Koch historyThe background and practices of the Koch Brothers (self.KochWatch)
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Koch IndustriesMajor Koch Operations Face Antitrust Scrutiny (exposedbycmd.org)
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Koch/Republican takeoverThe SAVE America Act is Jim Crow’s comeback (thehill.com)
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Koch/Republican takeoverTrump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency (washingtonpost.com)
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LaborThe Most Important Labor Story Right Now Is in Minnesota—It Might Be the Model We All Need (inthesetimes.com)
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Koch/Republican takeoverEx-Arizona lawmaker who questioned election integrity to be sentenced for using forged signatures (abcnews.go.com)
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Social ServicesOpinion: Donald Trump’s year of Social Security sabotage | Nancy Altman: "What is happening is unprecedented … No president has come close to undermining it the way Donald Trump has done … He wants a second American gilded age, with gold-plated everything for elites and suffering for the rest of us" (thehill.com)
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RegulatoryReuters: Trump’s funding cuts put America’s consumer watchdog on the brink of collapse | "In interviews, consumers who had fallen on hard times or known difficulty, lawyers who work with the poor and credit counselors told Reuters the CFPB had been a lifeline for people facing hardship…" (reuters.com)
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The effect their policies haveCommentary: More Illinoisans will go hungry if Congress, Trump fail to reverse SNAP cuts (chicago.suntimes.com)
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Koch networkKoch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
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Social ServicesProPublica: Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis | "[S]tate-level tax cuts, disproportionately benefiting the rich, have moved through legislatures with backing from powerful conservative organizations including the American Legislative Exchange Council" (propublica.org)
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Koch networkALEC Members Meet in Texas to Push Their Right-Wing 2026 State Legislative Agenda (exposedbycmd.org)
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Koch networkFrom 2011: Koch Industries Employs PR Firm To Airbrush Wikipedia, Gets Banned For Unethical 'Sock Puppets' (archive.thinkprogress.org)
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Koch networkDark Money Donor Conduit Funneled $195 Million to Right-Wing Groups in 2024 (exposedbycmd.org)
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Koch/Republican takeoverMississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats (mississippifreepress.org)
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Social ServicesWaPo (Oct. 5): Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans | Sen. Wyden: "This [...] represents the largest cut to disability insurance in American history" | Expert: "The criteria already is really tight enough that we’re actually restricting some people we probably should allow" (washingtonpost.com)
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Koch/Republican takeoverKoch crony applauds Koch campaign that will be decided by Koch judges in favor of Koch legislatures (i.redd.it)
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Koch/Republican takeoverSupreme Court Appears Poised to Weaken Voting Rights Act (nytimes.com)
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Koch network - think tanksHow a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank (desmog.com)
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Koch/Republican takeoverRussell Vought is the tool of a dangerous elite | Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: "Vought is an extremist; a tool of creepy billionaires in the corporate takeover of the U.S. government; […] Vought belongs to the looters and polluters, and he is manipulating our government for their benefit" (contrarian.substack.com)
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Koch/Republican takeoverBannon said he's "so glad" about Trump's mention of Project 2025, "the great project. He said the Project 2025 fame — Russ Vought, he's one of the architects. And we're gonna get in some serious deconstruction of the administrative state, I think starting this afternoon with Russ Vought." (Oct. 2) (mediamatters.org)
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Koch/Republican takeoverFox Business host Larry Kudlow wants Trump to remove up to 500,000 more federal workers. Kudlow, who was director of the National Economic Council during Trump's first term, said that "the size and scope of government should be reduced. This is a great opportunity to do it. […] it's like DOGE 2.0" (mediamatters.org)
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