Required Reading: American Progress Koch Report

authordefault
on

The Centre for American Progress Action Fund has just released a new report on the Koch brothers and their tentacled intervention in Americanย politics.

The report documents the extent of the Koch empire as well as the Kochโ€™s known investments in anti-government think tanks and action groups. It details how the Kochโ€™s have used the fourth-largest private fortune in America to pervert the democratic process, most recently through the Tea Party campaign. And it shows how aggresively the Kochโ€™s have moved to buy political support from the new generation of anti-government Republican members of Congress, as well as how much they have invested in influencing stateย governments.

At a time when the U.S. Supreme Court has removed the barriers from the super rich trying to affect democratic outcomes by using their wealth to manipulate the results of elections and decisions of elected representatives, David and Charles Koch have emerged as the greatest immediate risk to American democracy. The report shows how.

Related Posts

Opinion
on

Democratic innovation as a pathway for revitalising global climate action.

Democratic innovation as a pathway for revitalising global climate action.
on

The Alberta premier belongs to a U.S. group called the Governors Coalition for Energy Security thatโ€™s led by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Trumpโ€™s envoy to Greenland.

The Alberta premier belongs to a U.S. group called the Governors Coalition for Energy Security thatโ€™s led by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Trumpโ€™s envoy to Greenland.
Series: MAGA
on

The people behind the reports are tied to the fossil fuel industry and climate science denial groups.

The people behind the reports are tied to the fossil fuel industry and climate science denial groups.
on

Singerโ€™s foundation gave $100,000 to the expertโ€™s think tank, the Hudson Institute, according to 2024 tax records.

Singerโ€™s foundation gave $100,000 to the expertโ€™s think tank, the Hudson Institute, according to 2024 tax records.