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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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22 Jun 2011

How the Koch Brothers Mess With the Texas Environment

To distort the information base from which public policy is derived, the Koch brothers have created and/or helped fund foundations and "think tanks" like the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Institute for Policy Innovation, and the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
To distort the information base from which public policy is derived, the Koch brothers have created and/or helped fund...
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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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21 Jun 2011

Legislative Intern Takes Aim at Koch Brothers

Matt Rice, a 14-year-old Buffalo Grove resident and Stevenson High School freshman. took dead aim at a U.S. Supreme Court decision that has helped enable AFP founders David and Charles Koch to make larger donations than were previously possible.
Matt Rice, a 14-year-old Buffalo Grove resident and Stevenson High School freshman. took dead aim at a U.S. Supreme...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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7 Jun 2011

Charles and David Koch Revealed – Game Changers

"Bloomberg Game Changers" profiles Charles and David Koch, brothers who built a multimillion-dollar fortune running Koch Industries Inc. This program includes interviews with John Damgard, David Koch's high school classmate, Ed Clark, the 1980 Libertarian Party presidential candidate who chose David as his running mate and John Farrell, senior reporter at the Center for Public Integrity.
"Bloomberg Game Changers" profiles Charles and David Koch, brothers who built a multimillion-dollar fortune running Koch...
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6 Jun 2011

Koch Brothers Invest in Climate Change Denial

Over the past year, industrialists Charles and David Koch have garnered considerable media attention for their extensive funding of conservative infrastructure. In August of 2010, The New Yorker magazine published an in-depth profile of the brothers, 'Covert Operations: The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.' The article drew considerable attention to their support of conservative causes, which previously had not been widely recognized.
Over the past year, industrialists Charles and David Koch have garnered considerable media attention for their extensive...
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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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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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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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2 Jun 2011

Universities don’t go better with Kochs

The Koch family, most recently brothers Charles and David, has operated on the far-right edge of traditional politics, supporting Americans for Prosperity, the tea party and the John Birch Society. The latter has spent Koch resources hunting communists, fellow travelers and dupes supposedly hidden among the clergy and high school and college faculty. Koch Industries is an energy and chemical company that is the nation's second-largest privately held company.
The Koch family, most recently brothers Charles and David, has operated on the far-right edge of traditional politics,...
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24 May 2011

Professors to Koch Brothers: Take Your Green Back

Times are tough for state-funded colleges like Florida State University. After four years of budget trimming, FSU now faces an additional $19 million in cuts and a $40 million deficit. So it's an inopportune moment to raise a stink over private donations of $1.5 million made three years ago.
Times are tough for state-funded colleges like Florida State University. After four years of budget trimming, FSU now...
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24 May 2011

Waxman Targets the Koch Brothers

What do the infamous Koch brothers have to do with the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which, if approved, would run 1,661 miles from Alberta, Canada to Texas, carrying 900,000 barrels of oil from Canada's tar sands to US refineries? TransCanada has requested permission to build the pipeline, but Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) want more information about how project might also benefit the right-wing financiers and their energy conglomerate, Koch Industries.
What do the infamous Koch brothers have to do with the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which, if approved, would run...
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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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21 May 2011

Koch, GOP fire back at Waxman over oil sands pipeline inquiry

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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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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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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17 May 2011

Koch Brothers Bank Rolling Legal Dream Team to Defend Walker’s Union Busting Bill

One of the Koch brothers front-groups, the union-busting group National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, is rolling their tanks into Wisconsin to defend against a lawsuit from Dane County Firefighters and other public employee unions challenging the constitutionality of Walker's union-busting bill.
One of the Koch brothers front-groups, the union-busting group National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, is...
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17 May 2011

Could the Koch Brothers’ Money Express Run Afoul of the IRS

The Obama administration seems to have done little to slow down the influence-buying, election-stealing, political-prosecuting arm of the Republican Party. But the Internal Revenue Service might be willing to apply the brakes to some big-money donors, on both sides of the political aisle.
The Obama administration seems to have done little to slow down the influence-buying, election-stealing,...
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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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17 May 2011

Koch loses Oil Fraud case

A federal jury on Thursday ruled against Koch Industries in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit that claimed the company defrauded the government by mismeasuring oil purchases on federal and Indian lands.
A federal jury on Thursday ruled against Koch Industries in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit that claimed the company...
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15 May 2011

Koch brothers under attack by leftwing film-maker

Even for the Lincoln Centre it was an unusual show, and an unscheduled one. Several hundred protesters turned up outside the arts complex on Manhattan's Upper West Side last week for the guerrilla screening of a short film. From a hotel on the other side of the street, a video was projected on to the centre's walls. The unwitting stars of the films were David and Charles Koch, the reclusive rightwing billionaire brothers whose secretive empire and network of influence and funding is emerging as a liberal rallying cause in America.
Even for the Lincoln Centre it was an unusual show, and an unscheduled one. Several hundred protesters turned up outside...
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14 May 2011

Clemson Sells Out to the Koch Foundation

The disturbing news that Florida State University sold out its faculty spots to the right-wing Koch Foundation has led to probes into other agreements that the Koch Foundation has made with universities.
The disturbing news that Florida State University sold out its faculty spots to the right-wing Koch Foundation has led...
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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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13 May 2011

6 Universities With Far-Right Academic Centers Funded by Koch Industries

Yesterday, ThinkProgress highlighted reports from the St. Petersburg Times and the Tallahassee Democrat regarding a Koch-funded economics department at Florida State University (FSU). FSU had accepted a $1.5 million grant from a foundation controlled by petrochemical billionaire Charles Koch on the condition that Koch s operatives would have a free hand in selecting professors and approving publications.
Yesterday, ThinkProgress highlighted reports from the St. Petersburg Times and the Tallahassee Democrat regarding a...
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13 May 2011

Koch Brothers Fueling Far-Right Academic Centers Across the US

As reporter Kris Hundley notes, Koch virtually owns much of George Mason University, another public university, through grants and direct control over think tanks within the school. For instance, Kochcontrolsthe Mercatus Center of George Mason University, an institute thatset muchof the Bush administration s environmental deregulation policy.
As reporter Kris Hundley notes, Koch virtually owns much of George Mason University, another public university, through...
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12 May 2011

Protest Movement Starts ‘Rebranding’ Billionaire Koch Brothers

Director Robert Greenwald s opening gambit in what he pledges will be a year-long effort to publicize the Koch brothers political efforts drew about 500 protesters to Lincoln Center in New York last night, ending with an unauthorized 'rebranding' of the Center s David H. Koch Theater with the caption "I'm the Tea Party s wallet"
Director Robert Greenwald s opening gambit in what he pledges will be a year-long effort to publicize the Koch brothers...
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12 May 2011

Keeping Up With King Koch

The opinions of David Koch are being heavily broadcast when a year ago the public didn't know, nor did they care about the obscure billionaire's opinions. Now we see widespread coverage of his opinion on Donald Trump not being qualified for the presidency, and his blowhard statements about "hardcore socialist" President Obama's having a limited role in taking out Osama bin Laden. After a life of shy, Koch now thinks he's a kingmaker.
The opinions of David Koch are being heavily broadcast when a year ago the public didn't know, nor did they care about...
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12 May 2011

David Koch Won’t Answer How Many Homes He Owns

David Koch appeared pleased as House Speaker John Boehner escalated GOP attacks on the White House during a speech in New York City this week. Koch, after all, told reporters after the raid on Osama Bin Laden that the president is a "hardcore socialist" and that Obama is "scary to me" (forget, for a moment, that Koch's $21 billion net worth ought to afford freedom from fear).
David Koch appeared pleased as House Speaker John Boehner escalated GOP attacks on the White House during a speech in...
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11 May 2011

Koch Fueling Far Right Academic Centers At Universities Across The Country

Yesterday, ThinkProgress highlighted reports from the St. Petersburg Times and the Tallahassee Democrat regarding a Koch-funded economics department at Florida State University (FSU). FSU had accepted a $1.5 million grant from a foundation controlled by petrochemical billionaire Charles Koch on the condition that Koch s operatives would have a free hand in selecting professors and approving publications.
Yesterday, ThinkProgress highlighted reports from the St. Petersburg Times and the Tallahassee Democrat regarding a...
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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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11 May 2011

Here is an example of how Americans REALLY feel about the Koch Brothers and the upper 1%

Sometimes I feel like I'm alone and then I see clear evidence that I am one of thousands-many of whom even have feelings stronger than mine against the ruling class of America. The upper 1% and their sock monkeys better wake up before it s too late - not for us, but for them.
Sometimes I feel like I'm alone and then I see clear evidence that I am one of thousands-many of whom even have feelings...
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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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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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7 May 2011

West Virginia Congressman Wants EPA To Stop Monitoring Toxic Waste

Republican Representative David McKinley from West Virginia has proposed a bill that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating toxic coal ash. The EPA has not yet made a decision on whether or not to classify coal ash as toxic, but reports show that the substance poses significant risks to human health.
Republican Representative David McKinley from West Virginia has proposed a bill that would prohibit the Environmental...
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6 May 2011

Freedom From Regulation

Notions of academic independence gained a fresh twist recently, when the new Freedom Center found a home on the UA campus. Administratively, the UA Freedom Center is tucked within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and soon will enjoy its own digs at the Marshall Building on Park Avenue. The think tank already features an impressive roster of UA faculty members, including at least two endowed Philosophy Department instructors
Notions of academic independence gained a fresh twist recently, when the new Freedom Center found a home on the UA...
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6 May 2011

Koch is neutral, not with Mitt Romney

Billionaire David Koch's public proclamation that he's uncommitted in the 2012 Republican field runs counter to what top Mitt Romney supporters had stated as fact for the past year - that the wealthy libertarian industrialist was firmly in Romney's camp.
Billionaire David Koch's public proclamation that he's uncommitted in the 2012 Republican field runs counter to what top...
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4 May 2011

Tea Party Billionaire David Koch Disses Donald Trump As Motivated By Publicity, Not QualifiedÂ’

Speaking with the New York Daily News at a party on Saturday night, petrochemical billionaire David Koch dismissed Donald Trump as not really qualified to be President. Trump, who has rocketed to the top of the polls for GOP voters, has dominated the headlines in recent weeks with his conspiracies about President Obama s birth certificate and college admissions.
Speaking with the New York Daily News at a party on Saturday night, petrochemical billionaire David Koch dismissed...
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3 May 2011

Donald Trump doesn’t have support of billionaire David Koch – money-wise – as presidential candidate

Billionaire David Koch has donated tens of millions of dollars to conservative and libertarian causes and candidates - but Donald Trump won't be one of them should the curiously coiffed real-estate tycoon actually run for President
Billionaire David Koch has donated tens of millions of dollars to conservative and libertarian causes and candidates -...
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3 May 2011

The Kochs Fail PR 101

Only now do I see this April 29 New York Post item about Koch Industries complaining to the American Society of Magazine Editors about Jane Mayer's profile of the billionaire industrialists.
Only now do I see this April 29 New York Post item about Koch Industries complaining to the American Society of Magazine...
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3 May 2011

Koch brothers pick a fight with The New Yorker

Oil baron brothers David and Charles Koch aren't the types to throw out old magazines, according to recent reports. The Koch brothers have taken up against the American Association of Magazine Editors, who recently nominated an anti-Koch New Yorker article for a National Magazine Award in reporting.
Oil baron brothers David and Charles Koch aren't the types to throw out old magazines, according to recent reports. The...
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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 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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28 Apr 2011

Republican Judge Hires Koch-Allied Attorney For Recount; Tea Party Express Recruits Recount Volunteers

Last week, incumbent Justice David Prosser hired James Troupis, the same attorney retained by the Koch-funded Wisconsin Prosperity Network in a case challenging restrictions on political advertising that is currently before the court, to look out for his interests in the recount now underway in Wisconsin that will determine the final outcome of the April 4 race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Today, Tea Party Express, the group and PAC created and run by GOP operative Sal Russo, sent out a breathlessly-worded e-mail calling for volunteers, especially attorneys.
Last week, incumbent Justice David Prosser hired James Troupis, the same attorney retained by the Koch-funded Wisconsin...
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25 Apr 2011

The Koch Brothers: American Oligarchs

For a while, the consequences of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision seemed abstract, but the effects are quickly becoming more concrete. Just before the November midterm election, Koch Industries-the massive conglomerate owned by the libertarian Koch brothers-sent materials to its 50,000 employees advising them for whom they should vote.
For a while, the consequences of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision seemed abstract, but the effects are quickly...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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19 Apr 2011

The Koch Brothers and Climate Science, Redux

Last year, Greenpeace, the environmental group, accused the brothers Charles and David Koch of a stealth campaign to attack climate science, setting off extensive media scrutiny of the Kochs and their company, Koch Industries. (A Koch subsidiary is a major oil refiner.) Now Greenpeace is out with an update.
Last year, Greenpeace, the environmental group, accused the brothers Charles and David Koch of a stealth campaign to...
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18 Apr 2011

Brown asked Koch for another campaign donation, and he received

US Senator Scott Brown took some ribbing after a liberal blog last month posted video of the Massachusetts Republican asking conservative billionaire David Koch for support in his next campaign but Brown s request apparently worked.
US Senator Scott Brown took some ribbing after a liberal blog last month posted video of the Massachusetts Republican...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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13 Apr 2011

Walker And Prosser Crushed Regulations On Koch Industry’s Phosphorus Pollution In Wisconsin

Shortly after helping to elect Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI), Koch Industries opened a new lobbying office in Madison near the state capitol. However, little has been disclosed about the Koch lobbying agenda in Madison. The New York Times reported that Koch political operatives privately pressured Walker to crush public employee unions. But Walker s major payback to Koch relates to environmental deregulation
Shortly after helping to elect Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI), Koch Industries opened a new lobbying office in Madison near...
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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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