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Koch Brothers won't fund Trump in 2020: report

The Koch network has informed donors that it won’t back Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign — and that it won’t fund any other presidential candidates either. The Washington Post reported Thursday that people familiar with conversations said the network run by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch have “quietly relayed” to donors their decision in recent months.

www.rawstory.com

The Koch’s and their #KochNetwork were #NeverTrump EXCEPT when it came to tax cuts for the rich and corporations — and of course SCOTUS justices; Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh!

In spite of the network’s decision to stay out of the presidential race, it will still support candidates for Senate and governor through its various groups like Americans for Prosperity.

Here’s what happens when the Koch’s turns a Republican into a #KochSucker: “Marco Rubio voted 98 percent of the time with Koch brothers”, PolitiFact #PaulRyanToo

Koch network Spokesman James Davis told the Post the organization plans to “significant investment to support policy champions in Senate, House and state races, build broad-based policy coalitions, and to launch a major new initiative to fight poverty in America.”

From the Washington Post

The snub of the president is likely to reinforce the personal divide between Trump and Koch.

At a meeting of top Koch network donors last summer, senior network officials criticized the “tremendous lack of leadership” in Trump’s Washington, saying “the divisiveness of this White House is causing long-term damage.”

The Dark Money of the Koch Network - 2014

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Shadow Governors: How nonprofits with anonymous donors influence politics and policy in the states

Long read but at least read the key findings. #DarkMoney You can download the PDF version of the report. #BuyingLegislation #BuyingPoliticians #MAGA

CREW found that 19 governors had ties to secretive groups that don’t disclose their donors. Did your state make the list?

— Citizens for Ethics‏ @CREWcrew - June 7, 2018

“Dark Money Groups: Don’t disclose donors, spend to elect officeholders”

TABLE 1: 30 dark money and shadow governance groups with ties to state governors

VIEW THE SHADOW GOVERNANCE AND DARK MONEY GROUPS:

#CitizensUnited #MegaDonors #BuyingAmerica

Source: citizensforethics.org

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Welcome to America, where a single wealthy man can bankroll extremist candidates across the nation

If you don't know Richard Uihlein, that's by design. While the Koch brothers and even the Robert Mercers of the world have gained notoriety from the sheer scope of their archconservative efforts to ...

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Welcome to America, where a single wealthy man can bankroll extremist candidates across the nation

“The FUTURE Mister Gittes, the future.”

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Richard Uihlein has a lot in common with Robert and Rebekah Mercer! Feudal Alt-right Nazi Oligarchs buying politicians and votes to pass legislation they created. #DarkMoney #Corporatocracy #Dystopian

“He supports neo-Confederates and child molesters? What a broad coalition he has assembled.”

Uihlein gave tens of thousands of dollars to support failed Senate hopeful Roy Moore (R) in Alabama, doubling down even after multiple women accused Moore of unwanted sexual advances toward them when they were in their teens, FEC records show.

Uihlein’s checks come in amounts once unheard of for individual donations to a single race. In addition to giving direct contributions to candidates’ campaigns, he donates to super PACs working to boost their candidacies and edge out primary opponents by blanketing local TV markets with advertising.

From NYTimes

He has continued to be one of the president’s top supporters, attending the inauguration in a black baseball cap that read “01.20.17 just can’t wait” and continuing to give hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Republican National Committee.

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Recognizing Powerful Interests Running the Joint, More Than 75% of Americans Back Campaign Finance Reform

"Let's turn opinion into action by overturning #CitizensUnited and enacting public financing of elections nationwide," says Public Citizen in response to new Pew survey.

www.commondreams.org

That would be a start…

dragoni

The only way this is going to happen is to vote for Democrats #VoteBlue and Independent candidates.

#WeThePeople No #Oligarchy No #Corporatocracy

#citizens united #citizensunited #mega donors #buying democracy #buying america #buying politicians #buying votes #oligarchy #corporatocracy #politics #campaign finance #campaign finance laws #we the people

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Congressional Republicans Quietly Plan SNAP Cuts While No One Is Watching

It is imperative that the Farm Bill and all policies that seek to meet human needs actually address the real lives of people and the systemic and structural oppression and injustice they face each day.

www.politicususa.com

feelingbluepolitics

This article is excellent. The author uses the tragedy of what is happening to SNAP to connect the artificially created and maintained cycle of poverty to the societal destructiveness of Republican policies.

sirrah1940

When Republican’s are in power the stock market crashes, banks fail, and poverty soars.

dragoni

Republicans ramming the Farm Bill through while they’re in control. Their final act of repaying their patrons, the Koch brothers, before the Blue Wave in November.

The Farm Bill is not just about economics, it reflects the moral values of our country. I trust that even in the era of Trump there are still some left, especially for our neighbors in need.

Congressional Republicans are continually dreaming up ways to build more hurdles into the system, so they can cut benefits in the name of fiscal conservatism. This time it is new work requirements and stricter income eligibility. A small increase in income, like a raise of just over $1.00 per hour, could push a person “over an economic cliff” and reduce their monthly income because they would no longer be eligible for SNAP benefits since their income surpassed 130 percent of the federal poverty level.

Checkout the Republicans the Koch’s have contributed to #Takers #BuyingVotes

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Koch network to spend $300-400 million on 2018 midterms

It could really help Republicans this cycle

www.axios.com

The Koch’s are using a small portion of their $1.4 BILLION in tax cuts for 2018 to create jobs - Republican jobs in the House and Senate. Proof that Winning and Power are intoxicating.

#BuyAmerican #HireAmerican #Plutocracy #Corporatocracy

Never forget, the Koch’s will be receiving $1.4 Billion EVERY YEAR.

The Koch network will spend 60% more on the 2018 cycle than it did on the 2016 presidential election, the largest midterm investment it's ever had, Tim Phillips of Americans for Prosperity told reporters Saturday. This includes up to $20 million on “communicating the benefits of tax reform," along with other policy and politics efforts. The network spent about $250 million on policy and politics in the 2016 cycle.

Why this matters:

Midterm elections are typically very difficult for the party in power, even without the scandals that have occurred under the Trump administration. The network sees the regulatory and legislative victories of the administration as hugely important and are going all-out to protect them.

Koch Network will Spend $20 Million on an Ad Campaign to Try to Convince Americans to Support The New Tax Plan Ahead of Midterm Elections

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Get Rebekah Mercer Out of Our Museum #AMNH

The Mercer’s and their Mercer Family Foundation philanthropy is nothing more than PR. Using their money to whiten up their soiled image when they’re NOT:

1. Using their offshore shell companies to buy votes, buy and elect politicians to set domestic and foreign policy

2. Trafficking and funding #Hate #Racism

Richard Spencer #AltRight #Nazis #Charlottesville
Milo Yiannopoulos #AltWhite #WhiteSupremacy
Steve Bannon #Breibart #Fascism
#Trump #GOP #MuslimBan #DACA #ShitholeCountries

3. Trafficking and funding Lies

4. Paying millions to have IRS Commissioner John Koskinen FIRED so they don’t have to pay $6.8 billion in back taxes. Sound familiar?

A few examples of the Ultra Rich Buying Acceptance

Sackler family, prominent cultural donors, to the company that produces OxyContin, the powerful painkiller that has been involved in opioid overdoses.
David H. Koch in 2014 gave $65 million to rename the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s fountain plaza

Museum and the Arts: STOP accepting #BloodMoney

Source: The New York Times

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Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law

That's peanuts compared with what the Koch brothers will save.

www.huffingtonpost.com

they’re all such pieces of shit

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Ryan was elected by Republicans, Independents, Protest Voters and of course those BERNIE Bros and Bernie or Bust People.

theuseofashes

Tom Cotton is the Koch whore n chief.

dragoni

Paul Ryan should be insulted. He didn’t even receive the 15% minimum tip.

The Koch’s will get between $1 to $1.4 Billion EVERY year while Ryan only received $500K — 0.00035 percent. #CorruptIdiot

Koch #Plutocracy

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Case in point, Trump and the Republican Tax Scam.

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Jimmie was ostensibly to nice to be president, and the antithesis of the orange demon.

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In Trump’s America, Plutocracy is the new Oligarchy

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Source: twitter.com

#bernie sanders #net neutrality #fcc #ajit pai #brendan carr #michael o'rielly #mike o’rielly #republicans complicit #gop complicit #plutocracy #telecom monopoly #ustelecom #buying votes #buying democracy #buying america

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Ajit Pai and Verizon Killed Net Neutrality

Source: The New York Times

#ajit pai #ajit pai pwned #ajit pai lies #verizon #ustelecom #telecom monopoly #net neutrality #fcc #buying votes #buying america #on this day #plutocracy

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Koch Brothers to Pump Millions Into Trump's Tax Reform Agenda

Republican mega-donors and billionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, plan to spend millions of dollars to promote the Trump administration’s tax reform agenda.

www.foxbusiness.com

This is from Fox! The Koch’s investing millions to get back BILLIONS.

Republican mega-donors and billionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, plan to spend millions of dollars to promote the Trump administration’s tax reform agenda.

Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips on Thursday discussed how his organization plans to promote President Trump’s tax reform plan and why he wants it passed by the end of the year.

“It’s important for the economy, the Trump plan is a good one and so we’re announcing a multi-million dollar effort, it’s going to include digital media, broader advertising, our grassroots muscle, we have full time staff and tens of thousands of volunteers in 36 states,” he told FOX Business’ Neil Cavuto.

Koch’s: Republicans, give us what we paid for!

“We want to make sure that the tax reform gets done, if it all possible, by this year…It’s tougher to do in 2018, an election year,”