to keep the government from taxing them at all.
For those who are kind of going wait- what? Koch Industries is not publicly subsidized! , well, I hate to break it to...
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8 Apr 2011

US oil juggernaut Koch expands lobbying, CPI says

Koch Industries [KCHIN.UL], the oil and industrial conglomerate run by the conservative-activist Koch brothers, has multiplied its spending to lobby for tax breaks and lax environmental regulation in recent years, according to a report published Wednesday.
Koch Industries [KCHIN.UL], the oil and industrial conglomerate run by the conservative-activist Koch brothers, has...
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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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3 Jun 2011

Wall Street Journal Honcho Shills for Secret Worker ‘Education’ Program Linked to Koch Group

As the nation's largest-circulation newspaper and the paper of record for the nation's financial sector, the Wall Street Journal occupies a unique place amid the panoply of American news sources, and not only for its influence on the nation's economy. The paper is matched only by Fox News in its unabashed alliance with political advocacy organizations associated with Charles and David Koch, the billionaire brothers and noted conservative funders who run Koch Industries, the second-largest privately held corporation in the United States.
As the nation's largest-circulation newspaper and the paper of record for the nation's financial sector, the Wall Street...
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24 Jun 2011

Inside the Koch Brothers’ Expensive Echo Chamber

Documents and interviews unearthed in recent months by Brave New Foundation researchers illustrate a $28.4 million Koch business that has manufactured 297 commentaries, 200 reports, 56 studies and six books distorting Social Security's effectiveness and purpose.
Documents and interviews unearthed in recent months by Brave New Foundation researchers illustrate a $28.4 million Koch...
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15 Jun 2011

Philip Ellender: The Kochs’ unlikely Democratic enforcer

Meet Philip Ellender, 49, Charles and David Koch's top enforcer crafting and directing a sharp-edged pushback against critics of their business interests and conservative politics with tactics that have helped cement the view that the Kochs play rough.
Meet Philip Ellender, 49, Charles and David Koch's top enforcer crafting and directing a sharp-edged pushback against...
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5 Sep 2011

Anatomy of a Koch-a-Thon: Sham Budget Hearings Brought to You by the Koch Brothers

The Koch Brothers, whose combined wealth is more than that of the fourth richest person in the U.S.- have used their enormous wealth to fund a vast empire committed to pushing an ultra-conservative policy agenda that benefits large corporate interests at the expense of the middle class and working families.
The Koch Brothers, whose combined wealth is more than that of the fourth richest person in the U.S.- have used their...
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8 Jun 2011

When Koch Attacks, Gas Prices Edition

The billionaire Koch Brothers; their giant oil conglomerate, Koch Industries; and their vast network of right-wing political groups, think tanks, and other organizations are rarely out of the news these days, but the oil profit-fueled, multi-pronged assault on clean energy that Koch groups launched this week is particularly notable - and worrisome.
The billionaire Koch Brothers; their giant oil conglomerate, Koch Industries; and their vast network of right-wing...
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11 Jan 2012

Five U.S. Senators Are Perfect Koch Servants, Americans For Prosperity Reports

Five senators and 39 representatives received a perfect 100 percent score from the Koch brothers Astroturf group Americans For Prosperity for the first half of the 112th Congress. AFP judged Congress on their votes to protect the Koch brothers right-wing petrochemical empire on such issues as the repeal of President Obama s new health care law, preempting EPA s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, Chairman Paul Ryan s budget to end Medicare, ending ethanol subsidies, several Congressional Review Act resolutions of disapproval to overturn new regulations and the fiscal year 2012 appropriations bills
Five senators and 39 representatives received a perfect 100 percent score from the Koch brothers Astroturf group...
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21 Sep 2011

Koch-Funded Congressional Civil Justice Caucus Academy Gives Congress Big Freebies

A recently-formed judicial "academy" funded by industry groups and conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch is offering members of Congress and their staff free meals and trips in order to "educate" the lawmakers on controversial pro-business reforms.
A recently-formed judicial "academy" funded by industry groups and conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David...
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9 May 2011

Texas GOP Rams Koch-Backed ‘Loser Pays’ Bill Through House, Making It Harder To Sue Corporations

As ThinkProgress has reported, brothers Charles and David Koch and their corporate giant, Koch Industries, have played an extensive role in the corporate takeover of government, both at the state and federal level. This weekend, another of the Kochs projects surfaced in Texas, as the state s Republican lawmakers rammed through a Koch-backed bill that would make it harder for consumers, workers, and small business owners to bring civil suits against corporations
As ThinkProgress has reported, brothers Charles and David Koch and their corporate giant, Koch Industries, have played...
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15 Apr 2011

How the Koch Brothers Buy Influence in Washington

Who says corporations aren t people and who says you can t buy an election in the United States if you have the kind of money the Koch Brothers possess to paper Congress and buy politicians by the dozen? The Koch Brothers are in the energy business they hire lobbyists by the hundreds to panhandle influence and have deep pockets for buying political campaigns. The brothers also are attempting to reduce or eliminate energy restrictions, regulations against pollution especially coming from their plants.
Who says corporations aren t people and who says you can t buy an election in the United States if you have the kind of...
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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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14 Nov 2011

Koch Brothers Secretive Billionaires With Eye on 2012 Creating Vast Database

The secretive oil billionaires the Koch brothers are close to launching a nationwide database connecting millions of Americans who share their anti-government and libertarian views, a move that will further enhance the tycoons' political influence and that could prove significant in next year's presidential election.
The secretive oil billionaires the Koch brothers are close to launching a nationwide database connecting millions of...
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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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3 Feb 2012

Koch Brothers Meet Again to Prep for Mother of All Wars

Last week, the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers held their latest get-together with wealthy conservative political donors. At these meetings, held twice a year under a veil of secrecy, Republican all-stars discuss election strategy and vet potential presidential candidates like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Last September, Mother Jones obtained exclusive audio recordings from a Koch seminar held outside Vail, Colorado, where Charles Koch had declared that the 2012 election would be "the mother of all wars" and thanked dozens of million-dollar donors who'd pledged to the cause.
Last week, the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers held their latest get-together with wealthy conservative...
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4 Mar 2011

Koch Cash, Exploration Rules and Where We Work

This much we know: Koch Industries, the massive private holding company the brothers own, lobbies the federal government on a number of different topics, from energy issues to consumer safety matters. The company doesn't much involve itself directly in health industry concerns, according to its lobbying records, although an argument could be made that many of the issues in which it does involve itself affect people's health.
This much we know: Koch Industries, the massive private holding company the brothers own, lobbies the federal government...
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18 Jun 2011

Alliance for Justice Report Pulls Back the Curtain on Koch Brothers’ Support for Corporate Polluters

Alliance for Justice today released a report looking at how money donated by the Koch brothers - "the billionaires behind the curtain" - indirectly supports the polluter defendants in one of the Supreme Court's biggest cases of the 2010-11 term, American Electric Power v. Connecticut.
Alliance for Justice today released a report looking at how money donated by the Koch brothers - "the billionaires...
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17 Feb 2011

Koch’s Congress proposes to defund the EPA

The EPA was set up in 1970 with a mandate to protect public health Our health. Our children s health. Things were not so different in America at that time-an unpopular war, a recession-ridden economy-but we knew then that we have to protect the environment in order to protect our own health.
The EPA was set up in 1970 with a mandate to protect public health Our health. Our children s health. Things were not so...
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21 Sep 2011

Koch Brothers Now Attacking EPA Internships

The Koch brothers and their employees are the biggest oil and gas donors to lawmakers sitting on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. They contributed $279,500 to 22 of the committee's 31 Republicans and $32,000 to five Democrats. Americans for Prosperity, a Koch front-group, spent over $200,000 on ads that benefited five of the six GOP freshmen members on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
The Koch brothers and their employees are the biggest oil and gas donors to lawmakers sitting on the House Energy and...
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24 Sep 2011

Koch-funded lobbyist named Wisconsin chair of ALEC

A lobbyist for Koch Industries and energy interests serves with a lobbyist for Pfizer pharmaceuticals as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) corporate co-chairs in Wisconsin, according to documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy at this year s ALEC Annual Meeting. For some, their fundraising for "scholarships" to benefit ALEC legislative members raises issues of legislative ethics.
A lobbyist for Koch Industries and energy interests serves with a lobbyist for Pfizer pharmaceuticals as the American...
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