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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Aug 2019

      1. Should celebrate David Koch's philanthropy? No, you can't really praise charity without asking where the money came from. Theodore Roosevelt: “No amount of charities in spending such fortunes can compensate in any way for the misconduct in acquiring them.”

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Aug 2019

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Hugh Hewitt

      2. It's true that David Koch gave lots of money to cancer research. It's also true that Koch Industries, as @JaneMayerNYer documents in Dark Money, was fined for recklessly releasing carcinogens into the environment:https://twitter.com/hughhewitt/status/1164901002429911041 …

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      And to cancer research. Every single person touched by cancer ought to mourn his passing. Visit the site of his center at MIT: https://ki.mit.edu  https://twitter.com/jaynordlinger/status/1164896690878472192 …
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Aug 2019

          3. Read Mayer on Koch employee Donald Carlson before you praise Koch philanthropy on cancer.pic.twitter.com/evqhEVu7JG

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Aug 2019

          4. With some help from @JaneMayerNYer & @AnandWrites I make the case against plutocratic philanthropy. https://www.thenation.com/article/even-david-kochs-philanthropy-was-toxic/ …

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        2. Childish Kuriboh‏ @ChildishKuriboh 26 Aug 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JaneMayerNYer

          David Koch may have made billions while giving lots of people cancer, but he also used a small fraction of that money to have his name on a building that researches cancer, so it's impossible to say if he was bad or not

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        1. Patrick Jehle‏ @PatrickJehle1 26 Aug 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JaneMayerNYer

          Is it worth pointing out that his money led to no real advancements in the treatment of cancer? Paradoxically, big money in cancer research might prevent advancement because it goes to all the wrong things (ie, genetic research, which has proved to be a dead end).

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        1. Hindy Levy‏ @HindyLevy 26 Aug 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JaneMayerNYer

          He gave money to cure his cancer. That is why you have taxes and not philanthropy, so everyone's cancer gets a chance to be cured.

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        1. Joel Pelletier‏ @joel_pelletier 26 Aug 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JaneMayerNYer

          Hewitt’s a clown with the most uncomfortable forced smile I’ve ever seen. I shut off my TV and rage-ate chocolate every time he appeared on @MSNBCpic.twitter.com/HfhXyGhWis

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        1. 亚历山大, #1 Kirk Cousins Defender‏ @MrAlAnderson 26 Aug 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @gztstatistics @JaneMayerNYer

          If we could cure cancer we could spread carcinogens wherever we anted!

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        1. Redd Riverside ❤️ 💜 💙FWA‏ @Reddburg 27 Aug 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MalachiteTiger @JaneMayerNYer

          Saying a Koch brother "Gave money to cancer research" is a bit like saying Bill Gates "Gave money to personal computer research"

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        1. Ahnalee  🏳️‍⚧️ 🇺🇦 🌻‏ @ahnalee13 27 Aug 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MalachiteTiger @JaneMayerNYer

          I want to know how much of his money went to actual research, and how much went to litigation, marketing, and CEOs. Always research your charities.

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