“Virginia's largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations, according to newly released documents.”https://apnews.com/0c87e4318bcc4eb9b8e69f9f54c7b889 …
"the Atlas Network, which receives funding from Koch foundations, has recreated methods honed in the Western world for developing countries"https://twitter.com/theintercept/status/895713186564976640 …
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"The Koch brothers have poured millions of dollars into universities nationwide, ... toward hiring professors, ... supporting libertarian and conservative political views.
@GeorgeMasonU, a public university ..., has been one of the largest recipients"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/us/koch-george-mason-university.html …Show this thread -
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@ryanlcooper: “What libertarianism often amounts to in practice — particularly in its most curdled, purchased-by-Charles Koch form — is the extensive and cynical use of state power to protect the money, status, and prerogatives of the ultra-rich.”http://theweek.com/articles/770717/koch-brothers-paytoplay-academic-scheme?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook …Show this thread -
This thread: “Leo and the Kochs bankrolled and spearheaded the legal fight to abolish campaign finance restrictions under the theory that donors won't use money to buy political favors—while [...] [they] bought their influence over GMU Law in secret”https://twitter.com/mjs_dc/status/992048450647789569?s=21 …
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