Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 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 )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigDec 24, 2012
David Koch’s conservative political organization Americans for Prosperity is threatening to unleash a torrent of political attack ads against congressional members in the next election if they vote for the $60.4 billion federal storm aid package. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigDec 13, 2012
I keep hearing that the billionaires and big corporations that poured all that money into the 2012 election learned their lesson. They lost their shirts and won’t do it again. Don’t believe that for an instant. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigOct 3, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including how Paul Ryan's 30 percent compares with Mitt Romney's 47 percent and a Pennsylvania judge decides the fate of the state's voter ID law for the 2012 election. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 20, 2012
Observers say Occupy is dead, but the multimillion-dollar conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity is organizing a demonstration against the movement in New York City on Thursday “to stand up to Occupy Wall Street extremists.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJul 10, 2012
A look at the day's political happenings, including John Boehner's change of heart on Romney and a re-enactment of a Hamptons fundraiser for "The Great Mittsby." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 6, 2012
Reporter John Nichols of The Nation spoke from Wisconsin about Gov. Scott Walker’s survival of Tuesday's attempt to recall him and what it says about how special-interest and corporate money has taken over politics since the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 8, 2011
As promised, Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films is zooming in on those 1 percenters who are using their powers for evil. So it's no surprise that Greenwald's outfit would follow up with a video exposé about the Koch brothers, voter suppression and you. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 4, 2011
Contracts won with bribes, falsified safety and emissions reports, price fixing, illegal dealings with Iran and stolen oil. Bloomberg has compiled a detailed litany of loosely related bad behaviors by the managers of Koch Industries and its subsidiary companies. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 9, 2011
Twice yearly, the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch assemble a crowd of wealthy economic libertarian sympathizers to raise funds for their efforts to influence government and the American public. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 5, 2011
Oil tycoon David Koch offered his seemingly unsolicited opinion to a New York Magazine reporter, saying he didn’t think President Obama deserved any credit for taking down Osama bin Laden (more)
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