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handmade34

(22,756 posts) Fri Apr 11, 2014, 01:27 PM Apr 2014

denounce the Koch Brothers

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/we-denounce-the-koch

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denounce the Koch Brothers (Original Post) handmade34 Apr 2014 OP

Done. k&r n/t Laelth Apr 2014 #1

... handmade34 Apr 2014 #3

Done.. monmouth3 Apr 2014 #2

... handmade34 Apr 2014 #4

again, can they be called the Koch billionaires? hfojvt Apr 2014 #5

good point handmade34 Apr 2014 #6

MoveOn and Americans for Prosperity are both 501(c)(4) organizations. Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #7

Laelth

(32,017 posts)

1. Done. k&r n/t

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Fri Apr 11, 2014, 01:34 PM

Apr 2014

-Laelth

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

3. ...

Reply to Laelth (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 11, 2014, 02:26 PM

Apr 2014

monmouth3

(3,871 posts)

2. Done..

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Fri Apr 11, 2014, 02:24 PM

Apr 2014

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

4. ...

Reply to monmouth3 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 11, 2014, 02:27 PM

Apr 2014

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)

5. again, can they be called the Koch billionaires?

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Fri Apr 11, 2014, 02:30 PM

Apr 2014

my brother and I don't really deserve to be denounced.

50,000 people in this country named Koch, not including Koch sisters who are now married.

Koch billionaires
Koch plutocrats

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

6. good point

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 11, 2014, 03:05 PM

Apr 2014

I'm willing... I didn't write the petition though

from now on it's the
"Despicable Exploitive Koch Billionaires"

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

7. MoveOn and Americans for Prosperity are both 501(c)(4) organizations.

Reply to handmade34 (Original post)

Fri Apr 11, 2014, 03:18 PM

Apr 2014

A certain amount of irony there.

They've established a political front group, Americans for Prosperity, and are building their own permanent political machine, including hundreds of full-time staff in at least 32 states. They are pouring money into federal and state races—including more than $30 million already to help Republicans win the Senate this year.

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