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Koch Brothers

Charles Koch

'Manchin Is Only Moved by Corporate Donors,' Says Bowman as Koch-Backed Group Lobbies Against Voting Rights Bill

"The provisions in the For the People Act are widely popular, among Democrats and Republicans. It's just not popular among billionaire donors."

Jake Johnson ·

Charles Koch, the CEO of Koch industries, is worth over $50 billion and has used his immense wealth to help elect Republicans over the past several election cycles. But that's not all. (Photo: Bo Rader/Getty Images)

I Think I Was a Lobbyist for the Koch Brothers—I Just Didn't Know It

In the past decade, with nearly unlimited wealth, Koch's political operation has injected hundreds of millions of dollars into elections through a constellation of nonprofits and LLCs.

Lisa Graves ·

Activists hold a protest near the Manhattan apartment of billionaire and Republican financier David Koch on June 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Koch's Americans for Prosperity Continues Its Assault on Medicaid During Covid

In the states that have not expanded Medicaid, residents have to weigh the costs of health insurance and medical care against other essential needs, such as housing, food, and transportation to work.

Don Wiener ·

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett arrives for the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th U.S. president on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2021.

Democratic Lawmakers Urge Barrett to Recuse Herself From Koch Dark Money Case

The members of Congress note that Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-funded advocacy group, mounted a "full-scale campaign" in support of the justice's confirmation.

Jake Johnson ·

Getting rid of public education spending would massively reduce the tax burden on wealthy individuals at the state level. (Photo: Ryan Stanton/flickr/cc)

A Former Lobbyist Explains How the Privatization Movement Is Trying to End Public Education

They all have the same purpose: To undo public education—not only the institution but also the public funding of schools.

Valerie Strauss ·

These guys are blocking their fellow Americans from the chance to leave their kids a safe, sustainable world. (Photo: Getty/Stock Photo/Image Source)

Meet the "New Koch Brothers"–the Hedge Fund Activists Wrecking America’s Green New Deal

Players on Wall Street have been torpedoing our chances of averting environmental catastrophe for years.

Lynn Parramore ·

Slaying this monster once and for all has to start with ending the culture of legalized bribery and corruption, in which wealthy individuals and corporations can fund far-right extremism inside and outside government, often anonymously. (Photo: Shutterstock)

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Funds Fascism

The oil, gas, and coal industries support and fund white supremacy and far-right politics.  

Basav Sen ·

Keith Williams photographed this Bohemian waxwing in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory on December 27, 2012. (Photo: Flickr/cc)

Under Cover of Thanksgiving, Trump Administration Pushes to Relax Rules Protecting Birds

The proposal—which the administration admits would likely lead to more avian deaths—would let energy and other companies off the hook for "incidentally" killing birds.

Brett Wilkins ·

The hearings were truly a travesty. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman - Pool/Getty Images)

Corporatist Judge Barrett–Two More Senate Abstentions Needed to Stop Trump

It's time for the rising movement of elected and grassroots progressive to take over.

Ralph Nader ·

A major force behind this change is a legal nonprofit that is heavily funded by the foundation of billionaire industrialist and Republican megadonor Charles Koch. (Photo: @lizaveta9 on Twitter)

Koch-Funded Legal Group Pushes to Allow Mass Evictions During Pandemic

The CDC's eviction moratorium update "is symptomatic of a system that has always and continues to work to benefit the profiteers."

Alex Kotch ·

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