Investigating Power
The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the folly of the Koch network’s assaults on affordable and accessible health care for low-income Americans. One of the hallmarks of that assault has…
…fund a number of key policies to ensure both the public’s safety and the orderly conduct of the 2020 primary and general elections in light of the current threat posed…
…reported in May 2019. In 2017, the former British spy helped direct an operation to copy files and record conversations in a Michigan office of the American Federation of Teachers,…
…the Ed Foundation–and earlier funders include Koch-connected groups Americans for Job Security ($40,000 in the 2012 fiscal year) and Americans for Tax Reform ($25,000 in 2013). Koch Network Ties Through…
…to increase the voting and political power of marginalized communities, has spent $113,000 backing Warren, and conservative groups such as The Committee to Defend the President and Great America PAC…
…But they also gave large amounts to the pro-Trump America First Action ($1.5 million), Americas PAC ($1.5 million), House Freedom Action ($1 million), Kentucky Tomorrow ($250,000), Restoration PAC ($2.5 million),…
…project founded by Mark Meckler and Eric O’Keefe and promoted by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC is a pay-to-play operation where legislators and corporate lobbyists meet behind closed…
…the 21st century.” The Heartland Institute, which once received funding from ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute, hasn’t gotten direct donations from Koch’s family foundations in recent years, but DonorsTrust…
…Obama administration announced it would end the use of private prisons by the federal government, GEO Group subsidiary GEO Corrections Holdings gave $100,000 to the pro-Trump super PAC Rebuilding America…
…Manufacturers of America; $108,000 from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association; $50,000 from ExxonMobil; $40,000 from the American Gas Association; $25,000 from generic drug trade group the Association for…
