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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Koch Brothers Left a Confidential Document at Their Last Donor Conference—Read It Here
A list of one-on-one meetings between VIP donors and the Kochs and their operatives offers a revealing look into their mighty political machine.
Andy Kroll and Daniel Schulman on Wed. February 5, 2014 8:59 AM PDT
http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/koch-brothers-palm-springs-donor-list
The billionaire industrialists and their political operatives strive to ensure the anonymity of the wealthy conservatives who fund their sprawling political operationwhich funneled more than $400 million into the 2012 electionsand to keep their plans private. Attendees of these summits are warned that the seminars, where the Kochs and their allies hatch strategies for electing Republicans and advancing conservative initiatives on the state and national levels, are strictly confidential; they are cautioned to keep a close eye on their meeting notes and materials. But last week, following the Kochs' first donor gathering of 2014, one attendee left behind a sensitive document at the Renaissance Esmeralda resort outside of Palm Springs, California, where the Kochs and their comrades had spent three days focused on winning the 2014 midterm elections and more. The document lists VIP donorsincluding John Schnatter, the founder of the Papa John's pizza chainwho were scheduled for one-on-one meetings with representatives of the political, corporate, and philanthropic wings of Kochworld. The one-page document, provided to Mother Jones by a hotel guest who discovered it, offers a fascinating glimpse into the Kochs' political machine and shows how closely intertwined it is with Koch Industries, their $115 billion conglomerate.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Payless is in those awful Papa John's ad...he's as worthless a repuke as the rest of them...
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)One of the things that made them suck so much in their last big game.