October 25, 2016
By Curtis Tate
Washington - A single Kansas zip code - 67201 (click here) - is the source of more than $7.6 million in contributions to federal candidates and political action committees this year.
That would place it among the top postal codes in the nation for campaign donations, according to Federal Election Commission filings sorted by the Center for Responsive Politics....
These are the men that promoted the extremist Republican dialogue in the first place.
...Charles G. Koch, the chairman and CEO of Koch, alone contributed $6 million from that ZIP code to Freedom Partners Action Fund, a super PAC that is buying ads opposing Democratic Senate candidates in swing states. Koch’s family members, including his son, Chase, account for almost all of the rest....
The extremist dialogue is code for the extremist agenda of Koch Industries.
The quintessential definition of CRONY. The Republican Party does the bidding of Koch Industries and receive campaign cash for a reward.
January 20, 2016
By Eric Roston
Charles and David Koch (click here) spent the past several years and millions of dollars building a conservative movement in American politics. A new book out this week, Dark Money by Jane Mayer, chronicles the rise of their influence during the Obama era.
A big part of their focus, and that of their peers, has been to shrink the impact of tax, fiscal, and especially environmental regulation. That position, Mayer points out, happens to work to the benefit Koch Industries, whose operations span oil refining, paper making, and synthetic fiber.
“They said they were driven by principle,” Mayer writes, “but their positions dovetailed seamlessly with their personal financial interests....
Koch and the corruption of the Supreme Court. It isn't just about babies:
...January 21, 2011: (click here) Common Cause discloses that Justice Thomas’ annual financial disclosure reports indicate that he failed to report his wife’s sources of income from 2003-2009. Within hours, Thomas amends 21 years worth of reports, which are required by the Ethics in Government Act....
...February 15, 2011: Common Cause asks the Supreme Court to clarify statements by a Court spokeswoman that Thomas spoke at a “separate” Federalist Society event and only briefly “dropped by” a Koch retreat in January 2008. According to disclosure forms, Justice Thomas was reimbursed by the Federalist Society for four days of travel and accommodations in Palm Springs, site of the Koch event, on the days the event was scheduled. There is no record of a separate Federalist Society event at that time or place. The court has not responded....
The extremist right-wing social agenda is a Trojan Horse to congressional corruption and profiteering.
