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(28,136 posts) Fri Nov 4, 2016, 11:26 AM Nov 2016

Koch Addicts

Leading Senate Proponents of Spying and War Get Election Boost From “Libertarian” Koch Brothers

Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are some of the loudest proponents on Capitol Hill of dragnet surveillance and torture, as well as expanding the military budget and the military’s involvement in conflicts overseas. All three are in heated re-election campaigns and throughout the campaign, especially in recent weeks, Koch money has flooded in to shore them up.

https://theintercept.com/2016/11/04/koch-senate-hawks/

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