Dark Money: Bombshell Report Exposes the Koch Brothers’ “Secret Bank”

[babsbunny]

http://billmoyers.com/2013/09/12/dark-money-bombshell-report-exposes-the-koch-brothers-secret-bank/

September 12, 2013
by BillMoyers.com Staff

Thought you knew all about the many tentacles the Koch brothers’ have around American politics? Politico’s Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen have the story of a heretofore unknown pot of cash that they and other deep-pocketed donors spread around in 2012…

An Arlington, Va.-based conservative group, whose existence until now was unknown to almost everyone in politics, raised and spent $250 million in 2012 to shape political and policy debate nationwide.

[Peacetrain]

1. I hope everyone takes a few minutes to read this article

and read the whole thing... you get down to the last paragraph and it is chilling.. just chilling..They are in for the long haul, while we spend out time bashing our own 24/7 for good or ill.

They could care less if they blow 300 million.. whew..

[freshwest]

8. Nailed it. Of course they pay media to get us to do that, too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110215862

Please take a moment to read those things, too. The Moyers' piece is a treasure itself. As I've said before, these guys are not playing and they are all long-haulers. We have to be, too. Or we'll lose everything.

[red dog 1]

2. Thanks babsbunny for posting this.

Also thanks to Bill Moyers and Politico's Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen.


I wonder if any laws were broken here?

[babsbunny]

5. Bill is my FB Friend!

He has alot of good stuff!

[freshwest]

9. TY for posting this. Very important stuff.

[KoKo]

3. Recommend!

[GliderGuider]

4. It all traces back to the 1971 Powell Memo

This is a logical continuation of the deep corporate retrenchment process that was kicked off by the Powell Memo in 1971. They've had over 40 years of practice at this, they aren't about to quit any time soon.

When I first heard about the Powell Memo almost a decade ago, I knew this was coming.

[snagglepuss]

6. Flagged to read later. Thanks for posting.

[GliderGuider]

7. Bill Moyers also published a good story on the Powell Memo a year ago

The Powell Memo: A Call-to-Arms for Corporations

Bill knows which end is up, for sure.