Saturday, March 31, 2012

Koch brothers

  • Robert Greenwald and his Brave New Foundation debuted their feature-length film "Koch Brothers Exposed" in New York on Thursday night. (The DVD is available here; see the two-minute trailer for the film on the last page of this article.
  • (Salon)
  • Libertarians say its like watching dear friends in an ugly divorce, as the billionaire Koch brothers try to take control of the highly regarded Cato Institute. The head of Cato says the Kochs are out to politicize the think tank.
  • (NPR News)
  • The American Energy Alliance that is launching a $3.6 million ad campaign blasting President Obama over rising gasoline prices has—surprise!—strong ties to oil-and-chemical billionaires, Charles and David Koch.
  • (DAILY KOS)
  • The American Energy Alliance -- a group with reported ties to the conservative Koch Brothers -- has launched a $3 million-plus TV ad campaign hitting President Obama on higher gas prices. The campaign -- at a buy of $3.
  • (MSNBC Firstread)
  • WASHINGTON -- On Friday evening, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling that could begin the process of revealing the identities of secret donors to groups connected to Karl Rove and the Koch brothers.
  • (Democratic Underground.com)
  • But a group of filmmakers behind an anti-Koch documentary may be a little red today after they were caught leaving the brothers a voicemail -- a voicemail that was a result of them messing up and thinking they had already hung up.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Do all roads lead to Koch? Conservative activists will rally at the Supreme Court tomorrow to encourage the overturn of the Affordable Care Act. The "Hands Off My Health Care" protest—which will feature the likes of Rep.
  • (DAILY KOS)
  • Documentarian Robert Greenwald screened a portion of his upcoming documentary, Koch Brothers Exposed, at a lunch in midtown hosted by The Common Good today. In the documentary, Mr.
  • (Politicker)

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