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
$4,551,571
$10,474,500
$350,000
$5,535,750
fake "grassroots" groups to project an appearance of popular support for ideas and policies that benefit big corporations
$5,760,781
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
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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
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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
$55,000
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
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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
Gov. John Kasich (R-OH)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)
Sen. Rafael "Ted" Cruz
Ben Carson
Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC)
$423,740
$650,500
$375,000
$155,000
$858,858
$24,500
$60,000
$186,100
$100,000
$670,000
$54,266
$140,000
$350,000
$530,146
$12,285
$85,000
$6,510,375
$104,943
$50,000
$180,000
$2,426,999
$42,592
$1,525,000
$175,000
$75,000
$100,000
$191,000
$835,000
$235,000
$13,384,548
$119,983
$122,472
$84,151
$1,925,000
$15,005
$620,000
$10,000
$32,500
$1,302,000
$253,968
$193,144
$1,911,509
$49,000
$48,500
$657,369
$573,999
$1,605,000
Sen. John Barraso (R-WY)
$246,366
Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
$189,764
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
$172,732
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
$95,318
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
$75,800
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
$69,252
Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)
$58,750
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
$54,517
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
$45,206
Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
$35,246
Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO)
$35,198
Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
$32,766
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-DE)
$31,207
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
$16,139
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)
$14,058
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
$12,336
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
$4,650
Sen. Bernard Sanders (D-VT)
$1,557
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)
$448,924
Sen. John Hoeven (D-ND)
$402,695
Sen. Daniel Coats (R-IN)
$229,018
$225,203
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)
$211,097
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
$170,153
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
$164,122
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)
$126,815
Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)
$100,393
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
$89,289
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
$87,060
Sen. James E. Risch (R-ID)
$74,190
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
$38,952
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
$36,307
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
$27,713
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
$21,482
Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
$19,262
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)
$19,150