“In 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency’s database revealed Koch Industries to be the number one producer of toxic waste in the country.” — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“What the Koch network needed to do, he said, was to persuade moderate, undecided voters that the “intent” of economic libertarians was… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
In fact, Charles Koch tried to get [Mike] Pence to run for the White House in 2012. — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Koch emphasized rugged pursuits, taking his sons big-game hunting in Africa and filling the basement billiard room with what one cousin remembered… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“On Election Day, to the surprise of Romney and his backers, Democratic voters turned out in far bigger numbers than the Republicans… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Cato was devoted to espousing Charles Koch’s vision: that government’s only legitimate role was to “serve as a night watchman, to protect… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“David Koch’s 1980 campaign served as a bridge between LeFevre’s radical pedagogy and the Tea Party movement. Indeed the Libertarian Party’s standard-bearer… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“It would be necessary to use ambiguous and misleading names, obscure the true agenda, and conceal the means of control. This is… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“1958, Fred Koch became one of eleven original members of the John Birch Society, the archconservative group best known for spreading far-fetched… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“In 1992, David Koch likened the brothers’ multipronged political strategy to that of venture capitalists with diversified portfolios. “My overall concept is… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“The next morning, readers of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal opened their papers to see a full-page ad… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“What happened? We had bad data,” a Koch insider conceded after it was over. They had counted on an electorate less diverse… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“This faction hoped to use their wealth to advance a strain of conservative libertarian politics that was so far out on the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“When World War II began, the high-octane fuel was used in bombing raids by German pilots. Like Davis, the Koch family benefited… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“the Kochs presented themselves as champions of criminal justice reform, but while they were active in ALEC, it was instrumental in pushing… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“the government-slashing agenda of the Koch network was a problem for these voters. Fink acknowledged, “We want to decrease regulations. Why? It’s… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Radicals: A Koch Family History Oddly enough, the fiercely libertarian Koch family owed part of its fortune to two of history’s most… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“At West Virginia University, the Charles Koch Foundation’s donation of $965,000 to create the Center for Free Enterprise came with some strings… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Although nobody agrees with me, I am of the opinion that the only sound countries in the world are Germany, Italy, and… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“One former insider in the Kochs’ realm, who declined to be named because he feared retribution, described the early donor summits as… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Fred Koch’s political views were apparently shaped by his traumatic exposure to the Soviet Union. Over time, Stalin brutally purged several of… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“the Koch brothers—owned virtually all of what had become under their leadership the second-largest private company in America. They owned four thousand… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
David and Charles Koch are pretty much as far right as you can get on the ideological spectrum without falling off. They… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“The numbers regarding Koch Industries’ pollution were incontrovertible. In 2012, according to the EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory database, which documents the toxic… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“In 1976, with a contribution of some $65,000 from Charles Koch, the Center for Libertarian Studies in New York City was launched… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“David Brock, a conservative apostate who became a liberal activist, described the Heritage Foundation, where he was a young fellow, as almost completely under… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“The early think tank was not a spy operation, but it was funded by wealthy men who had no objections to using pretexts and… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Americans for Prosperity annoyed some of the Tea Partiers,” recalls the libertarian blogger Ralph Benko. “These people drove up, opened the door, put T-shirts… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“When Barack Obama took office, the fossil fuel industry was not only eager to preserve its perks but also more militant in its opposition… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
One of the oddities of this election is the man that [Donald] Trump chose as his vice-president, Mike Pence, is one of the Kochs'… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“The candidates promised to cut taxes for those in the highest brackets, preserve Wall Street loopholes, tolerate the off-shoring of manufacturing jobs and profits,… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“radicals in Congress refused to back down, bringing virtually the entire federal government to a halt for sixteen days in October, leaving the country… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
What I write about is how much influence it's had in things like state legislatures and governorships and congressional races. The other thing that's… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Two months into their tenure, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee also led a crusade against alternative, renewable energy programs. They successfully… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
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