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David Koch's Non-Profit Flouts Law And Spends $700,000 Against Wisconsin Recall

Brendan Fischer, PR Watch. February 9, 2012.

The non-profit founded by the oil billionaire injects $700,000 to retain the embattled Wisconsin governor, possibly violating various laws on political activities.

Cain Claims Koch a 'Brother From Another Mother;' Meets With Kingmaker DeMint

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 4, 2011.

Two days after meeting with GOP kingmaker DeMint, Herman Cain shows his love to the billionaire Koch brothers, while sex harassment allegations win him GOP hearts.

The End of the Herman Cain Campaign? (It's Not What You Think)

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. October 31, 2011.

Sexual harassment allegations aren't the only thing troubling Cain's campaign--there's also the dirty politics of his campaign manager, Mark Block.

Not an Employee? Herman Cain Had Mailing and Email Addresses at Koch's Americans For Prosperity HQ

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. October 21, 2011.

Cain's campaign staff say he wasn't an employee of the Tea Party group founded by David Koch. But he did have a desk and an email address at its headquarters.

As Herman Cain Surges, Corporate Media Ignore His Koch Connections

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. October 14, 2011.

As the GOP campaign progresses, David Koch, and his brother, Charles -- two of the richest men in America -- will likely be felt in ways large and small.

How the Koch Brothers Backed the End of Desegregation in North Carolina Schools

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. August 14, 2011.

The latest installment of Brave New Foundation's documentary series "Koch Brothers Exposed" reveals the Kochs' assault on public education.

Wisconsin Recall: Dems Take Back 2 Seats From GOP; Republicans Retain Control of State Senate; Tampering Alleged

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. August 9, 2011.

Last night's recall elections were the Republicans' to lose. And they lost two seats, while Democrats lost nothing.

6 Shady Right-Wing Groups Pouring Money Into Wisconsin Recall

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 8, 2011.

As Wisconsin progressives fight to recall Scott Walker's allies in the state senate, here are some of the conservative groups funding their right-wing agenda.

Did Koch Group Team Up With Religious Right to Suppress Wisconsin Vote?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. August 2, 2011.

Remember when the Tea Party movement was supposed to be just all about the size of government, and not about those pesky "social" issues?

Debt Ceiling Vote: Tea Party Gives Speaker Boehner Something to Cry About

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. July 29, 2011.

Even if John Boehner wins a vote on the debt ceiling, Tea Party-allied members of Congress may end his tenure as House speaker.

Wall Street Journal Honcho Shills for Secret Worker 'Education' Program Linked to Koch Group

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. June 3, 2011.

During the 2010 election campaign, WSJ editorial board member Stephen Moore carried the Koch agenda to Wisconsin workers -- in workplace seminars called by their bosses.

5 Professional Tea Partiers: Who's Sucking the Most Money From the Movement?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. May 12, 2011.

These five Tea Party leaders are nicely compensated for leading the allegedly leaderless movement.

Tea Party Jesus: Koch's Americans For Prosperity Sidles Up to Religious Right for 2012 Campaign

Peter Montgomery, AlterNet. April 15, 2011.

David Koch's key operative, Tim Phillips, is moving to merge the religious right with the Tea Party movement -- just in time for the presidential race.

You Thought the Koch Brothers Were Bad? Turns Out They're Even Worse Than You Thought

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. April 5, 2011.

Charles and David Koch's reach into virtually every aspect of political, economic and physical life on the planet is probably greater than you thought possible.

Drinking From the White Fountain: Tea Party Candidate Herman Cain Turns His Back on the African-American Community

Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet. March 17, 2011.

In New Hampshire, the stump speech of presidential hopeful Herman Cain revealed him as an apologist for white racism.

Goon-Squad Politics: How the Wisc. GOP Trampled Democracy to Appease Wealthy Backers

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. March 9, 2011.

When Wisconsin's G.O.P. senators couldn't get what they wanted in an open process, they resorted to goon-squad democracy. You got a problem wi' dat?

Koch-Funded Group's "Road Show" in Support of Union-Busting Scott Walker Was a Flop

Anne Landman, Center for Media and Democracy. March 9, 2011.

At every stop, Americans for Prosperity's pro-Walker road show participants were vastly outnumbered by anti-Walker demonstrators.

How You Can Boycott the Kochs

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. February 28, 2011.

The backlash against the Kochs' influence in Wisconsin is gaining steam, with labor supporters starting to boycott Koch Industries' many products (listed here).

Wisconsin Is a Battleground Against the Billionaire Kochs' Plan to Break Labor's Back

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 18, 2011.

The war on Wisconsin employees isn't just about the budget or Wisconsin: Koch toady Gov. Walker is just one soldier in the billionaire's offensive to kill labor.

Priebus' Republican National Committee: A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Koch's Americans for Prosperity?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. January 21, 2011.

The new RNC chair Reince Priebus, implicated in Americans for Prosperity's voter-caging scandal, carried a lot of water for the Koch-led group in Wisconsin. Now he's rewarded.

Right-Wing Money-Fed Campaign Escalates Latent 9-11 Paranoia into Anti-Muslim Hysteria

Max Blumenthal, TomDispatch.com. December 19, 2010.

Inside the bizarre cabal of secretive donors, demagogic bloggers, European Neo-Fascists, violent Israeli settlers, and Republican politicians behind the anti-Muslim crusade.

Inside Americans for Prosperity's Scheme to Suppress Votes in Wisconsin

Sarah Posner, The Nation Institute. November 2, 2010.

In Wisconsin, where Tea Party candidate Ron Johnson is surging, Americans for Prosperity has been hard at work to manipulate the vote.

Tea Party Inc.: The Big Money and Powerful Elites Behind the Right Wing's Latest Uprising

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. October 24, 2010.

The Tea Parties are billed as a people's movement. But they wouldn't exist without the help of deep-pocketed billionaires.

Religious Right to Tea Party: Join Us or Die!

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 21, 2010.

At the Values Voter Summit, religious-right leaders offered Tea Partiers a Faustian bargain: Embrace our theocratic agenda, or lose big-time in November.

Conservative and Tea Party Rallies and Trainings Dominate the Capital: Are Progressives and Liberal Democrats About to Be Out-Organized?

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 13, 2010.

Conservative protests in Washington show the breadth of energy and money marshaled to organize the right-wing base, while progressives lag behind.

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