Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Koch brothers plan to spend $400 million on 2018 elections
Big-time Republican donors Charles and David Koch hosted their semi-annual retreat this weekend outside of Palm Springs. Their network of deep-pocketed conservative groups pledged to spend more than $400 million on midterm races.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readBig-time Republican donors Charles and David Koch hosted their semi-annual retreat this weekend outside of Palm Springs. Their network of deep-pocketed conservative groups pledged to spend more than $400 million on midterm races. Meanwhile, Buzzfeed reports that some of President Trump’s top political advisors may be skirting campaign finance laws as they gear up for his re-election bid in 2020.
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3 of 5Culture of suspicion at the LA Times- 0:00LA Times has ‘a fire to put out in every corner,’ says USC journalism professor
- 8:38Former USC medical school dean calls 911 about a ‘baby not breathing’
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