DemocracyMattersALot, to random
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Charlie Koch is weaponizing school boards and whipping parents into a frenzy. It's evil, and merits FBI investigation!

br00t4c, to random
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br00t4c, to random
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DemocracyMattersALot, to random
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Charles Koch would pay to get Hitler elected if he thought it would save him some taxes.

br00t4c, to random
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Charles Koch Believes There Are Two Kinds Of People, Only One of Which He Has to Care About

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a46524607/koch-brothers-industries-asbestos-compensation/

carolleisa, to random
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Billionaire who will turn 88 on Nov 1 is funneling his wealth into two secretive organizations that can continue his RW political advocacy for years. Koch structured more than $5 billion in donations to exploit a loophole to allow him to avoid paying capital gains or gift taxes. It's not surprising that Koch is familiar with the loophole — he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying to create it.

https://popular.info/p/charles-kochs-5-billion-tax-loophole?r=1elr0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

persagen, to random
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persagen,
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cont'd 2/

  • Charles Koch supports think tanks incl. Institute for Humane Studies, Cato Institute, Ayn Rand Institute, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • contributes to Republican Party/candidates, libertarian groups
  • funder of think tanks that lobby to oppose environmental regulation

#SCOTUS #CharlesKoch #DefundBillionaires #DefundCorporations #KochIndustries #neoliberalism #neofascism #ChristianRight #capitalism #GOP #GOPmenace #ClimateChangeDenial #CatoInstitute #MercatusCenter

persagen,
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persagen,
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Addendum 4

New [2023-09-22] ProPublica bombshell report tying Clarence Thomas To Charles Koch.

Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus

  • Clarence Thomas attended at least 2 Koch donor summits
  • in extraordinary position of having helped political network that brought multiple cases before SCOTUS

persagen,
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A4 cont'd

Clarence Thomas Corruption Saga Just Got Even Worse
Deep, unethical connections betw. Supreme Court justice & Koch brothers
https://newrepublic.com/post/175709/clarence-thomas-corruption-saga-just-got-even-worse

Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Participation in Koch Network Donor Summit
Supreme Court justice served as fundraising draw for organization that brought cases before court
https://truthout.org/articles/clarence-thomas-failed-to-disclose-participation-in-koch-network-donor-summit

Clarence Thomas Caught Playing Footsies w. Koch Brothers
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/clarence-thomas-koch-brothers-network-ethics

persagen, to Virginia
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Dark money: $2 million pours into Virginia
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/09/dark-money-pours-into-historic-virginia-campaigns

  • GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin
  • public funding of private education; 15 wk abortion ban
  • Americans for Prosperity: Charles Koch
  • cut taxes; block action on climate change; reduce gov. funding for social welfare

https://persagen.com >> search: "Americans for Prosperity"
"glenn youngkin"
"glenn youngkin" AND koch

persagen, to history
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[thread] Liberalism, neoliberalism

Liberalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

  • political/moral philosophy
  • based on rights of individual, liberty, consent of governed, political equality, right to private property, equality before law

Neoliberalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism

  • modern reinterpretation of 19th-century liberalism
  • assoc. w. free-market capitalism
  • gave rise to conservative & right-libertarian organizations, political parties, think tanks

persagen,
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A1 cont'd 2/

They all self-identify as "libertarian," cloaking their neoliberal ideology espoused in this addendum.

Moreover - regarding the U.S. / increasingly Canada - I equate "neoliberalism" with the neofascism agendae / policies of the Republican Party.

#economics #SCOTUS #neoliberalism #neofascism #GOP #GOPmenace #capitalism #corporations #DefundCorporations #PrivateEquity #DefundBillionaires #democracy #socialism #liberalism #CharlesKoch

persagen, to ethelcain
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[thread] Rich Men North of Richmond | far-right, populism

Rich Men North of Richmond: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Men_North_of_Richmond

  • viral hit
  • themes:
    low wages: "bullshit pay"
    food poverty: "nothing to eat"
    high inflation: "dollar ain't shit"
    high taxes: "taxed to no end"
    child trafficking: "minors on an island"
    welfare abuse: "obese milkin' welfare"
    centralization of power: "wanna have total control"

persagen,
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Addendum 1 cont'd 3/

Koch-Funded Group Undermining US Clean Energy Goals
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110866968900299317

Koch Network Unleashes Early Attacks Against Trump
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110940215841223924

Pacific Legal Foundation
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110929730282751177

persagen, to random
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Supreme Court Asked to Hear New Admissions Case on Race
Parents backed by Pacific Legal Foundation say admissions at Thomas Jefferson High School, VA not “race neutral”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/us/politics/supreme-court-thomas-jefferson-high-school-admissions.html

  • divided 3-judge panel of U.S. Court of Appeals for 4th Circuit ruled 2023-05 that Thomas Jefferson HS did not discriminate

persagen,
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cont'd

  • Pacific Legal Foundation: libertarian law group, wants SCOTUS to overturn that decision
  • argues school’s admissions policies disadvantage Asian American applicants

Comment:

  • public-facing pseudo-rights confabulation masking ulterior neoliberal agendae
  • PLF previously allied w. Charles Koch's notorious Cato Institute

persagen, to random
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OLIGARCH Act Seeks to Combat Extreme Wealth Inequality

https://www.commondreams.org/news/progressives-oligarch-act
https://inequality.org/research/oligarch-act-extreme-wealth
https://patrioticmillionaires.org/the-oligarch-act-explained

Oppose Limitless Inequality Growth & Reverse Community Harms (OLIGARCH) Act
https://www.commondreams.org/files/54882/Amended%20Oligarch%20Act%20Draft.pdf

  • extreme inequality direct result of extreme wealth concentration
  • 2018: richest 0.1% U.S. households held 20% U.S. wealth
    ...

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“Proposed Texas Law Wants to Make School Children 'Battlefield' Ready

In response to school shootings, a new bill in Texas would require public schools to install "bleeding stations" and train kids as young as third grade in trauma care.”

This is grotesque.

The United States of America is a war zone.

The children are hostages.

The terrorists are hiding behind the hostages.

The terrorists are the Republicans.

The NRA funds terrorism.

Only you can end this.

https://www.parents.com/training-school-children-in-trauma-wound-care-7495063?utm_campaign=parents_parentsmagazine&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=645931dd454148000194b467

marcibadwolf303,
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@TonyStark @fsinn School children learning triage is nothing according to compared to the of schoolchildren forced to wear masks during a .

TonyStark, to random
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I've been personally involved with this organization for some time. They do excellent work with effective messaging and they get results.

Plesse consider getting involved this Sunday. Share it on and off social media. Action can be a great antidote to frustration.

It's important that we take action on this and do it consistently. You don't have to be a mom- just someone who cares.

Mother’s Day of Action 2023 | Everytown https://www.everytown.org/report/mothers-day-of-action-2023/

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@BlueWaver22 @MiaLis79 @HopeVanDyne @TonyStark @mori @samhainnight @CNN @MJ @eilonwy

How does Malone’s stated desire to “return” to fact-based news jibe with giving a special where he spewed anything but facts ?

It’s clear the men behind the curtain are . to name a few.

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