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After Koch-Tied Judge Is Reversed, Walker Probe Rests With Conflicted Wisconsin Supreme Court
A federal appellate court has shut down Judge Rudolph Randa's decision halting the criminal probe into Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and allied groups.
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Kochs, ALEC Threaten Campus Democracy at Florida State, US Universities
A battle has been raging at Florida State University to stop what student and faculty say is “[a] hostile political takeover of the presidential search process.”
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The Charitable Society or “How to Avoid the Poor and Perpetuate the Wealth Gap“
A society that genuinely cares for its citizens' well-being has little need for manufactured, top-down charity because such a society builds institutions that democratically enable all citizens to participate …
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Koch Foundation Proposal to College: Teach Our Curriculum, Get Millions
Documents show group sought control over hiring at Florida State.
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Politicians Show Their Gratitude Where It Count$
As the world burns, our political class whoops it up with the plutocracy, whether in Marthau2019s Vineyard or at the Kochsu2019 posh retreat in southern California.
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Seven Disturbing Quotes From the Koch Summit Speeches
“All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speechu2026. We now have, I think, the most free and open system weu2019ve had in modern times.” …
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Seven Disturbing Quotes From the Koch Summit Speeches
Speeches from elected leaders like Mitch McConnell at a secretive donor summit hosted in June by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch betray troubling perspectives on what the relationships …
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Caught on Tape: What Mitch McConnell Complained About to a Roomful of Billionaires
At a secret meeting of elite donors convened by the Koch brothers, McConnell laid out his plan for shrinking the federal government and whined about having to vote on …
File Under “Much Needed”: The FCC May Expand Its Political Ad Disclosure Rules
The Koch brothers will reportedly spend at least $250 million on the 2014 midterm elections - and that's a conservative estimate.
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Koch Political Universe Vaster Than Previously Known
Newly-obtained documents show that the billionaire Koch brothers' political giving is much more expansive than has previously been known.