icymi In 2018, van Kooten was one of dozens of academics who signed his name to an open letter defending Rebekah Mercer — the daughter of far-right billionaire Robert Mercer — who served on Donald Trump’s transition team - #KochNetwork
“The [Koch] network is fully integrated, so it’s not just work at the universities with the students, but it’s also building state-based capabilities and election capabilities and integrating this talent pipeline,”
- “I’m not doing anything I’m ashamed of,” Charles Koch himself told Forbes last month. “You’ve gotta change the hearts and minds of the people to understand what really makes society fairer and what’s going to change their lives. And it’s not more of this government control.”
How Charles Koch Is Buying Credibility With Academic Investments
"The Koch network has financed local, state, and national mechanisms to create multiple crises, only to turn around and cite these same crises as reasons to adopt their free market solutions."
—UnKoch My Campus
The NAACP and other civic groups protested the move because of the correlation between poor populations and a lack of resources as it relates to this school district.
- Add to the mix Charles and David Koch, billionaire brothers and Tea Party backers who allegedly bankrolled the Tea Party candidates, and you've got a hot, smoking mess.
- On one side are the billionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, and the Tea Party and libertarian groups they fund. On the other, parents, students and community leaders who are bent on stopping measures passed by the conservative-led school board -
@JCBwellUS Hey Jeff,
The First Liberty Institute is an associate member of the State Policy Network (SPN), a group of right-wing think tanks and other politically-active nonprofits/Council for National Policy #KochNetwork
@JCBwellUS Kenneth Klukowski, former Senior Counsel to Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark, Federalist Society #KochNetwork , was involved in drafting a letter that urged legislatures in certain states to delay certification of the election - insurrectionindex.org/records/person…
@JCBwellUS Kenneth Klukowski, American legal counsel/senior counsel to assistant attorney general Jeffrey Clark
“If you’re not going to pull from the Chamber of Commerce #KochNetwork , Bush wing of the party, you don’t have that many places to go, so it makes sense to look to Koch world,”-
Two months after being fired, Bill Stepien made a "soft landing" at the data and phone bank giant FLS Connect, which hired him to work on sales and strategy./next
In 2019, Stepien, along with Trump, worked to convince New Jersey Democratic congressman Jeff Van Drew to switch to the Republican Party during the first impeachment of Donald Trump.
Philip Perry, married to Elizabeth Cheney/After multiple years of federal service-returned to Latham & Watkins as partner, rejoined their litigation & regulatory groups, serving as counsel on behalf of Fortune 500 clients Monsanto, Lockheed Martin etc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pe…
The lawmakers identified have supported far-right legislation including “Don’t say gay” proposals and bills targeting the teaching of critical race theory schools -