For months, liberal researchers from the Center for American Progress to Firedoglake to the Rachel Maddow Show have pored over the financial records of libertarian tycoon David Koch to see just how deep his influence ran within the Tea Party movement. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Washington Independent
This is an interesting and important story. However it is limited to one conference. If the writer went to a computer and put Koch Industries and David and/or Charles Koch for a search, he would find more about both David and Charles Koch.
I find these articles illuminating - backroom players, etc. it is a critical part of investigative journalism. But issue articles miss the big picture of context. If the econ was humming would this movement exist? Is this movement's success actually a reflection of Obama's policy and leadership failures. Instead of seeing things/issues as standalone, many times they are parts of a holsitic picture. In the 30s there was Father Coughlin but FDR kept all that under control with ... More »
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