David Koch, Billionaire Conservative Activist, Is Dead at 79
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His influence over American politics amplified the tea party and pushed a strain of climate denial that has paralyzed efforts to take action on the climate crisis.
In 2014, Rolling Stone unpacked how the Koch brothers built their “toxic” empire, and the ways in which they used their wealth to play puppet master over America’s political system. “The enormity of the Koch fortune is no mystery,” wrote Tim Dickinson. “Brothers Charles and David are each worth more than $40 billion. The electoral influence of the Koch brothers is similarly well-chronicled. The Kochs are our homegrown oligarchs; they’ve cornered the market on Republican politics and are nakedly attempting to buy Congress and the White House. Their political network helped finance the Tea Party and powers today’s GOP.”
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