We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming. Whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. He didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporters calls and wrote a coup of oped articles after the death of david koch. Chris spent eight near in the the kochland, the place and the title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the potent Political Network that was put toth by the david koch and his older brother, charles, from their base three hours down the road in wichita. Anybody here had a chance to read the book yet . So, you wont understand but youll knee immediately when you get into it, as you get into it, what im talking about. Its daunting when you pick it up. Its 574 pages and thats before you get to the noteses appendix
Just a day to get here in moscow is friday morning for good morning from me kevin i welcome to this 30 minute world news update live from art internationals h. Q. 1st then us democrats have received an embarrassing blow after it was revealed that the party employed a multi 1000000. 00 Strategy Company to help shift the country to the left a report by a conservative watchdog amassed a scheme to promote certain topics from supporting a care to slamming Donald Trumps border wall he goes down off takes a closer look at how the network operates. Whats more powerful in politics than money a strong candidate with a good program and idealist would say nothing a realist would say but a politician would say dark money dark money is the millions of dollars that behind the scenes donors are spending to send the political train down the track and according to the left leaning media its a bad bad thing because the conservatives do it because brothers have made billions and want to ensure their gover
Good morning 9 am here in moscow this friday will welcome from me kevin im into this 30 minute world news roundup from out international h. Q. With me kevin so the 1st u. S. Democrats have received an embarrassing blow after it was revealed that the party employed a multimillion dollar Strategy Company to help shift the country to the left are appalled by conservative watchdog amassed a scheme to promote certain topics from supporting obamacare to slamming Donald Trumps border wall. Takes a closer look at how it operates this morning. Whats more powerful in politics than money a strong candidate with a good program and idealist would see nothing a realist would say but a politician would say dark money dark money is the millions of dollars that behind the scenes donors are spending to send the political train down the track and according to the left leaning media its a bad bad thing because the conservatives do it because brothers have made billions and want to ensure that government d
A nearly released report by a conservative watchdog alleges theres a covert multimillion dollar strategy to promote left leaning values in the United States the document on most a scheme to push certain topics from supporting obamacare to slamming Donald Trumps border wall. Off takes a closer look at how its supposed to operate this morning. Whats more powerful in politics than money a strong candidate with a good program and idealist would see nothing a realist would say but a politician would say dark money dark money is the millions of dollars that behind the scenes donors are spending to send the political train down the track and according to the left leaning media its a bad bad thing because the conservatives do it because others have made billions and want to ensure that government doesnt limit their ability to make more conservative donor david koch as one half of the Koch Brothers came to symbolize the influence of dark money in america but you know whos even better than conse
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