IFG's Kochtopus - Mapping the Influence of Koch Cash

MEDIA MANIPULATORS THINK TANKS ASTROTURF AGENTS WEALTH WARRIORS CONGRESSIONAL COLLABORATORS COURTROOM COLLABORATORS PHYSICAL to promote policy proposals for less government that protects people and the planet but more rights for corporations and investors campaign contributions enable like-minded candidates to get elected, and pass laws favorable to Koch profits like-minded elected officials appoint judges to rule in Kochs' favor oil gas refining fracking tarsands chemicals ranching fertilizers forest products commodity speculation oil derivatives $4,115,571 $9,674,500 $1,979,400 $13,887,640 fake "grassroots" groups to project an appearance of popular support for ideas and policies that benefit big corporations $5,610,781 Secretive strategy meetings include Press "professionals" who create positive media coverage favorable to Kochs' free market ideology legions of lobbyists, armies of accountants, and tax attorneys to keep wealth out of government ON THE GROUND KOCHTOPUS: The Influence of Koch-Cash http://www.kochcash.org police, military, and private contractors maintain security against civil unrest Supreme Court Justices Scalia and Thomas http://www.alec.org/ http://www.uschamber.com/ http://www.kochpacannualreport.com/ http://mercatus.org/ http://www.cato.org/ http://www.aei.org/ http://www.heritage.org/ http://www.americansforprosperity.org/national-site From the IFG report: "Outing the Oligarchy: Billionaires Who Benefit from Today's Climate Crisis" 1. SIERRA CLUB 2. BLUE GREEN ALLIANCE 3. 350.ORG 4. DESMOGBLOG.COM 5. FRIENDS OF THE EARTH 6. CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 7. INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK 8. RUCKUS SOCIETY 9. GREENPEACE 10. OCCUPY 11. ALTERNET 12. INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES 13. CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS 14. CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY 15 ALEC EXPOSED 16. COMMON CAUSE 17. CREDO 18. THE OTHER 98% 19. IFG 20. POLARIS INSTITUTE 21. HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA NOW 22. CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY 23. BRAVE NEW FOUNDATION 24. ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY 25. AFL-CIO 26. GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE 27. GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR RIGHTS OF NATURE 28. NAACP 29. PUBLIC CITIZEN 30. MOVE TO AMMEND 31. PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY http://restoreourfuture.com/ https://www.teapartypatriots.org/ http://www.redistrictingmajorityproject.com/ International Forum on Globalization The Story of Citizens United vs. FEC $ $ $ $ $ $ $ PROFITS FROM: Charles and David Koch (Combined net worth: $80.2B) GROUPS GRAPPLING WITH THE TENTACLES OF KOCH-CASH Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) PROFITS FUNNELED TO S ACADEMIC AGENTS http://dirtyenergymoney.com/ http://heartland.org/ 1,525,000 FREE sponsors "trainings" for federal judges that have been criticized for creating judicial conflicts of interest. FORCE $77,578 Steven Moore Glenn Beck Police contracted to guard secretive Koch meeting in Rancho Mirage, CA fund universities to hire like-minded faculty to teach their ideologies. Are the Koch brothers teaching you? Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) Richard Fink Kevin Gentry Marc Short Michelle Malkin Art Pope $ Rush Limbaugh Fox News The Rush Limbaugh Show Glenn Beck Program/Fox News Club for Growth/Wall Street Journal John Stossel Whitney Ball William Hume Donors Trust, http://donorstrust.org/ http://www.platteinstitute.org/ http://www.beaconhill.org/ Grover Norquist Tim Phillips Wayne Lapierre Chris Chocola