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1. Should celebrate David Koch's philanthropy? No, you can't really praise charity without asking where the money came from. Theodore Roosevelt: “No amount of charities in spending such fortunes can compensate in any way for the misconduct in acquiring them.”
2. It's true that David Koch gave lots of money to cancer research. It's also true that Koch Industries, as @JaneMayerNYer documents in Dark Money, was fined for recklessly releasing carcinogens into the environment:
3. Read Mayer on Koch employee Donald Carlson before you praise Koch philanthropy on cancer. 
4. With some help from @JaneMayerNYer & @AnandWrites I make the case against plutocratic philanthropy. thenation.com/article/even-d…
