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Yallow

(1,926 posts) Wed Aug 10, 2016, 01:32 PM Aug 2016

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And The Koch Brothers Never Tried To Influence Anyone Right?

With their 100 right wing funded foundations, and paid for politicians.

Maybe the "media" should look into those ties along with the Clinton Foundation.

Not gonna happen.

Not newsworthy, the Koch Brothers spending $900 MILLION buying access/politicians.

OUR MEDIA SUCKS

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And The Koch Brothers Never Tried To Influence Anyone Right? (Original Post) Yallow Aug 2016 OP

What are you talking about? The Washington Post has printed numerous articles Nitram Aug 2016 #1

The John Birch Society Angry Dragon Aug 2016 #2

of corporations, by corporations, FOR CORPORATIONS pansypoo53219 Aug 2016 #3

Nitram

(24,597 posts)

1. What are you talking about? The Washington Post has printed numerous articles

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Wed Aug 10, 2016, 02:00 PM

Aug 2016

on the "Koch political network" of influence. Here are a few examples.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/a-rare-look-inside-the-koch-brothers-political-empire/2014/02/05/84e9b4f6-8e9a-11e3-878e-d76656564a01_blog.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/turning-back-on-trump-koch-network-focuses-on-senate/2016/07/31/3cc8d674-5793-11e6-8b48-0cb344221131_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-network-seeks-to-defuse-donor-frustration-over-trump-rebuff/2016/08/01/7247b8c2-579a-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-donors-gather-for-weekend-retreat/2016/07/30/9e42d7d8-5685-11e6-b652-315ae5d4d4dd_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-network-focuses-on-senate-races--but-voters-want-to-talk-trump/2016/06/20/e643e2de-349d-11e6-8758-d58e76e11b12_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/03/inside-charles-kochs-200-million-quest-for-a-republic-of-science/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-koch-brothers-impact-on-the-american-political-system/2016/01/15/6a3694aa-b579-11e5-9388-466021d971de_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/04/charles-koch-on-the-2016-race-climate-change-and-whether-he-has-too-much-power/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/08/03/the-daily-202-takeaways-from-the-koch-donor-summit/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/shedding-light-on-dark-money/2015/07/13/074025fe-297f-11e5-a5ea-cf74396e59ec_story.html?utm_term=.1e43df2b2984

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/shedding-light-on-dark-money/2015/07/13/074025fe-297f-11e5-a5ea-cf74396e59ec_story.html?utm_term=.1e43df2b2984

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-backed-network-aims-to-spend-nearly-1-billion-on-2016-elections/2015/01/26/77a44654-a513-11e4-a06b-9df2002b86a0_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/05/04/get-ready-for-a-lot-more-dark-money-in-politics/?utm_term=.4f6b1c11875e

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-see-new-chance-to-attack-kochs-after-1-billion-spending-announcement/2015/01/27/35e05eae-a64b-11e4-a2b2-776095f393b2_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/charles-koch-calls-on-fellow-conservative-donors-to-expand-their-commitment/2015/01/24/6494ca10-8916-41ac-9bbc-ea80e6c0639a_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-industries-adopts-new-public-posture-to-neutralize-opponents-recast-image/2014/09/07/a85e8484-3502-11e4-a723-fa3895a25d02_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinion/morning-plum-gop-senate-candidates-confirm-extent-of-koch-brothers-influence/2014/08/27/de68a78a-74bd-4e6c-9797-013cc5b2a322_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/harry-reid-attacks-on-koch-brothers-send-gop-donors-into-the-shadows/2014/05/29/d704d6f0-e6b3-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-koch-brothers-influence-on-college-campus-is-spreading/2014/03/28/4c8145b8-b693-11e3-9eb3-c254bdb4414d_blog.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/a-rare-look-inside-the-koch-brothers-political-empire/2014/02/05/84e9b4f6-8e9a-11e3-878e-d76656564a01_blog.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/msnbcs-rachel-maddow-hunkers-down-on-koch-bros-claim/2014/01/08/8b821964-78a8-11e3-a647-a19deaf575b3_blog.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/04/30/heres-why-dark-money-will-probably-keep-flowing-in-politics/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-billionaire-funded-ed-reform-groups-push-charters-vouchers/2014/03/11/a9dda092-a948-11e3-8a7b-c1c684e2671f_blog.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/california-exposes-fines-dark-money-scheme/2013/10/27/efe25ed6-3da3-11e3-a94f-b58017bfee6c_story.html?utm_term=.b222afcb946a

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

2. The John Birch Society

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Wed Aug 10, 2016, 02:06 PM

Aug 2016

pansypoo53219

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3. of corporations, by corporations, FOR CORPORATIONS

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Wed Aug 10, 2016, 03:01 PM

Aug 2016

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