2007 The Koch Foundation’s Proposal for Funding Florida State University, With Strings Attached
The documents highlighted here were first shared by Dave Levinthal the Center for Public Integrity in an article titled, Koch Foundation Proposal to College: Teach Our Curriculum, Get Millions. As the article and these documents illustrate, “In 2007, when the…
2014 Koch Freedom Partners Donor Summit Session on Funding Universities (Transcript and Audio)
This document is a transcript of a session at the 2014 Koch donor summit called “Leveraging Science and the Universities,” which is from an audio obtained by Lauren Windsor of the Undercurrent. The transcript was produced by Alderson Reporting Company….
2012 Koch Industries Election Year Letter to Employees against Obama and Pro-Romney
This document is a 2012 letter (and attachments) to Koch Industries employees from the President and COO Dave Robertson. The document was originally published as part of a story broken by In These Times titled, “Koch Sends Pro-Romney Mailing to…
2014 Koch Freedom Partners Summit Schedule of Meetings with Donors
This document is list of meetings held at the 2014 Koch Freedom Partners Summit. It was originally published in an article by Daniel Schulman and Andy Kroll of Mother Jones titled, “The Koch Brothers Left a Confidential Document at Their…
1975 Charles Koch Asks the “Rocky Mountain Oilman” to Fund Libertarian Presidential Candidate Roger MacBride
In this 1975 letter to the “Rocky Mountain Oilman,” Charles Koch sought support for the Libertarian Party. Koch argued that Republicans were “no better allies” than the Democrats regarding the deregulation of the oil industry, saying “President Ford’s signing of…
2014 Koch Freedom Partners Donor Summit Detailed Agenda
This document is a draft agenda of the 2014 meeting of Charles Koch’s Freedom Partners. The document was originally obtained by Lauren Windsor of the Undercurrent and published in an article in the Nation titled, “Exclusive: Inside the Koch Brothers’…
1980 Leading Libertarians say “The Clark Campaign: Never Again”
This document from 1980 contains two featured articles strongly attacking the 1980 Libertarian Party presidential campaign of Ed Clark and David Koch. The first article, titled, “The Clark Campaign: Never Again,” argued that “the Clark campaign was a fourfold disaster,…
1980 Clark-Koch Position Statement Pamphlet Calling for the Abolition of the U.S. Department of Energy and More
This document is a campaign pamphlet from the campaign of Libertarian Party presidential candidate Ed Clark. It contains short examples of the campaign’s positions on issues, such as Clark stating “I advocate the abolition of the Department of Energy.” That…
2017 Koch Freedom Partners: A “Roadmap” for the Trump Administration to Repeal Environmental Rules
This 2017 document titled “A Roadmap to Repeal: Removing Regulatory Barriers to Opportunity” was created by Freedom Partners, a donor group Politico has called the “secret bank” of the Koch Brothers. This memo from Charles Koch’s network to its funders…
2010 Charles Koch Invitation to His Donor Summit to Influence the Mid-Term Elections and More
This document is a memo outlining the details of Charles Koch’s 2010 summit for billionaire donors to advance his electoral and policy agenda. The document was originally published by ThinkProgress in an article by Lee Fan titled, “MEMO: Health Insurance,…
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