Thread by @JakeMadtown

Amazing @janemayer story at @CapTimes IdeasFest where she reveals that Greg Koch told her in 2010 that his Dad was on the Hindenburg.

“Really, why was he on the Hindenburg?”

“Because he had business with Germany.”

Nazi Germany, that is.

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Good question from Maraniss: “Why doesn’t the left have their own Kochs?”

@janemayer - “They got complacent and didn’t think these guys in Wichita were a threat.”

She says @davidaxelrod DIDN’T KNOW WHO THEY WERE in 2010. DC Dems still shrug today.

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Mayer brings up Powell Memo, which said that corporations had to take over the courts, the pulpits, the colleges and universities, and create “think tanks” to sell the BS.

Their alt universe must be smashed.

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And @JaneMayerNYer says the Kochs get very touchy when called out. Says Kochs tried to plant a fake plagiarism story with Murdoch Post and Tucker Carlson. They backed down when Mayer threatened defamation.

Time for @FBI/IRS to get these scumbags
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Jane Mayer, in response to a question on using tax code to bring down dark money groups-

“I think the IRS can bring down the hammer on them. if they have the guts and werewithal to do so….I would like someone to bring a suit against them.

DO IT!
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Not the first time the Koch/Nazi connection has been mentioned by @JaneMayerNYer, but the way Koch’s son brought it up is still remarkable. prwatch.org/news/2016/01/1…

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