Americans for Prosperity

Campaign 2012: Show Me the Money

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Republican Campaign, Mitt Romney, American Crossroads, Barack Obama, Obama Campaign, Crossroads GPS, Campaign Finance, Politics News

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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When Politics Becomes the Game

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Environment, Energy, Elections 2012, Super Pac, Americans for Prosperity, Super PACs, Gop, Anti-Obama Ad, Politics News

Mann and Ornstein are no lightweight centrists; they are the Republicans of the Republicans. If they see fault in their party's lurch to the far right, then you know things have gotten out of hand.

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Anti-Obama Group Wants To Hide Donors

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Van Hollen v. Fec, Video, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Chris Van Hollen, Americans for Prosperity, American Future Fund, Federal Election Commission, Elections 2012, Chamber of Commerce, Citizens United, Crossroads GPS, Campaign Finance, Politics News

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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Republican Groups Fund Ads Attacking Obama With Misinformation

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Obama Green Programs, Video, 2012 Elections, Jobs Overseas, Election 2012 Blog, Americans for Prosperity, American Future Fund, President Obama, Obama Administration, Republican Campaign Ads, Obama Stimulus Funding, Election 2012, Stimulus, Politics News

Top Republican groups released web videos attacking President Barack Obama last week with an emphasis on the president's record on green-energy invest...

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Koch-Backed Group Announces Big Ad Buy Against Obama

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Video, Koch Brothers, 2012 Election, Americans for Prosperity, Afp, Elections 2012, Election 2012 Blog, Obama, Barack Obama, Obama 2012, Politics News

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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Tea party leader Dick Armey gets first-class treatment

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Tea Party Movement, Dick Armey, Dick Armey Republican Party, Americans for Prosperity, Matt Kibbe, Freedomworks, Super PACs, Tea Party, Dick Armey Tea Party, Freedomworks Tea Party, Politics News

By Rachael MarcusiWatch NewsDick Armey is a former House Majority Leader and current chairman of FreedomWorks, which serves as a hub for tea party g...

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Kochs, Lies and Videotape

Robert Greenwald | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Melissa Cohlmia, Resegregation, David Koch, Wal-Mart, Americans for Prosperity, Alec, Charles Koch, Crossett Arkansas, Koch Industries, Voter ID Laws, Cancer, Koch Brothers Exposed, Brave New Foundation, Politics News

This week as I premiered my new film, Koch Brothers Exposed -- the result of a year-long investigation on how two billionaires are using their wealth ...

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Inside Karl Rove's Fight Club

Politico | Kenneth P. Vogel | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Karl Rove, 2012 Election, Americans for Prosperity, Elections 2012, Club for Growth, American Crossroads, Weaver Terrace Group, Politics News

A coalition that helped Republicans retake the House majority in 2010 is back and plotting even bigger plans in 2012, with more money, more players --...

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Koch Brothers v. Health Care Reform

Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: David Koch, Koch Brothers Exposed, Brave New Foundation, Americans for Prosperity, Affordable Care Act, Kochs Health Care, Supreme Court David Koch, Koch Brothers Obama, Koch Brothers Health Care, Politics News

Given this set of facts, the sheer reach of the Koch brothers in the movement to overturn health care reform is staggering. They have seeded and cultivated the very network of organizations that's now threatening to undo the most significant progressive reform in a generation.

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Republicans Rally In Wisconsin (Live Updates)

Wauwatosa Patch | Patch Staff | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Wisconsin Primary Election, Rep. Paul Ryan, Americans for Prosperity, 2012 Election, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), Wisconsin Politics, Scott Walker, Rick Santorum, Rick Santorum 2012, Wisconsin Primary, Election 2012, Paul Ryan, Paul Ryan Budget, Politics News

Patch will be blogging live Saturday from the "Defending the American Dream" Summit in Milwaukee, an educational and training conference aimed at gear...

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Why Is the GOP Ignoring Its Own Climate Scientists About Climate Change?

Marvin Meadors | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Conservatives, Americans for Prosperity, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Evangelicals, Global Warming, Green News

Before we get conservative politicians to change their minds regarding climate change we must get them to listen, a rather Herculean task in itself.

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Obama Campaign Faces Off With Koch Brothers

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Obama Campaign 2012, Americans for Prosperity Donors, Jim Messina, Video, 2012 Elections, Koch Brothers, Obama Reelection, Americans for Prosperity, Obama Reelection Campaign, Elections 2012, Obama Campaign Jim Messina, Barack Obama 2012, Charles and David Koch, Obama Campaign, Obama 2012, Politics News

The Obama campaign has started a petition aimed at forcing Americans for Prosperity, the conservative group backed by billionaires Charles and David K...

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Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.01.2012

Are the Koch brothers funding Limbaugh? I'm not sure Rush has ever sent them an invoice. But he doesn't have to. And that's what's so insidious about what the Kochs do.

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Koch Brothers Fuel Anti-Union Push In Another State

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.01.2012

In Arizona, Republican efforts to dismantle public unions took another step forward this week. On Tuesday, the state Senate passed a bill banning t...

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Leaked Documents Show Effort To Influence A Potential Walker Recall

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Video, Scott Walker Recall, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Scott Walker, Nonprofits, 501c4, Unions, Crossroads GPS, Heartland Institute, Campaign Finance, Dark Money, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Recently leaked documents show that a Chicago-based conservative think tank plans to spend money on an issue-advocacy campaign timed to ...

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Walker Gets Boost From Koch Group

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: David Koch, Scott Walker Recall, Video, Koch Brothers, 2012 Election, Americans for Prosperity, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Scott Walker, Afp, Elections 2012, Walker Recall, Walker Recall Effort, Politics News

Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a conservative group chaired by David Koch, is pumping at least $700,000 in ads defending Wisconsin Gov. Scott Wa...

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Governor Walker's Day Has Come

Jim Worth | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Americans for Prosperity, Wisconsin, Koch Brothers, Rebecca Kleefisch, Recall Walker, Government Accountability Board, Governor Scott Walker, Recall Election, United Wisconsin, Politics News

Only two Governor's have been recalled in our long history. It looks like the Wisconsin Governor will make history by becoming the third.

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Is Your Senator Representing Charles and David Koch?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Americans for Prosperity, Koch Brothers Exposed, Koch Brothers, Koch Brothers Tea Party, Koch Brothers Grades, Video, Politics News

Billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch look like they're easy graders. Their Tea Party group released its rankings this week of senators and congressman who tow the Koch line most, and it gave a total of 44 A+s for the 112th Congress.

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More Than $1.5 Million Wasted On Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Super Pac, Ben Nelson, Video, Ben Nelson Retirement, Americans for Prosperity, 2012 Election, Nebraska Democratic Party, Ben Nelson Health Care, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Elections 2012, Majority PAC, Crossroads GPS, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ben Nelson's Hamlet routine ended Tuesday as the Nebraska Democrat announced that he would retire from the Senate at the end of thi...

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'Green News Report' - December 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Epa, Arctic Ice Melt, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Power Plants, Green News Report, Pollution, Climategate, Coal, Methane, Offshore Drilling, Video, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Tea Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalism, Permafrost, State Department, Shell Oil, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, Media Matters, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Keystone XL Pipeline, Mercury, Green News, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Lisa Jackson, Africa, Plastic, Occupy, Genetically Modified Foods, Factory Farming, Famine, Gmos, China, Salmon, Nigeria, Innovation, Drought, Toxic Water, Texas, Arsenic, Occupy Wall Street, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking:...

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'Green News Report' - December 20, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.19.2012

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Rush Limb...

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'Green News Report' - December 15, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Fracking, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations, National Journal, Michael Mann, Global Climate Mitigation, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Wyoming, Green News Report, Pollution, Radiation, Methane, Video, Conservatives, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Durban, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Tea Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Wisconsin, Fukushima, Carbon Emissions, Ipcc, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, State Department, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Water, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Japan, Unfccc, 350.Org, Environmental Integrity Project, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Safe Drinking Water Act, Gregory Jaczko, Coal, Darrell Issa, Ohio, Jason Chaffetz, John Boehner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gasoline Prices, Congressional Oversight, Coal Ash, Gasoline, Ed Markey, Arsenic, Water Pollution, Toxic Waste, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Arsenic a...

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'Green News Report' - December 13, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Fracking, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Global Climate Mitigation, Epa, Video, Conservatives, Americans for Prosperity, Corporate Media, Durban, Climate Change Denial, Solar Power, Global Warming, Tim Phillips, Energy, Fukushima, Carbon Emissions, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, Permafrost, Toxic Chemicals, Jon Huntsman, Japan, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Adaptation, National Journal, United Nations, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Methane, Radiation, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Tea Party, Ipcc, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Unfccc, Michael Mann, State Department, Arctic, Wyoming, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Climate c...

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'Green News Report' - December 8, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Fracking, Oil Subsidies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, West Virginia, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, West Virginia Mine Disaster, Pollution, Coal, Radiation, Methane, Drought, Video, Heat Wave, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Durban, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Coal Mining, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Massey Energy, Farming, Fukushima, Ipcc, Carbon Emissions, Nuclear Power, Crops, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Permafrost, Pennsylvania, Army, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Unfccc, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Upper Big Branch Mine, Wind Power, Global Climate Mitigation, Americans for Prosperity, Cancer, Grist, Tim Phillips, Toxic Chemicals, Jon Huntsman, Koch Industries, Ethanol, Adaptation, James Inhofe, National Journal, Tea Party, Koch Brothers, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Triumph o...

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Detroit Bridge Battle Pits City Residents Against Each Other

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Nitc, Matty Moroun, Detroit International Bridge Company, Detroit River, Windsor, Ambassador Bridge, Rashida Tlaib, Community Benefits Agreements, Video, Koch Brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Malik Shabazz, Bridge Company, Manuel Moroun, Rick Snyder, Detroit Bridge, Detroit News

DETROIT -- The battle for a bridge over the Detroit River has been fierce. On one side of the fight stands a billionaire who does not want to see his ...

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