The Koch Brothers Left a Confidential Document at Their Last Donor Conference—Read It Here

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/koch-brothers-palm-springs-donor-list

There's one main rule at the conservative donor conclaves held twice a year by Charles and David Koch at luxury resorts: What happens there stays there.

The billionaire industrialists and their political operatives strive to ensure the anonymity of the wealthy conservatives who fund their sprawling political operation—which funneled more than $400 million into the 2012 elections—and to keep their plans private. Attendees of these summits are warned that the seminars, where the Kochs and their allies hatch strategies for electing Republicans and advancing conservative initiatives on the state and national levels, are strictly confidential; they are cautioned to keep a close eye on their meeting notes and materials. But last week, following the Kochs' first donor gathering of 2014, one attendee left behind a sensitive document at the Renaissance Esmeralda resort outside of Palm Springs, California, where the Kochs and their comrades had spent three days focused on winning the 2014 midterm elections and more. The document lists VIP donors—including John Schnatter, the founder of the Papa John's pizza chain—who were scheduled for one-on-one meetings with representatives of the political, corporate, and philanthropic wings of Kochworld. The one-page document, provided to Mother Jones by a hotel guest who discovered it, offers a fascinating glimpse into the Kochs' political machine and shows how closely intertwined it is with Koch Industries, their $115 billion conglomerate.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/koch-brothers-palm-springs-donor-list

Make no mistake: The KOCH BROTHERS are indeed FASCISTS. They fit the definition as stated by Mussolini:

Since he invented the term, Mussolini's definition of fascism is probably the best source:

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”
― Benito Mussolini

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/221166.Benito_Mussolini

On a somewhat related note:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f93_1390833151&use_old_player=1

The Kochs are the worst-of-the-worst in my view ~ they have plotted and damaged this country more than anyone else I can think of ~ and the amounts of $$$ they raise and/or kick in personally are staggering ~ ~ Sooz

Document exposes Papa John’s and other companies as secret Koch brother allies
By Travis Gettys
Thursday, February 6, 2014 9:28 EST

The Koch brothers are well-known for their right-wing activism, but less has been known about the wealthy conservatives who fund their vast political operations.

But a document left behind last week at the first donor gathering of 2014 at the Renaissance Esmeralda resort in Palm Springs, California, and handed over by a hotel guest to Mother Jones offers a glimpse at this network.

Attendees at events hosted by the billionaire industrialists are warned that the seminars – where plans are hatched to elect Republican officials and advance conservative ideas – are strictly confidential, and they’re told to closely guard their meeting notes and materials.

The discarded document, Mother Jones reported, lists VIP donors – including John Schnatter, founder of Papa John’s pizza chain – who met individually with Koch representatives and revealed just how closely tied Koch Industries is intertwined with the brothers’ political machine.

In addition to Schnatter – who’s already known as a longtime Republican donor and outspoken opponent of the Affordable Care Act – the one-page Koch donor list included top executives from Jockey International and TRT Holdings, which owns Omni Hotels and Gold’s Gym.

The document shows that Schnatter, who had not been previously revealed as a Koch donor, was scheduled to meet with Ryan Stowers, director of higher education at the Charles G. Koch Foundation.

Robert Rowling, who cofounded TRT Holdings and funneled $3.5 million in 2012 to a super-PAC directed by Karl Rove, was scheduled to meet with Charles Koch at a private residence along with other top operatives, including fundraising guru Kevin Gentry, Latino outreach director Daniel Garza and Marc Short – who runs the Kochs’ Freedom Partners distribution network.

Other consumer-products makers whose top executives met with the Kochs or their representatives were Klipsch Group, which sells audiophile speakers and headphones, Captive Aire, which sells commercial kitchen products, and Haworth, which sells office furniture.

Read the full donor list here.

Most of the sessions paired donors with representatives of Americans for Prosperity, the political advocacy group founded by the Kochs and their top political strategist, Richard Fink, who is also executive vice president and a board member of Koch Industries.

Koch Industries has claimed AFP is just one of the hundreds of organizations that receive funding from the brothers and operates independently from the company they run.

But the one-page found document hints at a much closer collaboration between Koch Industries, AFP and Freedom Partners, which is heavily staffed with current and former employees of Koch Industries.

A spokesman for Koch Industries told Mother Jones that company employees do attend the donor gatherings and a spokesman for Freedom Partners said he was “uncertain” about the document, but both declined further comment.

AFP has already spent more than $20 million on ads opposing Democratic congressional candidates who supported Obamacare.

The Koch network is essential to the conservative political machine, having raised as much during the 2012 election cycle as the Republican National Committee.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/06/document-exposes-papa-johns-and-other-companies-as-secret-koch-brother-allies/