SemDem of the Kos community reminds us what the Koch organization has done and is doing and says that some people are now fighting back. Back in the late 1970s the Koch brothers started developing and funding an entire conservative infrastructure, with plenty of funding for GOP candidates. Because of these efforts the GOP no longer has any moderates. They also created the Federalist Society which has been busy suggesting candidates for all the judge openings that Moscow Mitch refused to let Obama fill. I think they’re now above 170 judges confirmed. All of this has been highly successful.
The Koch organization has also been infiltrating schools, using Hitler Youth as a model. Cash-strapped schools grab at the huge donations the Koch organization dangles even though there are some huge strings attached. Those strings include being able to hire and fire faculty and censorship of opposing ideas. The hired faculty dutifully teaches the Libertarian philosophy – unconstrained market and anti-government – the Kochs demand.
More than $50 million has gone to George Mason University, which has been under the Koch grip for years. Two groups have now started challenging that grip. One is Transparent GMU. They have demanded to see what is in the fine print of the Koch gifts, using the Freedom of Information Act. They lost the court battle (Koch nominated judge), but news of the fight brought more students and parents into the group. The other group is UnKoch My Campus has branched into other universities, demanding other schools disclose the terms of these gifts.
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