[eghad]

The Koch's political funding goes far beyond just this one PAC fyi. Their funneling of millions into the Federalist Society and its individual causes serving as just one example that has had an outsized negative influence on the health of American democracy.

[5d749d7da7d5]

I recalled this story [0] where the Koch brothers said they would organize $1 billion to conservative groups for the 2016 election.

[0] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/koch-brothers-network-will-spen...

[javagram]

Important follow-up story the next year. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/05/the-koch-brother... “The Koch Brothers Were Supposed to Buy the 2016 Election: What happened?”

As the article notes, Trump (who was not Koch-backed) won with very little spending compared to his big-money backed conventional GOP opponents. They decided to step back and spend less in 2016 as a result, since they didn’t support either Trump or Hillary.

[specialist]

More than amount, I'm impressed by the strategy, focus, and long term commitment. They've played 4D chess while my Democrats are amnesiacs still trying to grasp checkers.