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Adele Stan, AlterNet: ''Mitt Romney won the Wisconsin Republican presidential primary by a mere 4-point margin over Rick Santorum ... He outspent Santorum on television ads by a margin of 4-to-1 during the Wisconsin, all for a weak finish. And of Romney s top Wisconsin endorsers, four are solid allies of the state s muscular Koch machine, a political apparatus comprising a particularly aggressive state chapter of the Koch-founded Americans For Prosperity, as well as a handful of think tanks and associations.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8325-did-the-koch-machine-put-romney-over-the-top-in-wisconsin



The Choice in 2012: Social Darwinism or a Decent Society

Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: ''[Obama] kicked off his 2012 campaign against Mitt Romney with a hard-hitting speech centered on the House Republicans' budget plan which Romney has enthusiastically endorsed. That plan, by the way, is the most radical reverse-Robin Hood proposal propounded by any political party in modern America. It would save millionaires at least $150,000 a year in taxes while gutting Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, transportation, child nutrition, college aid, and almost everything else average and lower-income Americans depend on.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8323-the-choice-in-2012-social-darwinism-or-a-decent-society



Why the Kochs Matter

Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava, Brave New Foundation: ''Let s say everything that we progressives say about these guys is true. Is there anything that can or should be done about two men participating in the political process? When it comes to the kind of influence the Koch brothers wield, the answer is yes.... The Kochs, who use their wealth to perpetuate and expand their own fortunes, aren t just exercising their rights as humble citizens; they are keeping others from doing the same.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8161-why-the-kochs-matter



Filmmaker Robert Greenwald Tells Truthout How the Koch Brothers Endanger Democracy and Our Health

Mark Karlin, Truthout: ''BuzzFlash at Truthout first got to know Robert Greenwald when he and Earl Katz were trying to get a film about the theft of the 2000 presidential election, 'Unprecedented,' off the ground. Greenwald went on to form the extraordinarily innovative Brave New Films. Most recently, Greenwald launched the distribution of 'Koch Brothers Exposed,' a DVD that features the best of Brave New Films' videos, revealing the dark side of the Koch family empire.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8479-filmmaker-robert-greenwald-tells-truthout-how-the-koch-brothers-endanger-democracy-and-our-health



Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Brings Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC

Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: ''With the recent publication of additional American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) documents, new questions are being raised about the source of certain provisions in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker s controversial collective bargaining legislation. Some of those provisions may be adopted by ALEC for introduction in other states.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8884-koch-funded-mackinac-center-brings-wisconsin-act-10-provisions-to-alec

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Obama by Default

By Robert Scheer

With Ron Paul out of it and warmongering hedge fund hustler Mitt Romney the likely Republican nominee, the GOP has defined itself indelibly as the party of moneyed greed and unfettered imperialism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31004.htm

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Mitt Romney Flip-Flops His Way to the Top
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/06-3

Countering the Rightwing Policy Machine with a Deeper Progressive Bench
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/10-9

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Why are the Kochs after Cato?

National Review
by Gene Healy and Jerry Taylor

04/09/12

Five weeks ago, Charles and David Koch filed suit against the Cato Institute, seeking to gain majority control of the institute under a shareholders? agreement that had lain dormant for nearly three decades. Immediately all hell broke loose. Did the Kochs have a moral right to commandeer the Cato Institute? Could an institute literally owned by Charles and David Koch have any credibility with the general public? Did the Kochs intend to plug Cato into a vertically integrated, right-wing political machine? Those questions persist because the Kochs have offered shifting and contradictory rationales for their lawsuit, rationales that have increased the heat without adding much light...

http://bit.ly/IuHvLm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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An eyewitness report on the Koch-Crane power opera
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/napolitano-cato.html

The Think-Tank Mentality
http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/oliva2.1.1.html



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