Issa Watch -- Darrell Issa, Eric Cantor & the Koch Bros

[MindPilot]

This weekend, Rancho Mirage will play host to what's often called the "Billionaire's Caucus," a regular top secret meeting hosted by the Koch Brothers, at which the wealthiest of the wealthy -- together with right wing media personalities, lawmakers, and even judges -- gather to plot their national political agenda. The meeting has taken on even greater importance in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2009 Citizens United decision, which effectively opened the door to unlimited corporate influence on U.S. elections.

Trying to list all the beneficiaries of the Kochs and their rich friends would be a daunting task. Suffice it to say, they are the wallet for just about every right wing cause you can think of — from tea party candidates and ballot measures like California’s pro-pollution Prop 23, to right wing think tanks like the Cato Institute and astro-turf front groups like Freedomworks and Americans for Prosperity.

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This is the meeting where the Kochs and their allies come together to refine their strategy; The billionaires prepare the agenda, which is packaged by the right-wing media echo chamber to sow fear and anxiety amongst unwitting foot soldiers who provide “grassroots cover” for right wing lawmakers as they push policies that undermine the middle class in DC.

It’s a sophisticated shell game that the Kochs and their allies are playing — steeped in secrecy, profit motive and ideological extremism -- as described in a profile written by Jane Mayer of New Yorker Magazine. Past attendees at Koch sponsored events include Glenn Beck, and Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Scalia. This weekend’s junket will also be attended by newly minted House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Ultimately, the tentacles of the 'Kochtopus' stretch out in all directions from this meeting.

http://issawatch.couragecampaign.org/index.php/page/75?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d4343dadf5aefd1%2C0

[tabatha]

1. I wish there were an attendee who will spill the beans.

[MindPilot]

3. Easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle

than a commoner to get into that meeting.

There HAVE to be people that are serving meals, cleaning, etc who might overhear stuff. I hope someone would be willing to dump that plate of beans.

[DCKit]

2. Even five years ago this OP would probably have been denounced as conspiracy theory.

My, how things have changed.

[fascisthunter]

4. I'm Glad the Billionaire Family Name is Being Repeated

it's always important to know the source of this country's problems.