Big musicians helping Charles Koch's PR efforts:
@aloeblacc
@THEKINGDMC
@machinegunkelly
@Judith_Hill
@pitbull
@robertrandolph
@Anders_Osborne

standtogethermusic.org

vs Koch's legacy:
*Koch's white-washing of US slavery
(h/t @michaelharriot)
theroot.com/millions-of-st…

1/ *Policies to enrich the wealthy at expense of impoverished.

Like tax cuts for the richest people & their companies, combined with attacks on social safety nets:

h/t @schwartzbCNBC
cnbc.com/2019/04/30/koc…

h/t @lhfang & @NickSurgey:
theintercept.com/2018/02/25/koc…

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I recently wrote a series on Charles #Koch's political influence machine for @EXPOSEDbyCMD.

Despite waning media scrutiny, Koch's fleet of nonprofits is spending more than ever. The branding is more sophisticated, and its political impact is still pervasive.

\/ Big 🧵 \/ @EXPOSEDbyCMD Let's start with the big numbers, from post #1:

exposedbycmd.org/2022/08/08/koc…

In Sept 2015, under pressure for its work to help fossil fuel companies, @EdelmanPR pledged not to promote coal.

Since then, Edelman was paid $3 million in contracts by the National Mining Association (NMA).

@emorwee and I dug in:
heated.world/p/edelman-prom…

THREAD 1/ The NMA represents most of the big U.S. coal mining companies.

That includes Peabody, Arch, Alliance, Drummond, and CONSOL, whose CEO is the current chairman of NMA.

Edelman's no-coal promise came after ~14 months of sustained pressure to stop hyping polluting companies.

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