Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Election Rigging, Dark Money in Cantor's 'Upset' Loss to Koch Stealth Candidate

Election Rigging, Dark Money in Cantor's 'Upset' Loss to Koch Stealth Candidate

"The first alarm is the hidden connection that Professor David Brat's victory had to the Koch Brothers dark money network: hundreds of millions of dollars in "charitable contributions" to inoculate American academic institutions and media with extremist libertarian philosophy, promoting the Ayn Randian culture of greed while boosting radical Tea Party candidates. The net effect has been to undermine the civility of American politics, divide the Republican Party, stalemate Congress and hobble government institutions."