Trump Says Koch Brothers Are ‘a Total Joke’ in GOP

ANNE FLAHERTY and KEN THOMAS / Associated Press Jul 31, 2018 The billionaire brothers disagree with the president on trade, and on what they see as his excessive government spending. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )

Koch Prosperity

Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons Feb 9, 2014 Dig deeper

Billionaires Covertly Funding Attacks on Climate Science

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 25, 2013 Secretive groups known as Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund are funneling millions of dollars into the effort to cast doubt on climate science “without revealing the identities of [their] wealthy backers or that they have links to the fossil fuel industry.” An audit trail links them to a likely source. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Billionaires & Ballot Bandits’: Going Postal

By Greg Palast, Seven Stories Press Oct 23, 2012 In 2012, it is expected that about 26 million votes will be mailed in. And, in the name of preventing voter fraud, about one in 14 will be tossed out. That’s nearly 2 million votes tossed in the gotcha! dumpster. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Cheering America’s Olympic Failure

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2009 When President Obama Chicago lost out to Rio for the 2016 Olympic Games, none were more pleased than the members of a conservative organization called -- wait for it -- Americans for Prosperity. Well, they didn't specify whose prosperity they were rooting for, as Stephen Colbert points out in this clip. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )