Thread on Koch Bros.

1. Smartest thing Trump did (was told to do) was to pick Pence, an operative for Kochs, who have spent decades engineering a takeover of all branches of the government, by building a vast donor network of mega-rich (Adelsons, Mercers, DeVos).

Pence is Trump's insurance policy. https://t.co/lJqECe0bGo

— Adam Khan (@Khanoisseur) November 12, 2017

Adam Khan‏ @Khanoisseur11h11 hours ago
2. Koch network think tanks and media orgs (Breitbart) shaped public opinion, which gave rise to Tea Party movement, which Trump rode. When he chose Pence, Koch network went to work, pouring $1+ billion into those who pushed their agenda, confirmed their cabinet picks and judges
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Adam Khan‏ @Khanoisseur11h11 hours ago
3. Striking how many Koch network's mega donors have mega legal problems. Aside from Mercer's $7 billion tax squabble with IRS, there are others who need Trump/Pence–and more still much lower in the hierarchy–to help fix their legal issues, nix regulations to nix future problems

 



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4. As @JaneMayerNYer notes in "Dark Money": "Among the better-known financiers who participated or sent representatives to Koch donor summits during Obama’s first term were Steven A. Cohen, Paul Singer, and Stephen Schwarzman." Recognize these names?

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Adam Khan @Khanoisseur

General counsel for Steven Cohen–who was fined record $1.8 billion for biggest insider trading scandal in history–picked Trump DoJ staff!