Huffington Post: 'Citizen Koch' Rescued By Small Donors As Documentary Outraises Funds Pulled By PBS
-By Nick Wing August 8, 2013- "Citizen Koch," a highly regarded documentary about the billionaire Koch brothers and the growing influence of money in politics after the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, suffered a major setback earlier this year when PBS pulled the film and the $150,000 in funding that had been promised. Scrambling to find a way to distribute their film, Academy Award-nomi
Politico: Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan headlined Koch summit
-By Kenneth P. Vogel and Jake Sherman August 7, 2013- Rep. Paul Ryan, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez secretly spoke to wealthy donors at the Koch brothers’ recently concluded summer gathering on the outskirts of Albuquerque. The 2012 vice presidential candidate and No. 2 House Republican are return participants to the twice-annual seminar, which also drew wea
Common Dreams: Massive Toxic Black Cloud, Brought To You by the Koch Bros, Blows Over Detroit
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Petcoke cloud from storm July 27 2013
Storm blowing through Detroit/ Windsor area blows a huge cloud of petcoke dust over the river from Detroit pile to Windsor
Center For Public Integrity: Koch Industries PAC spending record cash
Committee has biggest month ever during non-election year -By Adam Wollner July 22, 2013- The political action committee of Koch Industries — the energy and chemicals company led by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch — gave more money in June to federal political candidates and committees than it ever has in any other month during a non-election year. KOCHPAC contributed $262,000 to dozen
Huffington Post: Koch-Funded Climate Contrarians Make Mischief on Capitol Hill
-By Elliott Negin July 19, 2013- With Congress about to head out of town for its summer recess, a Washington-based think tank is ramping up a campaign to foil any attempts to institute a tax on carbon emissions, The Hill, a Washington political trade publication, reported this week. "We're hoping to put the final nail in the coffin of the carbon tax," said Benjamin Cole, the communications directo
