KOCH DOCUMENT REVEALS LAUNDRY LIST OF POLICY VICTORIES EXTRACTED FROM TRUMP ADMIN

[pangaia]

THE INTERCEPT--
KOCH DOCUMENT REVEALS LAUNDRY LIST OF POLICY VICTORIES EXTRACTED FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Lee Fang, Nick Surgey
February 25 2018, 7:00 a.m

The network’s political operation includes a polling and research outfit, Capitol Hill lobbyists, several hundred field staff, groups designed to air campaign ads, and an assortment of grassroots groups set up to appeal to certain constituencies. The LIBRE Initiative is a network group geared toward selling Koch policy ideas to Latino communities. Generation Opportunity works to reach out to millennials and college students; Veterans For America for veterans and military-minded voters.
To win support for the Republican tax legislation, the Koch network claims that it organized over 100 rallies in 36 states, contacted over 1.8 million activists, and knocked on over 33,000 doors. The group also spent freely on digital and television advertisements, with $1.6 million in TV spots to support the legislation in Wisconsin alone.

Unions
Labor
SCOTUS
MEDIA regulation
Elections

Everything is "in their sights" and they are organized. Are we?

The Koch brothers intend to spend $400 million to preserve the Republican majority in Congress and maintain GOP power at the state level.

In recent days, Koch network groups have purchased ads targeting Democratic lawmakers in key elections across the country. This week, a new ad began airing in Missouri criticizing Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, who is up for re-election this year.

“We’ve made more progress in the last five years than I had in the last 50,” Charles Koch reportedly said. “The capabilities we have now can take us to a whole new level.”

https://theintercept.com/2018/02/25/koch-brothers-trump-administration/

[BigmanPigman]

1. Which century are we living in?

I thought the Gilded Age was in the 1890s. Unbe-fucking-lievable!

[pangaia]

4. It can happen in any century, anywhere.

Thing is it 'happens' perhaps because it is allowed to happen.

[chuckstevens]

2. How these two get away with this shit boggles the mind!

[pangaia]

3. I do not know the answer.

But, their success has something to do with the way a real cancer grows.

[Old Enough 2]

5. Remember Friends.....Money Is Free Speech

Citizens United a right wing supreme court decision says that money is free speech. How can we organize $10 and $20 contributors of democratic interests to match the Koch's $400 million?

I'd say nearly impossible. That's why Citizen United is unfair and favors the wealthest Americans. Big money talks and the oligarchs rule.

Citizens United is a cruel bullshit elitist ruling.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. And you just gave the best

retort to this Story.

[Initech]

7. It's a bullshit to bullshit pipeline.

Fuck Koch Industries. I'd be willing to bet the Koch Roaches are the missing link in the Trump - Russia investigation.

[pangaia]

8. Now THAT would be interesting...

Are we going to get out of this? Or are the fascists going to win?
I truly do not know.

[Initech]

9. They do have a repulsive, stalker-esque hatred of Clinton.

They are also one of Mitch McConnell's chief financial backers. And I'm sure they're the ones who provided the back door to Russia. Put the pieces together and...