Are Kansas Republicans Heading Towards Disaster?
If you are a big Democratic spender looking to make an impact, you won’t find a better place than Kansas. With two months left to go before the midterm election,…
Koch Brothers Funded Holocaust Denial
Mark Ames has done America a great service by digging up the January, 1976 issue of Reason magazine where the Koch brothers’ publication promoted Holocaust denial. You should really go read the…
How Rob Riley Learned To Launder Political Money
Alabama has seen its share of sleazy political money schemes over the years, but 2010 still stands out. That was the year in which Citizens for a Better Alabama, a prominent organization in Governor Bob Riley’s fight…
Oligarchy Defined: Koch Brothers Worth $100 Billion, Buy GOP For Just $412 Million
In the 2012 election, Charles and David Koch spent at least $412 million to swing elections across the country, an amount greater than the ten largest unions combined. Now Bloomberg reports…
Department of Interior Asked To Investigate ALEC Bills In Wake Of Bundy Ranch Standoff
Last week’s standoff at Bundy Ranch is still reverberating in Washington today. According to Kate Sheppard at Huffington Post, Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) has sent a letter to Mary Kendall, acting…
Thanks, Kochs! PBS Infested With White Supremacist Charles Murray
By karoli April 12, 2014 6:00 am - Comments PBS featured Charles Murray and other inhabitants of the Koch-funded American Enterprise Institute to argue for destruction of social safety nets.…
Billionaire Koch Brothers’ AFP Endorses ‘Patriot’ Militia Movement At Bundy Ranch
Rancher Cliven Bundy, who successfully called for right wing paramilitary intervention in his two-decade dispute with the federal government, had the support of conservative nonprofit group Americans For Prosperity, which…
Why Dark Money Groups Refused Generous IRS Limits On Political Activity
Has Darrell Issa finally held one too many hearings in his contrived scandal? Testifying to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee yesterday, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen revealed that many…
Rachel Maddow: GOP Fears IRS Dark Money Investigation More Than Putin’s Russia
Rachel Maddow had Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post on her show last night to talk about some very strange maneuverings in Congress. It seems that Republicans are demanding the…
How The John Birch Society Changed Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Conservative Political Action Committee (OCPAC) has become one of the most powerful outside groups in state Republican politics. Founder and President Charlie Meadows claims that his organization is…