February 23, 2016
By Mike Allen
Marc Short, (click here) the Koch brothers’ top political adviser in Washington and a trusted member of their inner circle for five years, is making a surprise move to the Marco Rubio campaign as a senior adviser as the Republican establishment ramps up efforts to stop Donald Trump.
Short — president of Freedom Partners, the Kochs’ umbrella political organization — will join the campaign in about a week and brings deep connections to the donor and grass-roots worlds....
September 16, 2013
The current of dark money (click here) that has flowed into the U.S. political system over the past three years -- as anonymously-funded outside groups have proliferated -- depends on secrecy.
And yet, even though anonymous donors have become a commonplace part of national elections, it came as a shock last week when a little-known group with strong ties to the Koch brothers stepped forward and acknowledged itself as the source of nearly a quarter of a billion dollars given to conservative groups in 2012. Freedom Partners, as the group is now called, was a silent behemoth during the last election, able to make use of the FEC's disclosure rules to keep itself in the shadows during a presidential campaign.
At the head of the organization is Marc Short, who serves as Freedom Partners' president and on its board of directors. A longtime political operative who has worked for various conservative organizations and Republican politicians over the past 20 years, Short assumed his role at Freedom Partners in March 2013. A former "Koch operative," Short is now running an organization that Koch Industries maintains operates "independently of Koch Industries." A Freedom Partners spokesperson declined to go into details about just what role Short has in the group's grant-making process. And so we're left with questions, as is often the case when it comes to the world of dark money....
It is corruption. The organization, Freedom Partners' PRETENDS to be an autonomous organization from the PRIVATE Koch Industries.
...Freedom Partners' donor/members are reportedly drawn from the Koch brothers' semi-annual conferences, and membership reportedly requires paying at least $100,000 in annual dues. Freedom Partners claims "more than 200" members, but it raised more than $250 million between November 2011 and November 2012, suggesting that some members have contributed well over the minimum dues....
...And its board of directors is packed with individuals who currently work or have worked for the Kochs and Koch Industries in a variety of capacities. Short's official affiliation with the Kochs is, by comparison, relatively recent....
The Kochs are trying to mimic Goldman Sachs and it's disbursement of fledglings into government. The difference is obvious. Members of the Koch Industry family working in the governments require patience and working through policy changes. Then, only to have such initiatives taken to court as the Koch's have no viable industries, they are always cleaning up from old, deserted methods of a country's economy.
The Kochs being involved directly with a Republican favorite son, creates the opportunity to create policies for Rubio to espouse as his own. So, no surprise when Rubio makes it into the Oval Office that the Republicans are prepped for what is to follow.
But, entertain this. Donald Trump is running a full head of steam into the RNC convention. There is every indication he will have a full compliment of delegates at the convention and cannot be challenged as the nominee. What if Adelson and Kochs provide large amounts of money into the campaigns of the remaining candidates competing with Donald Trump.
The crooked billionaires are attempting to create 'a drag' on the Donald Trump momentum. Who knows what is coming next from these jerks that want to control the power of the American people. When are the American people going to see this mess for what it is. It victimizes them and depersonalizes them into objects to control for a favorable outcome to private companies the public will never realize as stockholder returns.
If the other candidates can accumulate enough delegates to the convention, it might leave Donald Trump short and creates a brokered convention. These billionaires have too much money. Some of it belongs in the USA Treasury. I suppose that is what they are hoping to avoid by defeating Donald Trump.
By Mike Allen
Marc Short, (click here) the Koch brothers’ top political adviser in Washington and a trusted member of their inner circle for five years, is making a surprise move to the Marco Rubio campaign as a senior adviser as the Republican establishment ramps up efforts to stop Donald Trump.
Short — president of Freedom Partners, the Kochs’ umbrella political organization — will join the campaign in about a week and brings deep connections to the donor and grass-roots worlds....
September 16, 2013
The current of dark money (click here) that has flowed into the U.S. political system over the past three years -- as anonymously-funded outside groups have proliferated -- depends on secrecy.
And yet, even though anonymous donors have become a commonplace part of national elections, it came as a shock last week when a little-known group with strong ties to the Koch brothers stepped forward and acknowledged itself as the source of nearly a quarter of a billion dollars given to conservative groups in 2012. Freedom Partners, as the group is now called, was a silent behemoth during the last election, able to make use of the FEC's disclosure rules to keep itself in the shadows during a presidential campaign.
At the head of the organization is Marc Short, who serves as Freedom Partners' president and on its board of directors. A longtime political operative who has worked for various conservative organizations and Republican politicians over the past 20 years, Short assumed his role at Freedom Partners in March 2013. A former "Koch operative," Short is now running an organization that Koch Industries maintains operates "independently of Koch Industries." A Freedom Partners spokesperson declined to go into details about just what role Short has in the group's grant-making process. And so we're left with questions, as is often the case when it comes to the world of dark money....
It is corruption. The organization, Freedom Partners' PRETENDS to be an autonomous organization from the PRIVATE Koch Industries.
...Freedom Partners' donor/members are reportedly drawn from the Koch brothers' semi-annual conferences, and membership reportedly requires paying at least $100,000 in annual dues. Freedom Partners claims "more than 200" members, but it raised more than $250 million between November 2011 and November 2012, suggesting that some members have contributed well over the minimum dues....
...And its board of directors is packed with individuals who currently work or have worked for the Kochs and Koch Industries in a variety of capacities. Short's official affiliation with the Kochs is, by comparison, relatively recent....
The Kochs are trying to mimic Goldman Sachs and it's disbursement of fledglings into government. The difference is obvious. Members of the Koch Industry family working in the governments require patience and working through policy changes. Then, only to have such initiatives taken to court as the Koch's have no viable industries, they are always cleaning up from old, deserted methods of a country's economy.
The Kochs being involved directly with a Republican favorite son, creates the opportunity to create policies for Rubio to espouse as his own. So, no surprise when Rubio makes it into the Oval Office that the Republicans are prepped for what is to follow.
But, entertain this. Donald Trump is running a full head of steam into the RNC convention. There is every indication he will have a full compliment of delegates at the convention and cannot be challenged as the nominee. What if Adelson and Kochs provide large amounts of money into the campaigns of the remaining candidates competing with Donald Trump.
The crooked billionaires are attempting to create 'a drag' on the Donald Trump momentum. Who knows what is coming next from these jerks that want to control the power of the American people. When are the American people going to see this mess for what it is. It victimizes them and depersonalizes them into objects to control for a favorable outcome to private companies the public will never realize as stockholder returns.
If the other candidates can accumulate enough delegates to the convention, it might leave Donald Trump short and creates a brokered convention. These billionaires have too much money. Some of it belongs in the USA Treasury. I suppose that is what they are hoping to avoid by defeating Donald Trump.
