Progress Texas Plans to Expose You to the Koch Brothers

New doc on the secretive billionaires screens tonight

"...After hearing so much about the infamous Koch Brothers across election season, you may still be wondering:..."

Dec. 2, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report: Koch Brothers Are Out to Conquer the Countryside

Donald Trump is just the sideshow

"...progressives to focus on the outer rings, where the Koch brothers, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and their..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report: What Are the Koch Boys Up To?

"...Where are Charlie and Dave, Mrs. Koch's two mischievous boys?..."

July 21, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report: What’s Being Taught at Koch Kollege?

An amazing new school for political activists is training thousands of people to be community organizers, using Saul Alinsky's classic manual, Rules for Radicals

"...that hiding behind Saul Alinsky? Good grief, it's the Koch brothers!..."

Nov. 11, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Dark Money

Campaign finance reform as true-life political thriller

"...super PACs, such as American Tradition Partnership and the Koch Brothers’ Americans for Prosperity...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

Koch brothers stunned to find some non-rich people in their lobby

"...The gabillionaire Koch brothers feel entitled to occupy the people's elections, barging..."

June 27, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Martinez and Adler Trade Attacks

Mayoral run-off campaign quickly turns harsh

"...Adler of hiding his law firm’s previous work for Koch Industries, and benefiting from polluting the Springs. In turn,..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Fumbling Lawsuits; and Snorting Koch in Wisconsin

"...legal departments to intimidate anyone who crosses them. Snorting Koch in Wisconsin..."

March 11, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...is a corporate-backed group with ties to the right-wing Koch Brothers network that drafts "model policy" for member legislators..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Hightower Report: Help Oust Junk Science From Our Public Science Museums

Climate change denialism comes for natural history museums

"...Leave it to the Koch brothers, however, to invent a whole new category of..."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

The Kochs Take One on the Chin; and Muzzling Michigan Professors

"...Kochs Take One on the Chin..."

May 27, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Mitch's minimum-wage glitch

"...more than a hundred right-wing billionaires convened by the Koch brothers to fund a plutocratic takeover of this year's..."

Sept. 12, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

How much does it cost to buy a public university's integrity?

"...– to none other than multibillionaire right-wing extremist Charles Koch!..."

June 10, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Davis Bops Abbott's Insider Deals

Davis finds new traction with a full-frontal assault on Abbott's ethics

"...entities. Dangerous chemicals? Try $50,000 from Charles and David Koch, plus another $25,000 from Chase Koch, son of Charles...."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Can Davis Reverse Poll Numbers?

New poll shows Abbott pulling even further ahead

"...and Cali­fornia. That includes $25,000 to Abbott from David Koch – yes, of the Kochs. That came after similar..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Drive-By Government

Abbott says Texas doesn't have to disclose companies' chemical stockpiles, but why are these chemicals in our neighborhoods in the first place?

"...ruling is directly connected to major campaign donations from Koch Industries (significant players in the ammonium nitrate fertilizer business)...."

July 18, 2014 News Column by Michael King

City Slickers

How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control

"...Observer, revealed TPPF's financial links to the right-wing libertarian Koch brothers. A November 2013 report by Progress Texas and..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Hightower Report: The New Founder

What is Gov. Greg Abbott trying to do to our Constitution?

"...Exchange Council (ALEC) – at the direction of the Koch brothers and their corporate cohorts – wrote Abbott's Bill..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Campaign

A wan political comedy guaranteed to offend no one.

"...obviously modeled on real-life Tea Party/Republican puppet masters the Koch brothers that the joke falls flat faster than Barack..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Public Notice: Learning to Share?

A full week of Proposition 1

"...Capitol Hill: "Fueled by funding from billionaires like the Koch brothers, the U.S. Cham­ber is pursuing a different, deeper..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Dinner

Family ties come undone in this dark drama

"...Adapted from Dutch writer Herman Koch’s 2009 bestselling novel, this will mark the third time..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

News Ticker: September 16

All the news that's fit to blog

"...a regional Iowa production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers over the weekend. The reviews were mixed...."

Sept. 16, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

We Own the Night

Joaquin Phoenix is dynamic, Mark Wahlberg subdued, and Robert Duvall trusty in this otherwise redundant story about brothers on opposite sides of the law.

"...Russian crime syndicate in New York and conflicts between brothers on opposite sides of the law: These are Gray's..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Starving the Beast

Doc exposes big money on campus

"...players in the anti-higher education game include, unsurprisingly, the Koch brothers and their various misleadingly named think tank allies...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

What is fueling Hurricane Donnie Trump?

"...them. None other than Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, the Koch brothers, the corporate CEOs and lobbyists, Mitt & Jeb,..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Conservatives vs. 9/11 Responders

Fringe right draws firefighter, cop wrath after Straus attack

"...released a blistering statement on Sunday, "standing with our brothers and sisters in Fire and Police against these disappointing..."

Sept. 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Too Much Christmas

Lasting oppression really only works if you have a really good PR campaign

"...that overt. If the Roman Catholic Church and the Koch brothers have taught us anything, it’s that true, lasting..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hightower Report

A gross purchase of GOP governors

"...RGA's political-favor-meter with $250,000 a year (as Coca-Cola, the Koch brothers, and others do), and the association cynically anoints..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Creepy Uncle Sam Ad Suggests Young Women Should Opt Out of Healthcare

Ironic GOP-backed ad says gov't shouldn't play doctor

"...colleges across the country, the dream child of the Koch brothers-affiliated Generation Opportunity. In the ad (see below) a..."

Sept. 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Report

IRS should outlaw all 'social welfare' political fronts

"...Such renowned political players as Karl Rove and the Koch brothers have cynically set up their own pretend-welfare groups,..."

June 7, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

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