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  • Report: Billionaire Kochs Peddled Job-Killing Free Trade Agenda to Democrats

    08/19/2019 8:03:26 AM PDT · by Mr. Mojo · 14 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 18 Aug 2019 | JOHN BINDER
    The pro-mass immigration Koch brothers, mega-donors to the GOP establishment, helped market endless free trade policies to Democrat politicians, a new book details. A report by the Intercept outlines a recently released book titled Kochland by Christopher Leonard where the author alleges that brothers Charles and David Koch funded a 2007 report by the left-wing Third Way organization to warn Democrat politicians against the populist, economic nationalist arguments made by Lou Dobbs at the time. Though aligned for the last few decades with Republican lawmakers, the Kochs were major supporters of the economic policies of the Obama administration which sought...
  • KOCH BROTHERS AND THE GOP

    I wish President Trumps watches Tucker Carlson because you get to knows about things that you would rarely hear about on other channels than Fox. For example, Tucker's "Tech Tyranny" is a great example where he shows a coordinated effort in social media remove free speech and thereby help the democrats win 2020. In this case Tucker points out the problems with the Koch brothers and the multiple ways they are hurting the Republican Party and destroying Trump's efforts to rebuild the country. It is shocking what goes on behind the scenes.
  • Billionaire Kochs to Financially Back Democrats Pushing Amnesty, Free Trade

    06/09/2019 8:41:02 PM PDT · by bitt · 83 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 6/9/2019 | John Binder
    The pro-mass immigration Koch brothers’ network of billionaire, donor-class organizations is readying to financially back Democrats, so long as they promise to support amnesty for illegal aliens and vote to advance free trade at all costs. In a memo to its staff, the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) organization announced that the economic libertarian group is set to back any elected official in Washington, DC, — including Democrats — who support their agenda of amnesty for illegal aliens and endless free trade, and oppose the GOP voter-preferred economic nationalist agenda of less immigration and tariffs to protect American jobs. The...
  • Koch tackles poverty by coaching nonprofits on business

    06/04/2019 10:42:48 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 2 replies
    Associated Press ^ | June 5, 2019 | Sally Ho
    If a billionaire’s approach to philanthropy is a reflection of himself, Charles Koch’s latest initiative tackling poverty embodies both the wealthy industrialist’s business acumen and his distaste for big government. The 3-year-old Stand Together Foundation has lately taken center stage in the Koch empire, which has been recalibrating some of its wide-ranging operation that is both villainized and revered by the American public. The shifting strategy comes as the GOP icon’s sprawling network of rich donors, powerful political groups and various tax-exempted advocacy organizations continues to downplay its more well-known but controversial political agenda, which has pumped hundreds of millions...
  • Billionaire Koch Brothers Rail Against Trump: U.S. Must Eliminate All Tariffs

    05/15/2019 8:56:44 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 47 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 15 May 2019 | John Binder
    The Koch brothers’ — the billionaire plutocrats and GOP mega-donors — network of organizations are railing against President Trump’s tariffs on China to protect American workers and U.S. industry. This month, Trump hiked tariffs to 25 percent on about $200 billion worth of Chinese manufactured goods. Trump has also ordered trade officials to begin reviewing the process of increasing tariffs to 25 percent on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese goods. In the wake of the latest round of tariffs, the Koch brothers’ organizations like the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and the Libre Initiative demand that the Trump administration...
  • Watch–New Ad Tells Trump: ‘Protect American Workers,’ Reject ‘Koch Brothers Cheap Labor Agenda’

    04/03/2019 2:06:32 PM PDT · by central_va · 14 replies
    Breitbart ^ | April 3rd, 19 | John Binder
    President Trump must hold strong to his “Buy American, Hire American” economic nationalist agenda on immigration to drive up wages and job prospects for U.S. workers, shunning the Wall Street-preferred expansionist policy of mass illegal and legal immigration, a new ad says.
  • Unhappy with Trump and populists, Kochs for first time will intervene in GOP primaries

    03/02/2019 10:16:33 AM PST · by Mariner · 64 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | March 1st, 2019 | by David M. Drucker
    OXON HILL, Md. — The Koch political network for the first time plans to intervene in GOP primaries as part of a deliberate 2020 strategy to reverse years of essentially rubber-stamping the Republican Party in general elections. Disappointed with Republicans in Congress and occasionally at odds with President Trump, the coalition of political groups overseen by Charles Koch has been re-evaluating its engagement in federal campaigns. Playing in GOP primaries to elect more like-minded Republicans to the House and Senate is key tactical adjustment the network has agreed to, with a top Koch official confirming that incumbents could be targeted...
  • Koch Brothers Announce Plans to Intervene in GOP Primaries in Support of RINO, Open Border, “Free...

    03/01/2019 5:41:01 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 64 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | 01 March 2019 | Jim Hoft
    FULL TITLE: Koch Brothers Announce Plans to Intervene in GOP Primaries in Support of RINO, Open Border, “Free Trade” Republicans The Koch Brothers network announced they will intervene in GOP primaries in support of RINO hacks and open borders Republicans. The Kochs are not happy with the direction of the country under President Trump. They want Paul Ryan-like Republicans who can push trade policies that wipe out the US middle class. The Washington Examiner reported: "The Koch political network for the first time plans to intervene in GOP primaries as part of a deliberate 2020 strategy to reverse years of...
  • Billionaire Kochs Cheer Trump’s Endorsement of More Wage-Crushing Legal Immigration: ‘We Agree!’

    02/08/2019 9:34:37 AM PST · by central_va · 102 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 2-8-19 | John Binder
    The pro-mass immigration Koch brothers’ network of billionaire, donor class organizations is cheering President Trump’s recent doubling down on supporting increasing wage-crushing legal immigration levels. As Breitbart News reported, Trump broke from his 2015, 2016, and 2017 “America First” commitment to reduce overall legal immigration levels to raise the wages of America’s working and middle class this week when he doubled down on a call for increasing legal immigration. “We need people in our country because our unemployment numbers are so low and we have massive numbers of companies coming back into our country,” Trump reportedly told the media this...
  • Muted political tone at largest Koch donor network meeting

    01/27/2019 8:06:21 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 33 replies
    Associated Press ^ | January 26, 2019 | Sally Ho
    A record-breaking number of wealthy donors have gathered at conservative billionaire industrialist Charles Koch’s private weekend retreat, where leaders of the powerful political network have taken a decidedly different, more politically muted tone than in years past. […] On Saturday night, Charles Koch told the donors that attitudes against perceived adversaries and people with different beliefs were tearing the country apart but that his network was working to “unite with anybody to do right.” “This network has taken its effectiveness to a whole new level,” Koch said. […] Prominent Koch donor Doug Deason of Texas said the reported infighting between...
  • Koch Network to Push for Legal Status for Dreamers in 2019

    01/03/2019 9:03:28 PM PST · by rintintin · 19 replies
    Time ^ | Jan 2 2019 | PHILIP ELLIOTT
    The politically savvy donor network helmed by billionaire Charles Koch plans in 2019 to use its deep pockets to push for an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, including permanent legal status for for young people who came to the country illegally, according to an email obtained by TIME and verified by a Koch spokesman. The Koch donor network, among the most powerful force in conservative circles, also plans to tackle poverty, addiction and education in the coming two-year election cycle, according to the message.
  • WHO THE HELL ARE THE KOCH BROTHERS? (AND WHY DO I CAPITALIZE MY HEADLINES?)

    01/03/2019 5:47:40 PM PST · by RArtfulogerDodger · 15 replies
    CONSERVATIVE RIGHT WING NEWS ^ | January 3, 2019 | Jeffrey A Friedberg
    [PHOTOSHOP] Just who the hell ARE these two billionaires? Where do they get their money? Why are they “so smarter” than “everybody else? And Why would they want “amnesty” for all these illegal, “immigrants...migrants...refugees...patriotic youths, constituents,” or whatever? “The pro-mass immigration Koch brothers’ network of billionaire, donor class organizations will push an expansive amnesty for illegal aliens this year while vowing not to financially support President Trump’s 2020 re-election bid. “In a leaked email obtained by Time Magazine, the Koch brothers’ network of organizations — which includes Americans for Prosperity, the LIBRE Initiative, and Freedom Partners — have their sights...
  • Koch Brother Joins Fight to Stop America’s Involvement in the Yemen War

    10/31/2018 2:42:20 PM PDT · by Colonel Kangaroo · 20 replies
    Daily Beast ^ | 10-30-2018 | Spencer Ackerman
    A heavyweight right-wing financier has thrown in with a left-right coalition to end the U.S. military’s involvement in the Saudi-led war on Yemen, one of the world’s most devastating humanitarian catastrophes, The Daily Beast has learned. The Charles Koch Institute, bearing the brand of one of the most influential sources of conservative political money, is backing an effort spearheaded by progressive California Democrat Ro Khanna to demand either an end to non-counterterrorism aid to the Yemen war or a direct congressional vote authorizing it. Multiple congressional and allied sources told The Daily Beast they plan to bring their resolution to...
  • Trump mocks Charles Koch for saying tariffs unfair to foreign workers: 'He is correct'

    08/02/2018 11:00:54 AM PDT · by SpeedyInTexas · 27 replies
    FoxNews ^ | 08/02/2018 | Brooke Singman
    President Trump mocked conservative mega-donor Charles Koch early Thursday for complaining that tariffs hurt foreign workers, telling the billionaire he is “correct.” “Charles Koch of Koch Brothers, who claims to be giving away millions of dollars to politicians even though I know very few who have seen this (?), now makes the ridiculous statement that what President Trump is doing is unfair to ‘foreign workers.’ He is correct, AMERICA FIRST!” Trump tweeted Thursday morning.
  • Lou Dobbs: McConnell & GOP Are 'Sellouts' to Koch Brothers, Will Blame Trump for 2018 Losses

    08/01/2018 12:34:52 PM PDT · by yoe · 38 replies
    Lou Dobbs ^ | July 31, 2018 | Lou Dobbs
    Tucker Carlson asked Fox Business host Lou Dobbs about why the Republican leadership appear to be unconcerned with fulfilling President Trump's campaign promises, specifically the border wall. Carlson said that Trump's top campaign priority that allowed him to defeat 16 Republicans and Hillary Clinton was the promise to "build that wall" on the southern border and strengthen immigration policies. Dobbs blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the Kentucky Republican spoke "dismissively" about the urgency to build the wall. In a Louisville radio interview, McConnell said the funding for the wall would "probably" not happen before the midterm elections.
  • President Trump Calls Out: “Globalist Koch Brothers”…

    07/31/2018 11:39:41 AM PDT · by Bigtigermike · 24 replies
    Many people supported candidate Trump for his fierce economic policy independence and willingness to call out the political Decepticons. You can put CTH support near the top of that list. At the financial heart of the UniParty in Washington DC is President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Tom Donohue, and his like-minded billionaire funders the Koch Brothers: “The globalist Koch Brothers, who have become a total joke in real Republican circles, are against Strong Borders and Powerful Trade. I never sought their support because I don’t need their money or bad ideas. They love my Tax & Regulation Cuts,...
  • Trump: ‘Globalist Koch brothers’ have become a ‘total joke in real Republican circles'

    07/31/2018 4:25:34 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 63 replies
    The Hill ^ | 07/31/18 | Kyle Balluck
    President Trump ripped the Koch brothers one day after the political network formed by the billionaire conservative businessmen said it would not support a Republican Senate candidate in North Dakota “The globalist Koch Brothers, who have become a total joke in real Republican circles, are against Strong Borders and Powerful Trade,” Trump said in a series of tweets early Tuesday. “I never sought their support because I don’t need their money or bad ideas. They love my Tax & Regulation Cuts, Judicial picks & more. I made them richer. Their network is highly overrated, I have beaten them at every...
  • Bannon to Koch Brothers: 'Shut up and get with the program'

    07/30/2018 9:50:03 AM PDT · by rktman · 20 replies
    americanthinker.com ^ | 7/30/2018 | Rick Moran
    Charles and David Koch have created a massive network of political organizations that donate hundreds of millions of dollars to Republican candidates and conservative causes. But they are currently unhappy with the White House and the Republican Party for abandoning what they see as core principles such as fiscal responsibility and free trade. They made their displeasure known during a meeting in Colorado Springs with dozens of their organizations.
  • Billionaire Koch Brothers Ignore GOP Midterm Voters: ‘Unacceptable’ to Reduce Immigration

    07/26/2018 3:55:11 PM PDT · by davikkm · 32 replies
    breitbart ^ | JOHN BINDER
    The pro-mass immigration, GOP megadonor, billionaire Koch brothers are pushing not only an amnesty for illegal aliens ahead of the midterm elections, but also continued mass legal immigration despite Republican voters vastly opposing that agenda. In an interview with Time Magazine, Daniel Garza who leads the Koch-funded LIBRE Initiative, said any cuts to current legal immigration levels are “unacceptable.” Every year, the U.S. imports more than 1.5 million mostly low-skilled legal immigrants, putting downward pressure on blue-collar Americans’ wages and demographically changing the country at a rapid pace. “For us, that was unacceptable,” Garza said of an immigration plan endorsed...
  • Charles Koch vows to hold Republicans accountable

    07/29/2018 6:05:51 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 66 replies
    The Hill ^ | 07/29/18 | Jonathan Easley
    Billionaire activist Charles Koch said Sunday that his network of big-spending political groups would be more aggressive in going after Republicans who have failed to adhere to fiscally conservative principles. Speaking to a small group of reporters in a rare interview at a five-star resort in the Rocky Mountains, Koch vowed to hold GOP lawmakers accountable for their votes when they break with the network’s free-market views on issues like spending and tariffs. “I regret some of the [lawmakers] we have supported … we’re gonna more directly deal with that and hold people accountable,” Koch said. The Koch network will...