Kochs Spending $20 Million to Promote Tax Overhaul

STEVE PEOPLES / The Associated Press Jan 27, 2018 The investment marks an early focus of the 2018 political strategy of Charles and David Koch, known for their donations to conservative and Republican causes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

This Is What Pseudo-Democracy Looks Like

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Dec 28, 2017 To combat oligarchy, we must strengthen progressive populist movements inside and outside of electoral arenas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Capitalism: The Nightmare

Paul Street / Truthdig Sep 20, 2017 As American activist Joel Kovel wrote six years ago, "The future will be eco-socialist, because without eco-socialism there will be no future." Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Did the Koch Brothers Take Down the GOP Health Care Bill?

Emma Niles / Truthdig Mar 25, 2017 Advocacy groups run by the billionaire siblings may have swayed enough Republicans to torpedo the American Health Care Act. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Charles Koch’s Disturbing High School Economics Project Teaches ‘Sacrificing Lives for Profits’

By Alex Kotch / AlterNet Jun 2, 2016 "Corporations routinely sacrifice the lives of some of their customers to increase profits, and we are all better off because they do," according to a textbook that the billionaire industrialist is spending millions to push on public schools. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

‘It’s Possible’: Charles Koch Says Hillary Clinton Might Be Best Choice for Him (Video)

By Jon Queally / Common Dreams Apr 24, 2016 "We would have to believe her actions would be quite different than her rhetoric. Let me put it that way," says billionaire industrialist and far-right ideologue Charles Koch. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Candidates for 2015 ‘Hypocrite of the Year’

By Paul Buchheit / Common Dreams Dec 7, 2015 There are so many candidates. But the people included here stand out in their various areas of nefarious behavior: war-making, tax avoidance, consumer gouging, environmental destruction, and criminal arrogance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Does a ‘Koch Intelligence Agency’ Secretly Keep Tabs on Liberals?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 25, 2015 An investigation by Politico suggests that the billionaire right-wing Koch brothers possess their own high-tech surveillance and intelligence-gathering operation devoted to “stealthily tracking liberal and Democratic groups.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Republican Explains How His Party Descended Into Insanity and Chaos

Robert Reich / Truthdig Nov 8, 2015 The other night I phoned a former GOP congressmen with whom I’d worked on legislation in the ’90s. I wanted his take on something: Are the presidential hopefuls really as weird as they seem? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

In Alternative Energy Tussle, Obama Takes On Kochs, Fossil Fuel Companies

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 26, 2015 President Obama is letting it be known that he isn't on the same side as David and Charles Koch and Big Oil when it comes to their approach to keeping consumers hooked on fossil fuels and discouraging them from exploring other options. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Other GOP Candidates Attack Obama’s Plan to Curb Climate Change

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 4, 2015 Before President Obama could announce his administration's new curbs on carbon emissions from power plants, Republican presidential hopefuls were insisting they know better than the scientists whose work he relied on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Kochyderm

Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons May 27, 2015 Dig deeper