Dark Money: Bombshell Report Exposes the Koch Brothers’ “Secret Bank”

[hue]

http://billmoyers.com/2013/09/12/dark-money-bombshell-report-exposes-the-koch-brothers-secret-bank/

Thought you knew all about the many tentacles the Koch brothers’ have around American politics? Politico’s Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen have the story of a heretofore unknown pot of cash that they and other deep-pocketed donors spread around in 2012…

"An Arlington, Va.-based conservative group, whose existence until now was unknown to almost everyone in politics, raised and spent $250 million in 2012 to shape political and policy debate nationwide.

The group, Freedom Partners, and its president, Marc Short, serve as an outlet for the ideas and funds of the mysterious Koch brothers, cutting checks as large as $63 million to groups promoting conservative causes, according to an IRS document to be filed shortly."...

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cross posted in GR

[rhett o rick]

1. Be interesting what exactly they "funded". nm