The network of anonymous conservative donors underwent major changes in May, ending its longtime dark money group Freedom Partners and launching a new nonprofit organization called Stand Together. In August, David Koch, a major figure in the conservative network, died after a long illness. CREATE A GRASSROOTS PROXY ARMY— for pincer action with donors pressing from above. ), SPREAD MISINFORMATION to advance the agenda where otherwise losing: • Center to Protect Patient Rights • Citizens against Government Waste • Competitive Enterprise Institute • Heartland Institute • Independent Institute • Judicial Watch, SACRALIZE THE AGENDA by cultivating religious allies: • Americans United for Life • Council for National Policy •Concerned Women for America •Faith and Freedom Coalition •Focus on the Family •National Right to Life •Susan B. Anthony List, CREATE A GRASSROOTS PROXY ARMY— for pincer action with donors pressing from above:> Americans for Prosperity • Heritage Action • i360 (data analytics company with “a database of over 250 million 18+ adults” sourced from “multiple consumer data compilers.”) • National Taxpayers Union • Stand Together, TRANSFORM HIGHER EDUCATION, to undermine its obstruction and gain legitimacy: • American Council of Trustees and Alumni • Campus Reform • Foundation for Individual Rights in Education • Turning Point USA • Campus base camps at GMU, Florida State University, Arizona State University, and others (Charles Koch Foundation now investing on over 350 campuses), TURN GOP INTO A DISCIPLINED DELIVERY VEHICLE by using primary challenges to enforce compliance: • Americans for Tax Reform • Club for Growth • Freedom Partners • National Taxpayers Union, CHANGE THE LAW, THE JUDICIARY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL UNDERSTANDING to entrench the agenda: • Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies • Cause of Action Institute • Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies • Federalist Society • Institute for Justice, • Judicial Crisis Network • Judicial Watch • Landmark Legal Foundation • Project on Fair Representation • Rule of Law Defense Fund • Scalia School of Law, GMU • Washington Legal Foundation, Judicial Watch • Landmark Legal Foundation • Project on Fair Representation • Rule of Law Defense Fund • Scalia School of Law, GMU • Washington Legal Foundation, MOVE THE AGENDA INTERNATIONALLY, FOR LASTING, GLOBAL SUCCESS: • Antigua Forum • Atlas Network – 457 partner organization members operating in 95 nations • Fund for American Studies • Mont Pelerin Society •Students for Liberty, —– Note that this is a work in progress and may not fully comprehensive (particularly of education-related efforts). The political ads come amid major changes to the Koch network, which has struggled to get its message through to President Donald Trump on key issues such as trade and immigration. Welcome to DeSmog’s Koch Network Database where you can browse our extensive research on the individuals and organizations linked to Charles Koch or other members of the Koch family, Koch Industries, and related entities.
The Koch Network’s main political arm is mounting a national ad campaign supporting Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme … Except for the Revolving Door section, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License by OpenSecrets.org. Please read Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean. CREATE RIVAL IDENTITY-BASED GROUPS that exploit media “balance.”.

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He previously worked at The Globe, a regional newspaper based in Worthington, Minnesota. “We’ve made more progress in the past five years than I’ve made in the previous 50,” Koch told supporters last year.

But the group’s recent ads show that the Koch network won’t stop spending big to elect Republicans, particularly those who are key to maintaining a Republican majority in the Senate. Functions of The Koch Network (organizations listed below): ENLIST DONORS to amass $BILLIONS to fund their efforts. SACRALIZE THE AGENDA by cultivating religious allies. Americans for Prosperity announced in a June memo that it would focus more on nonpartisan solutions and suggested it would be open to backing Democrats in primary races. Tillis, whose favorability numbers are poor, received the biggest boost in the form of a $140,500 ad buy. Americans for Prosperity’s 501(c)(4) arm reported raising nearly $97 million in 2018, a major increase from previous years, according to tax returns obtained by OpenSecrets.

Charles Koch has said he is less interested in electoral politics than his late brother David. To request permission for commercial use, please contact us. A political network largely funded by billionaire Charles Koch is reactivating its ground game in support of five GOP Senate candidates, even as the coronavirus continues to spread. Several Koch network … The Koch network apparently has faith that Judge Barrett will rule in concert with these beliefs.

TURN GOP INTO A DISCIPLINED DELIVERY VEHICLE by using primary challenges to enforce compliance. The Koch network’s reach is illustrated by an agenda for a 2014 “donor summit” sponsored by their Freedom Partners and published by the …
Want first access to OpenSecrets' investigations and data features? We have different points of view. Thank you. Although Trump has lambasted the Koch network, calling them a “total joke in Republican circles” in July 2018, the network’s finances tell a different story. We created The Kochtopus as an interactive map of the money, structure, and scale of the Kochs’ influence network, and how Koch Cash is damaging democracy. Learn about Article Alert. CHANGE THE LAW, THE JUDICIARY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL UNDERSTANDING to entrench the anti-democracy agenda. That doesn’t include unreported spending on “issue ads” meant to bolster or harm a candidate without expressly advocating for or against their election. Every donation we receive from users like you goes directly into promoting high-quality data analysis and investigative journalism that you can trust.

And Charles Koch’s institute and foundation continue to pour millions into conservative causes. MOVE THE AGENDA INTERNATIONALLY, FOR LASTING, GLOBAL SUCCESS, ENLIST DONORS to amass $billions to fund their efforts: • Center for Competitive Politics • Club for Growth • Donors Trust • Freedom Partners • Koch seminar network (the semi-annual donor summit) • Philanthropy Roundtable, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers, DEVISE STRATEGY, POLICY, AND TACTICS for each stage of the plan: •American Enterprise Institute •Americans for Tax Reform •Cato Institute •Heritage Foundation •Mont Pelerin Society •National Center for Policy Analysis •Reason Foundation, RECRUIT AND TRAIN LARGE NUMBERS OF OPERATIVES to carry out the agenda: • Bill of Rights Institute • Charles Koch Foundation • Institute for Humane Studies • Leadership Institute • Liberty Central • Liberty Fund • Mercatus Center (George Mason University) • Young Americans for Liberty, GET CONTROL OF A MAJORITY OF THE STATES and use that power to change the rules to limit voter power, curtail Democratic governors, etc: •American Legislative Exchange Council •Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity •Mercatus Center’s State and Local Policy Project •State Policy Network (153 member organizations in 49 states, Puerto Rico, & D.C.), BREAK THE POWER OF THOSE WHO MOST EFFECTIVELY BLOCK YOUR AGENDA: •Capital Research Center •Center for Individual Rights • Citizens United (the organization behind the court case) • National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation •Project Veritas, CONSTRICT THE ELECTORATE: •Project on Fair Representation •Organizations listed in other categories also involved: •Americans for Prosperity •American Legislative Exchange Council – CLIMATE DENIAL! At OpenSecrets.org we offer in-depth, money-in-politics stories in the public interest. 1300 L St NW, Suite 200

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