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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 29 days ago
Billionaires for Right-Wing Populism
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One under-discussed element of the recent upsurge of right-wing populism in the form of “tea parties” and such is how much of it is directly underwritten by the wealthiest people in America. David Koch and Charles Koch of Koch Industries, for example, are #37 and #38 on the Forbes ...

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Daily Kos — ... Rachel Maddow has done over the past several months is to show the powerful--and exceedingly wealthy--interests propping up the supposedly populist tea-parties. While the people participating probably feel ike their in the midst of some great groundswell of populist, grassroots movement, the sad truth is that their anger and resentment (and no small amount of racism) is being exploited by these corporate bastards in an attempt to protect their own billions. Matt Yglesias has more on this from yesterday's display: David Koch and Charles Koch of Koch ...

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