…on their First Amendment beliefs.” SPN links together all of the right-wing think tanks now in every state. The Kochs and other billionaire allies fund SPN. SPN handed out a…
The Anti-Transparency Agenda Hailed Inside ALEC
Koch Money Trail Reveals Great Interest in 2016 State Elections In WI, OK, and TX
…$100,000 a year to fund the network: “At this point I can’t support either candidate, but I’m certainly not going to support Hillary.” Koch’s comments were front page news despite…
AARP To Drop ALEC after Members’ Outcry
…to learn that their dues were helping to fund an organization with a history of working against their interests. Many quickly began demanding to know what AARP was up to….
Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC
…revenue streams from the Social Security trust fund was and remains a terrible idea. Such privatization schemes have been promoted by ALEC’s billionaire funders, the Koch Brothers. Charles Koch began…
ALEC 2016 Agenda Boosts Charters, Coal, and Other Corporate Funders
…funded by Koch Industries, Peabody Energy, huge global tobacco and drug companies, and other corporations that pay a premium to access ALEC lawmakers. Conveniently for Hoosiers, this year’s meeting will…
Koch Brothers’ Fingerprints Can Be Found All Over GOP Convention
…Johnson, and the Kochs’ Freedom Partners Action Fund spent $2,025,048 attacking his opponent Russ Feingold. Feingold had accused Johnson of “outsourcing his campaign” to the Kochs. Yet the Kochs may…
Policy Matters, but RNC Has Little to Say to Cleveland
…it done.” — But the RNC platform works against cities like Cleveland. On the issue of transportation, the platform complains that a portion of the highway trust fund is spent…
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Koch Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse: Special Report on Reentry and Following the Money
…to reform criminal justice.” Toward those ends, it advocates for the expansion of “performance” funding for contracted prison alternatives and “reentry” services: “[c]orrections funding should be partly linked to outcomes…
UPDATE Koch Candidates? Where Is the Koch Machine Spending in 2016 So Far
…Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling (TX-05) received a $5,000 contribution from KochPAC to Jobs, Economy and Budget Fund (JEB FUND). He also received a $5,000 contribution from KochPAC to Friends of…
