Tag: Koch brothers
Senators demand Trump admin reveal Marathon Petroleum, Koch influence on clean...
Senators demand information about a “covert lobbying campaign with oil industry groups to support Trump Administration efforts to weaken fuel economy standards and increase demand for oil consumption.”
Kochs fund study to kill electric vehicle tax credit via same...
The aggressive deployment of this NERA study suggests an escalation in the Koch-funded attack on the EV tax credit in the last few weeks of Republican control of both chambers of Congress.
2017 financials of the Koch’s dark money network
The Koch network may be changing its face and money flow, but it appears to be still just as powerful as ever.
How Betsy DeVos does the Koch brothers’ bidding
What’s largely been overlooked behind all the lurid headlines and endless insults are all the ways in which officials like DeVos are quietly at work continuing to use our tax money to advance a deeply troubling agenda.
The Koch brothers’ Freedom Partners Group spends $115.2 million in 2017
Freedom Partners, officially organized as a 501 (c)(6) trade association for the purpose of “promoting economic freedom,” funnels money from the Koch Network of billionaire donors to a growing number of political advocacy organizations controlled by Koch operatives.
How Tammy Baldwin, target of $14 million in outside spending, sent...
Her campaign made few stumbles, concentrated on the concerns of working families, defined the candidate and her opponent early, and spoke to voters in rural and urban Wisconsin, providing a blueprint for 2020 candidates.
How teachers might end up beating back the Koch brothers’ plan...
“Even before election day, we’ve already won because we’ve exposed the corruption of the Republican Party. There’s no hiding behind the curtains anymore.”
An introduction to the Koch digital media network
Digital advertising is a great place to start, but to really get to know the network one has to follow the money.
Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity group launches campaign to crush fuel economy...
Through social media feeds of the many AFP state chapters, the group is promoting a petition to “Repeal Costly Obama-era Fuel Standards.”
Koch-funded groups – yet again – speak out against electric vehicle tax...
A coalition of thirty conservative free-market advocacy organizations – the majority of which have clear ties to Charles and David Koch through their funding or leadership – are behind it.
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Judge vacates Trump SNAP rule that would remove thousands off food stamps
The proposed rule change by the USDA “radically and abruptly alters decades of regulatory practice, leaving States scrambling and exponentially increasing food insecurity for tens of thousands of Americans.”
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How to stop Trump from stealing the election
Congress has decided contested elections only three times in U.S. history, in 1801, 1825, and 1877. Could it happen in 2020?
Why the Founders Would Decry What America has Become
If the Founding Fathers saw what the United States has become, they would be devastated. Poverty, income inequality, suppression of speaking ones mind, crime, war, and oligarch like behaviors all make up this new U.S. It is far from being the democracy it was created as.
ExxonMobil claims shift on climate but continues to fund climate science deniers
The company’s professed support for a carbon tax is a disingenuous public relations ploy to delay government action.