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Business has made the Koch brothers two of America's richest men, but it is how they have used their wealth - to push for small government and a free economy - that has made them famous and...
- Myth # 1: The Koch Network Is A Recent Reaction to The Obama Presidency.
- Myth #2: The Koch Network Is A Personal Pet Project of The Brothers themselves.
- Myth #3: The Koch Network Is Little More Than A Corporate Front.
- Myth #4: The Koch Network Scatters Big Money to Hundreds of Conservative Groups.
- Myth #5: The Koch Network Is Virtually A Third Us Political Party.
Even though the political activities of the Koch brothers gained national visibility only after Barack Obama moved into the White House, Charles and David were no neophytes. They had been at work for decades trying to reshape American politics and public policies. Starting in the 1970s, Charles and David Koch founded and provided sustained funding ...
Much media attention has focused on David and Charles and on the controversial history of their family. After the recent release of Jane Mayer’s Dark Money, many outlets focused on such titillating details as family patriarch Fred Koch’s investments in oil refineries in Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, and the maneuvers undertaken by Charles and ...
Especially on the left, there is a strong tendency to view the Koch network as merely a political front for their privately owned corporate conglomerate, Koch Industries, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Or else the network is portrayed as a somewhat broader front for many companies represented by participants in the Koch seminars. Liberal activis...
Journalists and pundits typically talk about the Koch network as a “secret bank” scattering money to hundreds of conservative groups across the political landscape. This understanding is best typified by the widely shared “Maze of Money” chartassembled by the Center for Responsive Politics, which traces circuitous routes through which hundreds of m...
According to Kenneth Vogel at Politico, the Koch network has about three and a half times as many employees as the Republican National Committee plus GOP congressional campaign affiliates. And the network has pledged to spend between $700 and $900 million during the 2016 election cycle, more than double what the Republican committee apparatus spent...
Jan 19, 2016 · You have to remember this was a very long time ago, when the idea of being gay was considered scandalous in a family, particularly a family of rough, self-made oil men out in Wichita, Kan.
Aug 13, 2019 · To be sure, the Koch brothers aren't entirely self-made. They got a sizable head start from their father. Fred Koch, a co-founder of the far-right John Birch Society, assembled his...
Jun 10, 2018 · The pair that would become known as the Koch brothers are in fact two of four - Frederick is the eldest, born in 1933, followed by Charles (1935) and twins Bill and David (1940). Their father...
Aug 23, 2019 · The death of David Koch on Friday – and the broader retreat he and his brother made from politics since the 2016 election – brings an end (if not the end) to one of the most influential (and...
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Jan 19, 2016 · You have to remember this was a very long time ago, when the idea of being gay was considered scandalous in a family, particularly a family of rough, self-made oil men out in Wichita, Kan.
