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Koch-Funded Americans for Prosperity Spends Big to Help GOP Take Over Virginia House

The Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity has thrown its weight behind Republican candidates in key Virginia House races. Caricature of Charles Koch.

Tea Party 2.0: ‘Reopen’ Protests Have a Familiar Vibe

A scene from the "Open Our Ohio" rally at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on April 18, 2020.

That Grifty Thing Stephen Moore Did With Herman Cain—and the Koch Brothers’ Blessing

Stephen Moore at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference, by Gage Skidmore via Flickr. In 2010, longtime GOP political operative Mark Block, together with strategist Linda Hansen, approached Herman Cain, then a retired pizza-chain magnate, with an idea for a for-profit enterprise designed

In 11th-Hour Power Grab, Republicans in Wisconsin and Michigan Use Koch Playbook to Subvert the Will of Voters

In Wisconsin and Michigan, Republicans in their respective state legislatures are aiming to clip the wings of newly elected Democratic governors by curtailing executive-branch power with legislation advanced in lame-duck sessions controlled by GOP majorities. It’s no coincidence that the list of pro