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Koch Operative Steered $55 Million to Front Groups Airing Ads Against Democrats; Ads Assailed Candidates Over Abortion, 9/11, Medicare

Lee Fang, Republic Report. May 22, 2012.

The Koch brothers are eager to present themselves as small-government libertarians, but their grants to front groups suggest a different set of priorities.

Scott Walker Gets $1.3 Million From Koch Summit Attendees to Fight Recall

Brendan Fischer, PR Watch. May 4, 2012.

Wisconsin's embattled Republican governor is supported by a who's who of wealthy right-wing donors.

Rightwing ALEC Puts Wisconsin Anti-Labor Laws On May Agenda

Brendan Fischer, PR Watch. May 1, 2012.

Michigan's Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Is Bringing Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC's spring meeting.

How The Koch Brothers Spent At Least $3.9 Million In Unreported Partisan Attack Efforts During The 2010 Election

Lee Fang, Republic Report. March 28, 2012.

David or Charles Koch don't write big checks to superPACs. That's because the brothers prefer using nonprofit organizations to hide their donations -- and their political spending.

The Wisconsin Story: Scott Walker's Unprecedented Assault on Unions and Democracy And the June 5th Recall Vote

Brendan Fischer, AlterNet. March 23, 2012.

Wisconsin's populist rebellion came after state GOP leaders attacked workers' rights and dignity.

Why the Koch Brothers' Coup of the Cato Institute Is So Dangerous

Alex Pareene, Salon. March 6, 2012.

A libertarian think tank that does some good work could become another well-funded arm of the Koch brothers' explicitly partisan messaging machine.

Koch Brothers Convene Super-Secret Billionaires' Meeting for 2012 Elections

Lee Fang, Republic Report. February 4, 2012.

Some of America's wealthiest Republicans flew into Palm Springs last weekend to update their stealthy political strategy for 2012.

Editorial/Appeal: It's Time to Really Support Our Team

Don Hazen, AlterNet. September 15, 2011.

Team Tea Party, led by the Kochs and other wealthy right-wingers, want an America for the wealthy, dominated by conservative religion and the extremist Ayn Rand fanatics.

How a Corporatist Supreme Court Cabal Joined Forces With Right Wing and Kochs to Quietly Sell Out Our Democracy

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. August 5, 2011.

Corrupt, right-wing Supreme Court justices are abusing their power, fraternizing with the Koch brothers and fixing elections (among other horrors).

Save Democracy: Tell Corporations to Dump ALEC

Mary Bottari, AlterNet. July 19, 2011.

The Center for Media and Democracy discovered ALEC is behind corporate political control, and now is the time to fight against the sale of our democracy.

The 13 Best Hacker Attacks Against Military Security Companies, the FBI, the Kochs ... and Arizona

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. July 16, 2011.

Hackers have declared war on anyone or anything that threatens to censor the Internet or its citizens. Here are some of their wildest targets.

The Inner Secrets of the Right-Wing Echo Chamber

Don Hazen, AlterNet. June 21, 2011.

Brave New Films has provided, with Bernie Sanders, a clear deconstruction of the origins and process of the conservative disinformation propaganda machine. It's scary.

Rowdy, Friendly Crowd of 500 Marches in NYC to Rebrand David H. Koch Theatre "The Tea Party's Wallet"

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. May 12, 2011.

Organized by the Brave New Foundation, the Guerrilla Drive-In event culminated in a "guerilla rebranding" of the Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center.

Koch Brother Buys Professors At Public University to Spread Free Market Propaganda -- Is Public Education the Kochs' Next Front?

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. May 10, 2011.

The latest Koch brother affront is an "unheard of" breach of academic freedom--a donation to FSU only on the condition they can oversee the faculty appointees.

Wisconsin's Walker Heads to DC to Take Lead in Fight to Privatize Education

John Nichols, TheNation.com. May 9, 2011.

Wisconsin’s union-busting governor has emerged the hero of the right-wing groups that are proposing extreme measures in the battle to privatize public education.

The Koch Brothers' Tangled and Far-Reaching Web

John Aloysius Farrell, The Center for Public Integrity. April 7, 2011.

The Kochs spend tens of millions trying to shape federal policies that affect their global business empire.

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.

Koch Brothers and US Chamber: Polluting Our Earth and Our Democracies

Bill McKibben, GreenBiz.com. March 13, 2011.

The Kochs are right up there now with the great plutocrats of American history, a 21st century version of the robber barons.

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.

Rachel Maddow: Koch Brothers 'Pop Up In Every Scummy Political Scandal'

AlterNetMarch 8, 2011.

The Kochs are everywhere, says Maddow, chronicling the brothers' recent efforts to push the conservative agenda.

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).

Right-Wing Group Funded By the Kochs Ratchets Up Interference in Wisconsin Uprising

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. February 23, 2011.

Americans for Prosperity is taking an active role in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's campaign to destroy state workers' collective bargaining rights.

The Oily Money Behind Scott Walker's Assault on Unions

Lisa Graves, TruthOut.org. February 21, 2011.

Walker will pay his first dividend on the Koch-subsidized investment in his campaign with a death knell for unions and for the right of workers to organize.

Angry Progressive Coalition to Protest Billionaire Gathering Hosted by Koch Brothers, Major Tea Party Funders

Don Hazen, AlterNet. January 16, 2011.

Progressives are planning a huge event to raise awareness about the Kochs and their billionaire cronies, and peacefully marching to give an alternative to their hard-right agenda.

Koch Footprints Lead to Political Powder Keg: Exposing the Far Right's Secret Slush Fund to Keep Fear Alive

Pam Martens, CounterPunch. October 27, 2010.

A secretive libertarian nonprofit bankrolled a fear-mongering effort to get McCain into the White House. Until now, where the money came from has been a hotly debated mystery.

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