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GOP Groups Planning Record Campaign

Politico | Posted 05.30.2012

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Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives -- including Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and Tom ...

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Dumb Rich People

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2012

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Alan Grayson

Honestly, when you look at the facts, America's robber barons spending huge wads of cash to get rid of the Democrats are like lemmings. They're all jumping off the money cliff, and they're taking everyone else with them.

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Rescue Me

Sen. Daylin Leach | Posted 05.24.2012

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Sen. Daylin Leach

Pennsylvania has a lot of school districts in grave financial distress. But as bad as this is, it gets far, far worse.

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Charles Koch + Roger Ailes = Ohio University?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.21.2012

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Robert Greenwald

Might this act of selling out have something to do with the fact that the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation serves as an underwriter of the George Washington Forum, which is the OU group hosting the speech?

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Dear Pasty Republican Billionaires: Haven't You Got Anything Better to Do?

Graham Milne | Posted 05.17.2012

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Graham Milne

These real-life Charles Foster Kanes have conquered the business world, crushed enemies in their wake and accumulated wealth to rival that of the pharaohs. But love remains elusive for them, no matter how many zeroes in their Cayman Islands offshore holding account.

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ALEC anti-union push includes key players from Michigan, Arizona think tanks

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

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The Center for Public Integrity

By Paul AbowdiWatch NewsThe American Legislative Exchange Council, which backs free-market legislation in the states, has been controversial in part...

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Republicans Get Another Boost From The Koch Brothers

Reuters | Peter Henderson | Posted 05.18.2012

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By Peter Henderson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama was famously effective in using new technologi...

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Dan Froomkin

Disclosure For Kochs, Rove Comes Closer

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- One of the most consequential campaign finance loopholes affecting the 2012 race -- the one allowing big-money donors to secretly funnel...

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Fiscal Futility

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.13.2012

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Robert Kuttner

Austerity is a false cure for a prolonged recession. The Peterson Foundation is using a genuine crisis as an excuse to bash social insurance, at a time when we should be expanding social insurance. It's appalling that so many people are gulled by this propaganda.

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The Koch-Stone XL Pipeline

Bill McKibben | Posted 05.11.2012

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Bill McKibben

But the debate continues -- in fact, House leaders are busily trying to fasten automatic approval of the Keystone Pipeline, the biggest straw into the pipelines yet, onto a must-pass transportation bill.

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Get Oil, Gas and Coal Off Welfare

Jigar Shah | Posted 05.09.2012

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Jigar Shah

For this election, let's acknowledge that environmental concerns are not moving the electoral needle -- natural gas will probably not be adequately regulated until the industry destroys an acquifer. And maybe not even then.

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Ohio Republicans Turn Against Their Governor on Behalf of the Oil Industry

Carl Pope | Posted 05.10.2012

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Carl Pope

A rock-ribbed reactionary Governor who proposes a very modest tax increase on oil and gas that would not even begin to raise Ohio taxes to those in Texas and Oklahoma is broadsided by his own party.

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Dean: Republicans 'Don't Like Latinos,' Serve 'Corporate Masters'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.09.2012

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Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) lit into the GOP Tuesday night, attacking what he described as the party's willingness to abandon Latino voters an...

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Community Power vs. the Kochs

Aaron Bartley | Posted 05.07.2012

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Aaron Bartley

While the oil and gas lobby dominates at the federal level, communities across the United States are making great strides in gaining control of energy production by advancing an impressive range of renewable projects.

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Campaign 2012: Show Me the Money

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.04.2012

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Bob Burnett

One of the most famous quotes of the Vietnam War came after the battle of Ben Tre when a US military officer said, "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." That's the situation Obama is in. In 2012 it may be necessary to destroy the political process in order to save it.

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Spot On National Mall Will Be Named For Koch Brother

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.03.2012

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WASHINGTON — An energy businessman is donating a record $35 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History to build a new dinos...

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No Longer Supreme

Jim Worth | Posted 05.03.2012

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Jim Worth

Ethics further tarnish the ebony robes of this court. Though the Supreme Court justices are not held to the same high ethics standards as lower judicial magistrates, ethics must be considered when evaluating their decisions and opinions.

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Paul Blumenthal

Anti-Obama Group Wants To Hide Donors

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The recent district court ruling in the case Van Hollen v. Federal Election Commission that requires groups spending money on certain el...

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Paul Blumenthal

One Step Closer To Disclosure For Kochs, Rove, Chamber

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A court ruling requiring non-disclosing political groups -- including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Koch brothers' Americans for ...

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Koch-Backed Group Announces Big Ad Buy Against Obama

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.26.2012

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Americans For Prosperity, the conservative group backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch, announced Thursday a $6 million ad buy hitting Preside...

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Climate Change Obama Can Believe In: Why Global Warming Will Heat Campaign Trail in Coming Months

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 04.25.2012

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Shawn Lawrence Otto

Romney appears to be trapped in Obama's message box on it: if he vascillates again he will alienate far right supporters who believe climate change is all a vast hoax. If he doesn't, he stands to lose mainstream centrist voters to Obama.

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Frank Rich: How Conservative Donors Are Buying This Presidential Election

New York Magazine | Posted 04.22.2012

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If you want to appreciate what Barack Obama is up against in 2012, forget about the front man who is his nominal opponent and look instead at the Repu...

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Earth Day Call to Service: Vote Green and Clean in 2012

Christine Pelosi | Posted 04.23.2012

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Christine Pelosi

A generation of Earth Days has conditioned millions of us to be green in our homes yet we must apply the same ethic to our politics if we want to save our planet and our democracy. What must we do? Vote green and clean in 2012.

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ALEC's Other 'Deadly Force' Campaign to Kill Climate Initiatives

Elliott Negin | Posted 04.20.2012

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Elliott Negin

With ALEC in the spotlight, what has still gone unmentioned is its longtime stealth campaign to scuttle state -- and federal -- climate change initiatives, despite the fact that a number of its corporate members publicly acknowledge that global warming is a serious problem.

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The Koch Brothers Behaving Like Children

Ari Rabin-Havt | Posted 04.19.2012

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Ari Rabin-Havt

For heirs whose fortunes are rooted in their father's work building refineries for Stalin during his first five-year plan, David and Charles Koch just...

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