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On the heels of a 21-page investigative article by Bloomberg Magazine, which covered the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Koch Brothers, Koch Industries,…
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DeSmogBlog: Koch Brothers "Secret Sins" Exposed In Bloomberg News Investigation
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Bloomberg has released a whopping 21-page investigative and historical essay on the many crimes of the infamous Koch Brothers, their company Koch Industries and its …
Continue readingBloomberg blockbuster on Koch bros.: Got richer off Iran sales. And more!
Longish but must read article on the Koch brother’ questionable ethics. Here’s just the introductory paragraphs:In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world’s largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly …
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Callow victims supported billionaires’ coup
Coup: A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph. By extension, a takeover of one group by another.
Guardian columnist George Monbiot provides his view of a coup against democracy in How the Billionaires Broke the System. The campaign, a…
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Koch Brothers And ExxonMobil Join Forces To Fight RGGI With Copy-Paste State Legislation
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As we’ve reported over and over again, the popular and successful Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and other regional climate agreements are under attack from po…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: The Science of Astroturfing
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Here at DeSmogBlog, and around the environmental and liberal political blogosphere, there is great concern about “Astroturf” organizations—groups that pose as real…
Continue reading350 or bust: Koch Industries: The Dirty Business Of Climate Denial
A short animation by by Australian filmmaker Taki Oldham which details the efforts of billionaire oil barons Charles & David Koch to undermine belief in climate change and prevent legislation that threatens their profits. By pouring money into bogu…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Americans For Prosperity Sues New York For Participating In Regional Climate Pact
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The Koch brothers’ corporate front group, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) filed a lawsuit on Monday in New York’s State Supreme Court seeking to reverse a core …
Continue readingWilliam Koch buys portrait of Billy the Kid for $2.3
A member of the infamous modern gangster Koch family, William Koch, has purchased the only known photograph of wild west gangster Billy the Kid.I would say there’s a certain symmetry here but that would be redundant.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Koch Money Fuels AFP Misinformation Campaign On Gas Prices
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The Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is taking their misinformation machine on the road in an attempt to convince American consumers that President Obama is causing t…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The Conservative and Government Websites May be the Same But The Slogan Belongs to Neither
Dan Gardner pointed out today on Twitter that the Conservative Party’s and the Government of Canada’s, websites were almost identical.Conservative Site.Government’sBut the slogan they are using Stability, Security, Prosperity; is stolen.The right-wing …
Continue readingThe malignant influence of the Kochtopus
Via Montreal Simon and Alison at Creekside, this little gem:
Teabaggers, Astroturfers, the Fraser Institute, robocalls directing voters to the wrong places, Harper wanking on about Canada being an “energy superpower” … all part of the same noxious…
Continue readingPoliTeching: New Video Campaign Against WI Gov. Walker’s Supporter – Koch Brothers
Support for campaign against Wisconsin’s governor Scott Walker is increasing after he forced a bill that would remove worker’s bargaining rights. It was seen as an attempt to eliminate worker’s union. Following that, campaigns were launched against the governor’s supporters and campaign contributors, such as Koch Brothers and M&I bank. Wisconsin have similar campaign contribution […]