Jim DeMint

Koch Brothers’ Plans for Their Upcoming GOP Donor Retreat Revealed

Apr 24, 2013

Koch Brothers’ Plans for Their Upcoming GOP Donor Retreat Revealed

From Mother Jones article “EXCLUSIVE: Read the Koch Brothers’ Plans for Their Upcoming GOP Donor Retreat“ By Andy Kroll… For more than a decade reports of attempts by the Brothers Koch – Charles and David – to assert their ideological branding upon American politics have been in the news. Founders or funders of nearly every ultra-conservative PAD [...]

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Jan 13, 2013

DeMint’s Bold Plan for Heritage: How to Lie More Effectively

Former Sen. Jim DeMint, hero to the overlapping Tea Party and Religious Right wings of the Republican Party, was kindly granted space by the Washington Post to tell us what he plans to do in his new job at the Heritage Foundation. DeMint, a former ad man, promises to launch a “conservative revival” by figuring [...]

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Sep 15, 2012

ALEC Now Sponsoring Overtly Political Events with the RSC

GOP’s corporate front group The revolving door between Capital Hill, the lobbying sector, and corporate jobs is out of control. Unaccountable corporate lobbyists write laws, draft budgets, and create policies that protect personal and business interests. …But perhaps it is no surprise that the federal Republicans and ALEC have finally gotten a room, and that [...]

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Jun 15, 2012

Doesn’t Anyone Remember the John Birch Society

The 2012 GOP is the naked Emperor, but covered with tattoos reading “John Birch Society,” “Koch Industries,” and “I heart Bull Connor.”  The “subjects” are the media, which thinks the GOP is clothed in the raiments of a respectable political party. When I grew up, the John Birch Society were the crazies — heirs to [...]

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