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[vishal1mehra]

Finally got my #Kochland delivered. Had it on my radar since @rodinhood recommended it couple of months back. My weekend reading is sorted, here’s hoping I get enough time and wine 🍷 for it! #christopherleonard #kochindustries #book #bookstagram #booknerd #weekendreading #simonandschuster #capitalism #reading #readersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CCK8x4BAaIG/?igshid=10uc4q673x59h

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David Koch, billionaire conservative activist and philanthropist, dead at 79

David Koch - the billionaire co-owner of Koch Industries in 2011 - Photo: Getty Images     David Koch, billionaire conservative activist and philanthropist, has died. He was 79. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of my brother David," Charles Koch said in a statement Friday. "Anyone who worked with David surely experienced his giant personality and passion for life." David and Charles, the chairman and chief executive officer of Koch Industries, co-owned the Kansas-based energy and chemical company, since 1983. David stepped down from running the Koch organization last year due to declining health. Read more at 'David Koch Dead'       Read the full article

[milesdemos667]

Tyranny and Taxation- A Budget Breaking Bad.

Tyranny and Taxation- A Budget Breaking Bad.

The budget plan the Senate just signed off on is unpleasant, to say the least. To pave the way for Trump’s tax reform plan, the GOP has cooked up a nice big juicy disaster for the people of America.

Tax plans are confusing. It’s a lot of numbers and technical jargon that for most of us causes throbbing temples. So we’re going to simplify it by listing its ingredients. One thing, at least, is easy…

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[rjzimmerman]

I don’t ever play the hypocrite when someone whom I consider evil passes on. David Koch was 50% of an evil duo, the other being his brother Charles, each of whom have contributed more to the potential catastrophic failure of the Earth’s ecosystems than anybody else I can think of, corporations (such as ExxonMobil) aside. I hear he had his good side, such as being a patron of the arts. OK, so be it, and thank you, but now you’re gone.

Excerpt from this New York Times Op-Ed:

Construction on the Koch political machine began in the 1970s, after Charles Koch took over the family company. He and David began funding and orchestrating a political project to restrain government power in the United States through lobbying, think tanks and political donations. The effort accelerated in the 1990s after a Senate committee, following a long investigation, accused Koch Industries of stealing oil from Native American reservations where the company was operating. That experience convinced David and Charles Koch that they needed to have a stronger presence in Washington to fend off their critics.

The machine reached full fruition in 2008, when Barack Obama was elected president.

David Koch worked tirelessly, over decades, to jettison from office any moderate Republicans who proposed to regulate greenhouse gases. In 2009, for example, a South Carolina Republican, Representative Bob Inglis, proposed a carbon tax bill. KochIndustries stopped funding his campaign, donated heavily to a primary opponent named Trey Gowdy and helped organize teams of Tea Party activists who traveled to town hall meetings to protest against Mr. Inglis. Some of the town hall meetings devolved into angry affairs, where Mr. Inglis couldn’t make himself heard above the shouting. Mr. Inglis lost re-election, and his defeat sent a message to other Republicans: Koch’s orthodoxy on climate rules could not be violated.

Mike Pence, who was then a congressman in Indiana, and others soon signed a “carbon pledge” circulated by Americans for Prosperity, which effectively prohibited the government from putting a price on carbon emissions. Those efforts and others effectively derailed the effort to pass a cap and trade plan for greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 and 2010. In 2009, the level of atmospheric carbon concentration hovered around 370 parts per million. In the decade since, levels have surpassed 400 parts per million, the highest level recorded in human existence.

Since the 2016 election, and in the face of more urgent scientific warnings about climate change and a growing popular movement for action, the Koch network has tried to build a Republican Party in its image: one that not only refuses to consider action on climate change but continues to deny that the problem is real. Just this week, Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, dismissed data about climate change by pointing out on Twitter: “It’s summer.” In doing so, he reflected the politics of a party — and a world — that has been profoundly shaped by David Koch.

[tppanzstop-blog]

LET’S MAKE THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT EVEN BIGGER. U.S. billionaires are fuelling the hard-right cause in Britain - George Monbiot * DARK MONEY. The Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right - Jane Mayer.

LET’S MAKE THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT EVEN BIGGER. U.S. billionaires are fuelling the hard-right cause in Britain – George Monbiot * DARK MONEY. The Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right – Jane Mayer.

“A stunning record of corporate malfeasance.”

Dark money is among the greatest current threats to democracy. It means money spent below the public radar, that seeks to change political outcomes. It enables very rich people and corporations to influence politics without showing their hands.

Despite having been elected as a populist outsider, Trump put together a transition team that was crawling…

[ct3ch]

Time's struggle to adapt to digital brings it near a sale (update: official)

Time’s struggle to adapt to digital brings it near a sale (update: official)

Time Inc. hasn’t had the easiest time adapting to an online world: although its brands have been pushing boundaries in digital storytelling, it has made some questionable decisions (MySpace, anyone?) and is in the midst of an overhaul that could see it selling print publications as it focuses on the internet. And now, it appears ready to receive a lifeline in a bid to stay afloat. Reuters sources…

[rapidinspiration]

It is much easier to modify an opinion if one has not already persuasively declared it. ~David Koch #eveningquote #mondayz #changingopinions #follows #likes #photooftheday #photography #wowquotes #davidkoch #kochindustries

[billjryan]

#TheDemocraticSocialistSolution That #KochIndustries Estimates Proved is Not Only Affordable But Will Save #WeTheAmericanWorkingClassAndWorkingPoorMajority $2Trillion in Taxes Over 10 Years Both #EstablishmentDemocrats @DNC & @RNC @GOP ARE IGNORING For #PoliticalBribes @JoeBiden

[hgohd]

Yes Donald I agree - don’t be afraid of Coronavirus and I add EA EARTH cannot be run by chickens carrying masks who fearmonger ! @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @CNN @latimes @KochIndustries @nypost #HGOHD #HARJGTWO #HARJGTHEONEDBA #HARJGTHEONE @bbcone @peoplemag

[milesdemos667]

A Media Monopoly- Koch Network Funds Time Inc. Buyout.

History has taught us that the media industry in Washington is capable of posing a considerable threat to our democracy. It stands to reason that a sound and empowered federal regulation ought to exist, one capable of holding media outlets accountable. There’s got to be a mechanism overseeing the news, to see it stays within the bounds of reason.

Hardly any such protections exist, however, and…

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3 MONTHS INTO COVID-19 PANDEMIC: BILLIONAIRES BOOM AS MIDDLE CLASS IMPLODES

Billionaires See Net Worth Skyrocket $584 Billion or 20% Since Beginning of Pandemic In Just 3 Months U.S. Added 29 More Billionaires While 45.5 Million Filed for Unemployment WASHINGTON—America’s billionaires saw their wealth increase by 20%, or $584 billion, roughly since the beginning of the pandemic, as 45.5 million Americans lost their jobs and the economy cratered, according to a new report by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies – Program on Inequality (IPS).   Overall, between March 18—the rough start date of the pandemic shutdown, when most federal and state economic restrictions were in place—and June 17, the total net worth of the 640-plus U.S. billionaires jumped from $2.948 trillion to $3.531 trillion, based on the two groups’ analysis of Forbes data. Since March 18, the date Forbes released its annual report on billionaires’ wealth, the U.S. added 29 more billionaires, increasing from 614 to 643. The top five billionaires—Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett and Larry Ellison—saw their wealth grow by a total of $101.7 billion, or 26%. They captured 17.4% of the total wealth growth of all 600-plus billionaires in the last three months. The fortunes of Bezos and Zuckerberg together grew by nearly $76 billion, or 13% of the $584 billion total.  WEALTH OF U.S. #Amazon #Berkshire #BillGates #billionaires #BloombergLP #Casinos #ChickfilA #Covid19 #Cybersecurity #DellComputers #DigitalAdvertising #ElectricVehicles #Facebook #forbes #globalpandemic #Hathaway #HomeImprovementStores #JeffBezos #jobs #KochIndustries #MarkZuckerberg #Microsoft #middleclass #Newspapers #Oil&ampGas #Oracle #pandemic #RealEstate #SecuritySoftware #Snapchat #SpaceX #Square #TeslaMotors #TVNetwork #Twitter #UsedCars #Walmart #WarrenBuffett Read the full article

[shawnandrew-blog1]

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