Harry Reid slams Koch brothers. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid slammed the Koch brothers’ political activities Thursday, accusing the influential conservatives of trying to β€œbuy the country.” politico.com/story/2014/0…
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A group with ties to the conservative billionaire Koch brothers has dropped $4 million to pass a ballot measure that would severely limit the political activity of labor unions. latimesblogs.latimes.com/…
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The β€œOther” Koch Brother: while Charles, David, and William Koch have made headlines for their political and litigious activities over the decades, eldest brother Frederick has led a notoriously privateβ€”yet opulentβ€”life as an art collector and philanthropist. vanityfair.com/style/soci…
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The Koch Brothers and the Weaponizing of Philanthropy - Jane Mayer (2016) A network of exceedingly wealthy people with extreme libertarian views bankrolled a systematic, step-by-step plan to fundamentally alter the American political system. youtube.com/watch?v=AFaSC…
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The Koch Brothers Left a Confidential Document at Their Last Donor Conferenceβ€”A list of one-on-one meetings between VIP conservative donors and the Kochs and their operatives offers a revealing look into their mighty political machine. motherjones.com/politics/…
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The Koch Brothers and the Weaponizing of Philanthropy - Jane Mayer (2016) A network of exceedingly wealthy people with extreme libertarian views bankrolled a systematic, step-by-step plan to fundamentally alter the American political system. youtube.com/watch?v=AFaSC…
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The Senate’s top climate advocate explains why Congress is doing nothing about global warming - it’s the politics of political threat from the agents of the fossil fuel industry β€” mostly the Koch brothers, but also the US Chamber [of Commerce]. vox.com/policy-and-politi…
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The Koch Brothers and the Weaponizing of Philanthropy - Jane Mayer (2016) A network of exceedingly wealthy people with extreme libertarian views bankrolled a systematic, step-by-step plan to fundamentally alter the American political system. youtube.com/watch?v=AFaSC…
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The Koch Brothers and the Weaponizing of Philanthropy - Jane Mayer (2016) A network of exceedingly wealthy people with extreme libertarian views bankrolled a systematic, step-by-step plan to fundamentally alter the American political system. youtube.com/watch?v=AFaSC…
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Could a wealth tax end David Koch’s era of inequality? "Koch, who with an estimated net worth of nearly $50 billion... came to personify the political power of the ultra-wealthy. During the 2016 elections, the brothers reportedly spent nearly $900 million backing Republican candidate..." qz.com/1694208/could-a-we…
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Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo owes his political career to the Koch brothers qz.com/1227882/secretary-…
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How the billionaire Koch brothers became 2 of the most influential political donors in America amp.businessinsider.com/k…
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Koch brothers' influence in Minnesota reaches beyond just campaigns The billionaires' brand of free-market conservatism helps shape the state's β€” and the nation's β€” political, legislative, business and academic systems. startribune.com/koch-brot…
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse defends requiring disclosure of political spending:β€œIf we can ask [our soldiers] to [go to Afghanistan], we can ask the Koch brothers to put up with some impolite blogging." republicreport.org/2012/s…
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Fresh Air interviews the author of "Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right," on the Koch brothers' Nazi nanny, fierce infighting, shady political engineering, and libertarian think tank and pressure group funding. npr.org/2016/01/19/463565…
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Secret Quarter-Billion-Dollar Koch Brothers Political Operation Revealed: The top 1% has an investment in destroying middle-class America -- "A new era of class warfare in America is only just beginning" alternet.org/tea-party-an…
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Billionaire Koch brothers' political network will spend millions to oppose Trump's tariffs – the group's biggest split with the president so far cnbc.com/id/105249401
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Koch Brothers 'donate' $800k to FSU, for research into "free will, victimhood, personal control, and moral cultures as well as the impacts of economic, political and social institutions on the marketplace and also efforts to modernize Florida’s criminal justice and prison system." tallahassee.com/story/new…
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πŸ“…︎ Jun 16 2016
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The Senate’s top climate advocate explains why Congress is doing nothing about global warming - it’s the politics of political threat from the agents of the fossil fuel industry β€” mostly the Koch brothers, but also the US Chamber [of Commerce]. vox.com/policy-and-politi…
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πŸ“…︎ Oct 17 2017
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An inside look at how the Koch brothers are flexing their political muscle to spread message of school choice, ESAs denverpost.com/2017/06/28…
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Organized political mega-donors can get much more leverage through persistent organizations than from scattered, one-time contributions to particular politicians. A look at the long term success of the Koch brothers use of cash to buy legislation they seek. theguardian.com/us-news/2…
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πŸ“…︎ Sep 26 2018
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The Senate’s top climate advocate explains why Congress is doing nothing about global warming - it’s the politics of political threat from the agents of the fossil fuel industry β€” mostly the Koch brothers, but also the US Chamber [of Commerce]. vox.com/policy-and-politi…
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πŸ“…︎ Oct 17 2017
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Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo owes his political career to the Koch Brothers β€” qz.com/1227882/secretary-…
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πŸ“…︎ Mar 15 2018
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One Koch Brother Forces The Other Out Of The Family Business: An arch-conservative political machine will be down one billionaire but have more clout than ever. (by Jane Mayer) newyorker.com/news/news-d…
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Audio: Chris Christie Lets Loose at Secret Koch Brothers Confab: In recordings, David Koch introduces the New Jersey governor as "my kind of guy" and "a true political hero." motherjones.com/politics/…
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Do you guys agree that it's very hard to get solid/serious/specific facts on how much the Koch Brothers affect political issues X/Y/Z?

Consider this discussion: https://youtu.be/1Z1KLpf_7tU?t=763.


Now, consider the claims below about a specific issue:

>https://nypost.com/2018/06/22/behind-the-ny-times-absurd-koch-brothers-conspiracy/

>So how much of their 11-figure net worth did the Kochs’ AFP pump into Nashville in their fell scheme to protect their precious seat-belt industry? Less than $10,000. Apparently that largely went for a mailer sent out a week before the election. For context, the proponents of the rail plan spent $2.9 million. All opponents combined spent $1.2 million. The Kochs say they don’t control AFP activities in individual states in the first place. Anyway, they could find $2.9 million in the change cup of one of their Kochmobiles. For a couple of guys who were determined to destroy mass transit in Nashville, they didn’t seem to be trying very hard.


Journalists generally assume that AFP is a Koch "front group," but I heard from someone at AFP that Charles Koch (I think that David isn't active anymore after he got cancer or something; not sure) only provides 4% of AFP's funds.

Maybe they fund 90% of AFP for all I know, but I don't know the %-figure, and I don't think that the journalists give any figures in their articles.


The Kochs created the AFP-machine, but the machine might have its own financial momentum now.


Even if the Kochs provided 90% of AFP's funding, it doesn't follow that the Kochs run/coordinate/mastermind AFP's activities on issues X/Y/Z.


I don't blame people for being suspicious; I'm suspicious.

It's hard to get much data on the "Kochtopus" because I think that AFP's finances are private.

For that matter, Koch Industries' finances are private, which means that nobody knows for sure just what % of the Koch's profits/revenues are hydrocarbon-based.


Journalists might tend to see Koch activities (or anti-regulation activities generally) as much more profit-motivated than they really are.

Sometimes this is just anti-government ideology, rather than a specific desire to shill for Big Oil.

For example, Big Oil might fund think-tanks or The Heartland Institute (climate denialists) or whatever, but it's not always clear how much Big Oil funds them, and even if it's a large % it doesn't mean that they are merely shills; they might be sincere libertarians rather than cynical industry shills.


My point is that journalists fail to try to discuss/investigate/quantify these poi

... keep reading on reddit ➑

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Do economists and political scientists really think that oligarchs like the Koch brothers are causing the "demise of American democracy"?

There's a popular narrative on left-leaning news websites that says rich folks like the Koch brothers are buying elections through influence and Super PACs. Their money and influence is used to produce a mix of high-bugdet brainwashing PR and restrictive voter registration laws. In this turn, this allows the Koch brothers and friends to elect the politicians they want.

Therefore American democracy has met its "demise" and we need to support grassroots organizations to restore it.

To what extent is that narrative grounded in scientific fact? What does the research say about the influence of Super PACs and lobbying? And if their influence is absurdly strong, does that mean that American democracy is "dead"? I know that it's common for activists to overstate the influence of lobbyists on legislators, which is why I question this line of reasoning.

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Time Inc., the publisher of Time, Sports Illustrated and People, is nearing an agreement to sell itself to the Meredith Corporation in a deal backed by Charles G. and David H. Koch, the billionaire brothers known for using their wealth and political connections to advance conservative causes. mobile.nytimes.com/2017/1…
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Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo owes his political career to the Koch Brothers β€” Quartz qz.com/1227882/secretary-…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/data2dave
πŸ“…︎ Mar 14 2018
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Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo owes his political career to the Koch brothers qz.com/1227882/secretary-…
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πŸ“…︎ Mar 14 2018
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Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire. Together, Charles and David Koch control one of the world's largest fortunes, which they are using to buy up our political system. But what they don't want you to know is how they made all that money. rollingstone.com/politics…
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πŸ“…︎ Jun 14 2015
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Political mailer that pretends to be pro-union is really from the Koch brothers amp.kansascity.com/opinio…
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πŸ“…︎ Jul 13 2018
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β€˜A total joke’: Trump lashes out at Koch brothers after political network slams White House washingtonpost.com/politi…
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Ohio Senate race gets a big swing after fossil fuel supporters back GOP candidate -- Nearly 40 percent of Portman's windfall came from the Freedom Partners Action Fund and Americans for Prosperity, two groups in the billionaire libertarian Koch brothers' network of political nonprofits insideclimatenews.org/new…
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Storm brews over potential Koch brothers control of Tribune newspaper chain - Fear the dailies will become political tools has activists in a frenzy rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/2…
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