leveluphiphop.online
  • HOME
  • MUSIC
    The Cribs gatecrash the Top 10 with their first three albums: “It’s perverse!”

    The Cribs gatecrash the Top 10 with their first three albums: “It’s perverse!”

    Chaka Khan Says She’s Still Upset About ‘Sounding Like a Chipmunk

    Chaka Khan Says She’s Still Upset About ‘Sounding Like a Chipmunk

    Journey Albums Ranked Worst to Best

    Journey Albums Ranked Worst to Best

    Brad Paisley and Post Malone: Is More Than Bromance Brewing?

    Brad Paisley and Post Malone: Is More Than Bromance Brewing?

    Luude Lands Second U.K. Top 40 Hit With ‘Big City Life’

    Luude Lands Second U.K. Top 40 Hit With ‘Big City Life’

    Mo Ostin, Legendary Warner Bros Records Executive, Dies at 95

    Mo Ostin, Legendary Warner Bros Records Executive, Dies at 95

  • CELEBRITY NEWS
    10 Actors Who Weren’t Sober While Filming Movie Scenes

    10 Actors Who Weren’t Sober While Filming Movie Scenes

    Joey King & Fiance Steven Piet Make Red Carpet Debut as Engaged Couple at L.A. Premere of ‘Bullet Train’

    Joey King & Fiance Steven Piet Make Red Carpet Debut as Engaged Couple at L.A. Premere of ‘Bullet Train’

    Mandy Moore Reveals Moving on From ‘This Is Us’ Is ‘Daunting’

    Mandy Moore Reveals Moving on From ‘This Is Us’ Is ‘Daunting’

    Frankie Jonas Reveals Which Brother Is the Secret “Party Guy”

    Frankie Jonas Reveals Which Brother Is the Secret “Party Guy”

    Nicki Minaj Shuts Down Allegations Made By Instagram Account Claiming To Be Her Former Assistant

    Nicki Minaj Shuts Down Allegations Made By Instagram Account Claiming To Be Her Former Assistant

    Better Call Saul Recap, Season 6, Episode 11: A Major Kim Clue

    Better Call Saul Recap, Season 6, Episode 11: A Major Kim Clue

  • GOSSIP
    “Every Day I Learn That Y’all Getting Dumber and Dumber” [Video]

    “Every Day I Learn That Y’all Getting Dumber and Dumber” [Video]

    Sketchy Insider Claims Julia Roberts’ Marriage Apparently On ‘Life Support’ After Solo Appearance

    Sketchy Insider Claims Julia Roberts’ Marriage Apparently On ‘Life Support’ After Solo Appearance

    Kate Middleton Wearing Shorts: Photos Showing Bare Legs

    Kate Middleton Wearing Shorts: Photos Showing Bare Legs

    Rachael Leigh Cook Has The Fright Of Her Life In The Spooky Trailer For ‘Spirit Halloween: The Movie’

    Rachael Leigh Cook Has The Fright Of Her Life In The Spooky Trailer For ‘Spirit Halloween: The Movie’

    PICS Teresa Giudice Celebrates Bridal Shower With RHONJ Cast

    PICS Teresa Giudice Celebrates Bridal Shower With RHONJ Cast

    Donald Trump Blasts Brittney Griner For Going To Russia ‘Loaded Up With Drugs’: She got caught & now we’re supposed to get her out for an absolute killer and one of the biggest arms dealers in the world

    Donald Trump Blasts Brittney Griner For Going To Russia ‘Loaded Up With Drugs’: She got caught & now we’re supposed to get her out for an absolute killer and one of the biggest arms dealers in the world

  • VIDEOS
    The Worlds First And Greatest Missionary!

    The Worlds First And Greatest Missionary!

    Rappers That Fell Off vs Rappers That Are Blowing Up *2023 EDITION*

    Rappers That Fell Off vs Rappers That Are Blowing Up *2023 EDITION*

    Just Now!! Exciting News Of Janelle's Daughter Maddie || Bombshell Gossip

    Just Now!! Exciting News Of Janelle's Daughter Maddie || Bombshell Gossip

    PAPI YERR: 2022 BILLBOARD CHART #1 PRODUCER FOR HIP HOP and R&B [AMTIM S2/EP02]

    PAPI YERR: 2022 BILLBOARD CHART #1 PRODUCER FOR HIP HOP and R&B [AMTIM S2/EP02]

    My Favourite Rapper #rapper #sidhumoosewala #shorts #trending #viral #youtubeshorts #shortvideo

    My Favourite Rapper #rapper #sidhumoosewala #shorts #trending #viral #youtubeshorts #shortvideo

    Portugal | Top 10 Single Charts | 22.05.2022 | ChartExpress

    Portugal | Top 10 Single Charts | 22.05.2022 | ChartExpress

  • SHOP ALL
  • HOME
  • MUSIC
    The Cribs gatecrash the Top 10 with their first three albums: “It’s perverse!”

    The Cribs gatecrash the Top 10 with their first three albums: “It’s perverse!”

    Chaka Khan Says She’s Still Upset About ‘Sounding Like a Chipmunk

    Chaka Khan Says She’s Still Upset About ‘Sounding Like a Chipmunk

    Journey Albums Ranked Worst to Best

    Journey Albums Ranked Worst to Best

    Brad Paisley and Post Malone: Is More Than Bromance Brewing?

    Brad Paisley and Post Malone: Is More Than Bromance Brewing?

    Luude Lands Second U.K. Top 40 Hit With ‘Big City Life’

    Luude Lands Second U.K. Top 40 Hit With ‘Big City Life’

    Mo Ostin, Legendary Warner Bros Records Executive, Dies at 95

    Mo Ostin, Legendary Warner Bros Records Executive, Dies at 95

  • CELEBRITY NEWS
    10 Actors Who Weren’t Sober While Filming Movie Scenes

    10 Actors Who Weren’t Sober While Filming Movie Scenes

    Joey King & Fiance Steven Piet Make Red Carpet Debut as Engaged Couple at L.A. Premere of ‘Bullet Train’

    Joey King & Fiance Steven Piet Make Red Carpet Debut as Engaged Couple at L.A. Premere of ‘Bullet Train’

    Mandy Moore Reveals Moving on From ‘This Is Us’ Is ‘Daunting’

    Mandy Moore Reveals Moving on From ‘This Is Us’ Is ‘Daunting’

    Frankie Jonas Reveals Which Brother Is the Secret “Party Guy”

    Frankie Jonas Reveals Which Brother Is the Secret “Party Guy”

    Nicki Minaj Shuts Down Allegations Made By Instagram Account Claiming To Be Her Former Assistant

    Nicki Minaj Shuts Down Allegations Made By Instagram Account Claiming To Be Her Former Assistant

    Better Call Saul Recap, Season 6, Episode 11: A Major Kim Clue

    Better Call Saul Recap, Season 6, Episode 11: A Major Kim Clue

  • GOSSIP
    “Every Day I Learn That Y’all Getting Dumber and Dumber” [Video]

    “Every Day I Learn That Y’all Getting Dumber and Dumber” [Video]

    Sketchy Insider Claims Julia Roberts’ Marriage Apparently On ‘Life Support’ After Solo Appearance

    Sketchy Insider Claims Julia Roberts’ Marriage Apparently On ‘Life Support’ After Solo Appearance

    Kate Middleton Wearing Shorts: Photos Showing Bare Legs

    Kate Middleton Wearing Shorts: Photos Showing Bare Legs

    Rachael Leigh Cook Has The Fright Of Her Life In The Spooky Trailer For ‘Spirit Halloween: The Movie’

    Rachael Leigh Cook Has The Fright Of Her Life In The Spooky Trailer For ‘Spirit Halloween: The Movie’

    PICS Teresa Giudice Celebrates Bridal Shower With RHONJ Cast

    PICS Teresa Giudice Celebrates Bridal Shower With RHONJ Cast

    Donald Trump Blasts Brittney Griner For Going To Russia ‘Loaded Up With Drugs’: She got caught & now we’re supposed to get her out for an absolute killer and one of the biggest arms dealers in the world

    Donald Trump Blasts Brittney Griner For Going To Russia ‘Loaded Up With Drugs’: She got caught & now we’re supposed to get her out for an absolute killer and one of the biggest arms dealers in the world

  • VIDEOS
    The Worlds First And Greatest Missionary!

    The Worlds First And Greatest Missionary!

    Rappers That Fell Off vs Rappers That Are Blowing Up *2023 EDITION*

    Rappers That Fell Off vs Rappers That Are Blowing Up *2023 EDITION*

    Just Now!! Exciting News Of Janelle's Daughter Maddie || Bombshell Gossip

    Just Now!! Exciting News Of Janelle's Daughter Maddie || Bombshell Gossip

    PAPI YERR: 2022 BILLBOARD CHART #1 PRODUCER FOR HIP HOP and R&B [AMTIM S2/EP02]

    PAPI YERR: 2022 BILLBOARD CHART #1 PRODUCER FOR HIP HOP and R&B [AMTIM S2/EP02]

    My Favourite Rapper #rapper #sidhumoosewala #shorts #trending #viral #youtubeshorts #shortvideo

    My Favourite Rapper #rapper #sidhumoosewala #shorts #trending #viral #youtubeshorts #shortvideo

    Portugal | Top 10 Single Charts | 22.05.2022 | ChartExpress

    Portugal | Top 10 Single Charts | 22.05.2022 | ChartExpress

  • SHOP ALL
No Result
View All Result
leveluphiphop.online
No Result
View All Result

Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty (2014)

Level Up Hip Hop by Level Up Hip Hop
May 18, 2022
3 min read
0
Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty (2014)



Read the book:

RELATED POSTS

The Worlds First And Greatest Missionary!

Rappers That Fell Off vs Rappers That Are Blowing Up *2023 EDITION*

Just Now!! Exciting News Of Janelle's Daughter Maddie || Bombshell Gossip

The Koch family (/koʊk/ KOHK) is an American family engaged in business, best known for their political activities and their control of Koch Industries, the 2nd largest privately owned company in the United States (with 2019 revenues of $115 billion).[1] The family business was started by Fred C. Koch, who developed a new cracking method for the refinement of heavy crude oil into gasoline.[2][3] Fred’s four sons litigated against each other over their interests in the business during the 1980s and 1990s.[4]

By 2019, Charles Koch and David Koch, commonly referred to as the Koch brothers, were the only ones of Fred Koch’s four sons still with Koch Industries.[5] Charles and David Koch built a political network of libertarian and conservative donors and the brothers funneled financial revenue into television and multi-media advertising.[6] David Koch died in August 2019.

Charles and David Koch have been active in American politics since at least 1980, when David Koch was the Libertarian Party’s vice-presidential nominee. Their political contributions began to attract widespread attention from media outlets in 2008, when, through their family foundations, the brothers contributed to 34 political and policy organizations, three of which they founded, and several of which they directed.[14] They have since organized a network of an estimated 500 libertarian and conservative donors,[15] candidates, think tanks, and other groups. As an example of their influence, investigative journalist Jane Mayer noted House Speaker John Boehner’s appeal to David Koch in 2011 when Boehner needed votes to prevent a government shutdown.[16]

The Koch brothers indicated that they intended to raise almost $880 million in support of candidates in the 2016 elections,[17] and have given more than $100 million[18] to conservative and libertarian policy and advocacy groups in the United States,[19] including The Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute, and more recently Americans for Prosperity.[20]

Americans for Prosperity, founded by David Koch, has been reported by Kenneth P. Vogel of Politico to be one of the main nonprofit groups assisting the Tea Party movement; but in 2010, Koch spokeswoman Melissa Cohlmia distanced the Kochs from the tea parties and FreedomWorks saying that “no funding has been provided by Koch companies, the Koch foundations, Charles Koch or David Koch specifically to support the tea parties.”[21] According to the Koch Family Foundations and Philanthropy website, “the foundations and the individual giving of Koch family members” have financially supported organizations “fostering entrepreneurship, education, human services, at-risk youth, arts and culture, and medical research.”[22]

Former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, has pointed out that the Koch brothers have supported more than just what are generally considered conservative causes. They opposed George W. Bush on many issues, are pro-choice, support same sex marriage, and worked closely with the Obama White House for the Obama administration’s criminal justice reform initiatives that aligned with their own.[23][24]

In early 2018, political advocacy groups linked to the Koch family pledged to spend $400 million on the 2018 midterm elections, including $20 million to promote the H.R.1 – An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018 to skeptical voters.[25]

The Koch family funding apparatus has been funding conservative and libertarian groups through think tanks for over forty years. The Cato Institute, which Charles Koch helped create in 1974, is consistently ranked as among the top 25 U.S. think tanks overall in terms of influence on public policy in the United States.[26] In 2015, the Kochs worked with the American Civil Liberties Union on criminal justice reform, specifically in the realm of civil asset forfeiture. The Kochs have also worked to push legislation aiming to adjust federal sentencing guidelines and reduce prison populations.[27]

According to a report by American University’s Investigative Reporting Workshop, the Koch brothers have built “what may be the best funded, multifaceted, public policy, political and educational presence in the nation today.”[28] Opposition to the government spending any money on climate change is among this network’s activities.[29][28] Anthropogenic climate change skeptic Willie Soon received more than $500,000 from the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and a trust used by the Kochs.

source

ShareTweetShare
Level Up Hip Hop

Level Up Hip Hop

Related Posts

The Worlds First And Greatest Missionary!
VIDEOS

The Worlds First And Greatest Missionary!

January 27, 2023
Rappers That Fell Off vs Rappers That Are Blowing Up *2023 EDITION*
VIDEOS

Rappers That Fell Off vs Rappers That Are Blowing Up *2023 EDITION*

January 27, 2023
Just Now!! Exciting News Of Janelle's Daughter Maddie || Bombshell Gossip
VIDEOS

Just Now!! Exciting News Of Janelle's Daughter Maddie || Bombshell Gossip

January 27, 2023
PAPI YERR: 2022 BILLBOARD CHART #1 PRODUCER FOR HIP HOP and R&B [AMTIM S2/EP02]
VIDEOS

PAPI YERR: 2022 BILLBOARD CHART #1 PRODUCER FOR HIP HOP and R&B [AMTIM S2/EP02]

January 27, 2023
My Favourite Rapper #rapper #sidhumoosewala #shorts #trending #viral #youtubeshorts #shortvideo
VIDEOS

My Favourite Rapper #rapper #sidhumoosewala #shorts #trending #viral #youtubeshorts #shortvideo

January 27, 2023
Portugal | Top 10 Single Charts | 22.05.2022 | ChartExpress
VIDEOS

Portugal | Top 10 Single Charts | 22.05.2022 | ChartExpress

January 27, 2023
Next Post
New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton takes brutal shot at entire Kardashian family

New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton takes brutal shot at entire Kardashian family

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson opens up on a message therapist crying after one of their sessions

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson opens up on a message therapist crying after one of their sessions

Recommended Stories

Prosecutors Allege Gunna Serves in a ‘Command’ Role for YSL

Gunna Files Another Petition to Get Released From Jail – Report

July 20, 2022
Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas share 1st picture of daughter after 100+ days in NICU – National

Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas share 1st picture of daughter after 100+ days in NICU – National

May 10, 2022
Best EVER TikTok DANCE Challenge Mashup (2022)

Best EVER TikTok DANCE Challenge Mashup (2022)

September 11, 2022

Popular Stories

  • Cherelle Griner Calls On Biden To Bring WNBA Star Brittney Griner Home, Says She Hasn’t Spoken To Her Wife Since Arrest

    Cherelle Griner Calls On Biden To Bring WNBA Star Brittney Griner Home, Says She Hasn’t Spoken To Her Wife Since Arrest

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Dreka Gates Responds To Kevin Gates And All The Blogs & Media With This Message (WOW)

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • TD JAKES’ DAUGHTER, CORA COLEMAN, EMBROILED IN DRAMA INVOLVING HER KIDS

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Brad Paisley and Post Malone: Is More Than Bromance Brewing?

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Actors Who Returned From The Dead

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • HOME
  • MUSIC
  • CELEBRITY NEWS
  • GOSSIP
  • VIDEOS
  • SHOP ALL

2022 Level Up Texas Ent. © Kandi Kane Productions

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • MUSIC
  • CELEBRITY NEWS
  • GOSSIP
  • VIDEOS
  • SHOP ALL

2022 Level Up Texas Ent. © Kandi Kane Productions