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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The Party of the Koch Brothers

    Brothers David and Charles Koch are two of the biggest, most controversial players in conservative politics because of the massive amount of money and influence they wield. Now the Kochs have given Democrats a new reason to hate/fear them: they and their network of donors have announced they’ll be spending $889 million on the election in 2016.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 27, 2015 • 1 min read

    Brothers David and Charles Koch are two of the biggest, most controversial players in conservative politics because of the massive amount of money and influence they wield. Now the Kochs have given Democrats a new reason to hate/fear them: they and their network of donors have announced they’ll be spending $889 million on the election in 2016. That figure more than doubles what the actual Republican National Committee spent in the last Presidential race.

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    The Koch Brothers and 2016, Growth in Santa Monica, and “Whipping Boy”
    1. 0:00The Party of the Koch BrothersYou’re reading this
    2. 12:15Santa Monica: To Grow or Not to Grow?
    3. 25:46“Whipping Boy”
    4. 42:39Apple Earnings and Tech News
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    The Koch Brothers and 2016, Growth in Santa Monica, and “Whipping Boy”
    1. 0:00The Party of the Koch BrothersYou’re reading this
    2. 12:15Santa Monica: To Grow or Not to Grow?
    3. 25:46“Whipping Boy”
    4. 42:39Apple Earnings and Tech News
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