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Connor Gibson
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Contract opposition researcher specialized in climate denial, fossil fuel lobbying, PR, front groups, and the Kochtopus. Blogs at Grassrootbeer Investigations: https://grassrootbeer.substack.com/p/grassrootbeer-investigations
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grassrootbeer.bsky.social
The numbers in that story are pretty outdated, here are the latest.

www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/05/22/k...
Koch Fleet of Organizations Invests More Than Ever in Expanding Its Influence - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Charles Koch’s fleet of organizations spent a combined net total of $833 million in 2023 to influence public policy, elections, and certain charitable causes — marking its highest spending total to da...
www.exposedbycmd.org
July 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
If you don’t hear echoes of how top Nazis spoke to Hitler, you’re not paying attention.
June 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
grassrootbeer.bsky.social
Hmmm

Fantastice Negrito for Primus

Gojira for Korn

Run the Jewels for Wu Tang

Beats Antique for Thievery Corporation (last night)
June 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
grassrootbeer.bsky.social
I don't have a number for you but these are important references on that matter:

First Trump term:
theintercept.com/2018/02/25/k...

And now again:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

+ lobbying for a tax loophole Koch has exploited, relevant to my article:
popular.info/p/charles-ko...
Koch Document Reveals Laundry List of Policy Victories Extracted From the Trump Administration
The billionaire Koch brothers are using their influence to quietly reshape the country.
theintercept.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM