26 Mar 2012

Koch Brothers v. Health Reform

By Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava Do all roads lead to Koch? Conservative activists will rally at the Supreme Court tomorrow to encourage the overturn of the Affordable Care Act. The “Hands Off My Health Care” protest—which will feature the likes of Rep. Michelle Bachmann and Sens. Jim DeMint and

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16 Mar 2012

In Afghanistan, the Dam Breaks

Co-authored by Derrick Crowe The news just keeps getting worse in Afghanistan for the United States. Brave New Foundation’s Rethink Afghanistan project has warned for years that the premises of a counterinsurgency there were unrealistic and unworkable, and the ability of a handful of bad actors to completely seize control

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12 Mar 2012

Would a Koch Takeover of Cato Make War with Iran More Likely?

Co-Authored by Jesse Lava The drumbeat for war in Iran is getting louder, but opposition is coming from a seemingly unlikely source: the Cato Institute. This libertarian think tank generally sides with the Right, but it has long shown an independent streak, sometimes bucking conservative orthodoxy on civil liberties, the

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08 Mar 2012

How to Honor Rush Limbaugh on International Women’s Day (VIDEO)

Co-Authored by Jesse Lava As of this writing, 49 sponsors have pulled out of the Rush Limbaugh show after his repeated demeaning remarks about Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke. But of course, this isn’t the first time Rush has slandered women. Or the second. Or the fifth. Or the tenth.

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06 Mar 2012

Would the Kochs rather attack me than stop cancer? (VIDEO)

My filmmaking team and I recently told the story of the small town of Crossett, Arkansas, where residents are giving powerful testimony about the prevalence of cancer in their community and linking it to a nearby chemical plant owned by Charles and David Koch. This revelation came on top of

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01 Mar 2012

Are the Koch Brothers Funding Rush Limbaugh?

By Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava Just in time for the release of Brave New Foundation’s new film, Koch Brothers Exposed, Rush Limbaugh has thrown in with Charles and David Koch in their letter war with Obama campaign manager Jim Messina. No surprise there; Rush has made his fortune defending

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16 Feb 2012

How Does the 1% Exploit America? Find Out in 1 Minute (VIDEO)

Even in an Occupy world, most Americans don’t know exactly how the 1% does what it does. The mainstream media hasn’t explained it, and the 1% likes things that way. That’s why we’ve created a new video series unmasking those in the 1% who are exploiting the 99%—name by name,

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10 Feb 2012

VIDEO: Lobbyist Poses as Mechanic in Anti-Union Super Bowl Ad

America just got rickrolled. There we were last week, innocently partaking in the annual testosterone-fest that is the Super Bowl, when we were treated to an ad featuring a group of supposed auto mechanics lamenting that they never voted for the union they’re in. But look closely. One of these

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07 Feb 2012

What the Koch brothers say online but won’t say under oath

Why will Charles and David Koch produce a video about their position on the Keystone XL oil pipeline and not testify before Congress about it? The Koch brothers have refused to answer questions about how they stand to profit from the Keystone XL pipeline, a 1,700-mile long boondoggle that would

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30 Jan 2012

Hauling the Koch brothers into Congress

Imagine Charles and David Koch testifying, under oath, in Congress. Even though the billionaire oil industry brothers continue trying to dodge accountability, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) invited the Koch brothers to testify and answer a few simple questions about how the Kochs are positioned to gain financially by the Keystone

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