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☆ Powerful Koch group endorses Haley's 2024 Republican presidential bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Doina Chiacu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley listens as she is introduced during a campaign stop in Hooksett, New Hampshire, U.S., November 20, 2023. And last night, we concluded that analysis," the Koch group, Americans for Prosperity Action, said in a statement. "That candidate is Nikki Haley." The group promised Haley "the full weight and scope of AFP Action’s unmatched grassroots army and resources" in her bid to become the next U.S. president.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Brian Snyder, Charles Koch, Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Doina Chiacu, Alistair Bell Organizations: U.S, United, REUTERS, Rights, South, Trump, White, Prosperity, Republican, Florida Governor, Thomson Locations: Hooksett , New Hampshire, U.S, South Carolina, United Nations

☆ Influential Koch network backs Nikki Haley in GOP presidential primary
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The influential network associated with billionaire Charles Koch will throw its money and influence behind former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary, the group announced Tuesday. It’s clear that candidate is Nikki Haley,” Siedel said Tuesday. Nikki Haley represents a new generation of leadership and offers a bold, positive vision for our future. “Every dollar spent on Nikki Haley’s candidacy should be reported as an in-kind to the Trump campaign,” DeSantis spokesperson Andrew Romeo said in a statement.

Persons: Charles Koch, Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, –, Donald Trump, Emily Seidel, “, ”, ” Siedel, Haley, Seidel, ” Haley, Ron DeSantis, ” Seidel, Koch, Nikki Haley’s, Trump, Andrew Romeo Organizations: CNN, South Carolina Gov, Republican, Prosperity, South, United Nations, South Carolina, AFP, Republican National Committee, “ AFP, Florida Gov, Trump, Republicans, GOP, –, White, Koch Locations: Iowa, South Carolina, South, United States

☆ Opinion: Nikki Haley is ready for her closeup
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Opinion Nicole Hemmer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Nikki Haley is instructive. But nowhere does it talk in depth about policy or what the Koch brothers’ organization represents within the Republican coalition. What makes Haley interesting in this race is not, in fact, her position in the polls but her position in the party. Haley was, after all, Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, an interesting position for someone who so sharply diverges from Trump’s ostensibly non-interventionist foreign policy. Or maybe it’s Haley, the standard-bearer for a more inclusive Republican Party, defined by her identities as a woman and Indian-American.

Persons: Nicole Hemmer, Carolyn T, Robert M, “, Who, Clinton, Hillary Clinton’s, Donald Trump’s, ”, Trump, Voters don’t, —, Nikki Haley, Haley, George W . Bush, Paul Ryan, David, Charles Koch, Koch, it’s Haley, Patrick Hruby, Jon Stewart, Colbert Organizations: Rogers Center, Vanderbilt University, “ Partisans, Conservative, CNN, Trump, —, Voters, Republican, South Carolina Gov, Prosperity, The New York Times, GOP, United Nations, Social Security, Republican Party, United Auto Workers, Columbia Journalism, New York Times, Washington Post, Times, Post, Political Journalism Locations: Trump, Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Charleston, Detroit

☆ Billionaire-backed Koch network endorses Nikki Haley for president
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley listens as she is introduced during a campaign stop in Hooksett, New Hampshire, U.S., November 20, 2023. The political network largely financed by billionaire Charles Koch endorsed former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley for president Tuesday, boosting her primary campaign against the Republican front-runner, former President Donald Trump. The Haley endorsement by the Koch-backed super PAC Americans for Prosperity Action marks the end of a yearlong search for a viable Republican alternative to challenge Trump. Americans for Prosperity Action has already spent millions of dollars so far bashing Trump this cycle, arguing that he would lose a general election to President Joe Biden.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Charles Koch, Donald Trump, Haley, Koch, Trump, Trump's, Joe Biden, I'm Organizations: U.S, United, Republican, PAC, Prosperity, South, Trump, AFP Locations: Hooksett , New Hampshire, U.S, South Carolina

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves at the crowd after speaking during a 2024 presidential campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. September 20, 2023. After spending roughly $1 million on anti-Trump ads in Iowa, the Republican Accountability PAC, for example, concluded in August their money wasn't making a difference. "We have stopped spending money in the primary. Continuing to spend on the primary is essentially a waste of money, said Reed Galen, co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project. Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump, said "no amount of Never Trump money" could match the enthusiasm Trump is generating among grassroots voters.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Morgan, Trump, Charles Koch, Sarah Longwell, Reed Galen, they'd, Galen, Joe Biden, Steven Cheung, Tim Miller, Jeb Bush, Miller, Bill Riggs, Biden, Lincoln Project's Galen, Alexandra Ulmer, Tim Reid, Jason Lange, Ross Colvin, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Trump, PAC, Trump Lincoln Project, Democratic, Lincoln, Independents, Biden, Reuters, for Growth, Federal, Commission, The, Growth, AFP, Koch, Trump Republicans, Republicans, Washington D.C, Thomson Locations: Dubuque , Iowa, U.S, Midwestern, Iowa, Wisconsin, AFP, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington

☆ Clarence Thomas spent time at the Koch Brothers' version of Coachella. Something tells us they weren't making each other flower crowns.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new ProPublica report uncovered another undisclosed trip made by SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas. Either way, in 2018, the controversial judge flew into California's Coachella Valley for one of the snazziest events of the year. Of course, the event Thomas went to had nothing to do with the beloved music festival. Per the publication, a network of nonprofits handled by Charles Koch, an influential conservative, hosts its largest fundraiser in the Coachella Valley every winter. In 2010, reporters uncovered Thomas ' attendance at 2008's GOP-chella.

Persons: SCOTUS, Clarence Thomas, Koch, Thomas, Thomas didn't, ProPublica, Charles Koch, Deion Sanders, —, Queen Bey, — Thomas, Leonard Leo —, Justice — Organizations: Service, Prosperity, NFL, ., Justice Locations: Wall, Silicon, Southern California, Coachella, Indian Wells

☆ ProPublica: Clarence Thomas attended Koch network donor events
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Ariane De Vogue | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —Justice Clarence Thomas attended a private dinner in 2018 during a winter donor summit of the Koch network, the political organization founded by libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch, ProPublica reported Friday. Thomas attended Koch donor events at least twice over the years, according to interviews with three former Koch network employees and one major donor conducted by ProPublica. Thomas arrived for the 2018 dinner on a Gulfstream G200 jet, although a Koch network spokesperson told the outlet that the network did not pay for the private jet and it was not disclosed on his financial disclosure forms for that year. A spokesperson for the Koch network told ProPublica that Thomas wasn’t present for fundraising conversations. CNN has reached out to the Supreme Court for comment.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, Koch, Charles, David Koch, ProPublica, Thomas, ”, Thomas ’, Thomas wasn’t, ” Thomas, Loper, Raimondo, Critics, Clarence Thomas ’, Charles Koch, Harlan Crow, Lisa Graves, Crow Organizations: Washington CNN —, Koch, ProPublica, Gulfstream G200, CNN, Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc, Conservatives, Chevron, Natural Resources Defense, True, Research, GOP Locations: Congress, Washington

☆ Zara's billionaire founder – one of the world's richest people – has just bought a $232 million luxury Chicago apartment tower
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Amancio Ortega has purchased a 45-story Chicago apartment tower. Ortega, founder of Zara parent company Inditex, splashed out $232 million on the property. Pontegadea, Ortega's family office, bought the 45-story 727 West Madison property, a company spokesperson told Insider. AdvertisementAdvertisementPrices start at $2,166 a month for a studio, rising to $6,083 for the most expensive apartment available, a three-bed. Ortega is the world's 14th richest person, with an estimated net worth of around $75.2 billion, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows.

Persons: Amancio Ortega, Ortega, there's, Charles Koch, Michael Dell, Walton, Inditex Organizations: Seattle HQ, Toronto's Royal Bank, Service, Madison, Chase Bank, Bloomberg, Pontegadea, Meta's Seattle, Royal Bank Plaza Locations: Chicago, Zara, Manhattan, Wall, Silicon, Cook County, Meta's, Toronto

☆ Trump goes on offense against Koch network as it spends against former president
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

For Trump and Koch, it represents the latest chapter in the on again, off again relationship between the two parties. The theme of the ads is simple: Trump can't win, and with Trump as the Republican nominee, President Joe Biden will be reelected. The ads have landed the Koch network squarely on Trump's list of enemies, literally. "Club for No Growth and Koch Brothers operations spending tens of millions of dollars to prop up Ron DeSantis while attacking President Trump," the July 17 memo claimed. But neither the Koch network nor the Club for Growth has endorsed a Republican primary candidate.

Persons: Donald Trump, Charles Koch, Koch, Joe Biden, George Soros, Paul Ryans, Trump, Ron DeSantis, David Koch, Charles Organizations: Republican, Koch Industries, PAC, Prosperity, Trump, Republican Party, Florida Gov, Koch, Club, Growth Locations: Trump's

☆ Trump's $100 million PAC has burned through nearly all of its cash
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's Save America PAC raised over $15 million in the first half of 2023, spent over $30 million and now has about $3.6 million on hand, according to Federal Election Commission records. The committee came into 2023 in a strong position, raising over $100 million in 2022 and finishing with $18 million on hand. The super PAC supporting Florida Gov. His own campaign raised around $20 million and went into the third quarter with just over $12 million on hand. The super PAC came into the later stages of the year with $30 million on hand.

Persons: Donald Trump, Donald Trump's, Ron DeSantis, Joe Biden, Trump, he's, Chris Christie, Christie, Charles Koch, Biden Organizations: U.S, Republican, Florida Gov, Trump's Save America PAC, Commission, NBC, Trump PAC, New, New Jersey Gov, CNBC, Trump, FEC, Koch Industries, Prosperity, PAC, Make, Inc Locations: Erie , Pennsylvania, U.S, New Jersey, Florida, Mar

It was unclear what proportion of the $70 million raised by Americans for Prosperity Action, the Koch network super PAC, will go directly to tackling Trump. News of the $70 million raised was first reported by the New York Times on Thursday. The Koch-backed network of political organizations was founded by Charles and his brother David Koch, who died in 2019. The Koch network has yet to back a candidate, but has joined other big Republican donors in scrambling to try to defeat Trump. The Koch network intends to make an endorsement before the Iowa caucus in early 2024, the AFP official said.

Persons: Charles Koch, Donald Trump, Koch, Joe Biden, Trump's, The Koch, Charles, David Koch, Ron DeSantis, Trump, Biden, DeSantis, Steven Cheung, Alexandra Ulmer, Ross Colvin, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Republican, Koch Industries, Prosperity, Koch, Trump, New York Times, AFP, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Florida, Iowa

The political network established by the conservative industrialists Charles and David Koch has raised more than $70 million for political races as it looks to help Republicans move past Donald J. Trump, according to an official with the group. With some of this large sum to start, the network, Americans for Prosperity Action, plans to throw its weight into the G.O.P. The network spent nearly $500 million supporting Republican candidates and conservative policies in the 2020 election cycle alone. Two groups closely affiliated with Charles Koch contributed $50 million of the more than $70 million that has been raised. Mr. Koch is a major shareholder in Koch Industries, which contributed $25 million to Americans for Prosperity Action, according to a preliminary draft of Federal Election Commission filings.

Persons: Charles, David Koch, Donald J, Trump, Charles Koch, Koch, Emily Seidel, ” Organizations: Prosperity, Koch Industries, Republican

☆ 'Trump can't win': Koch network releases ads targeting ex-president
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The political network financed largely by billionaire Charles Koch is launching a wave of digital ads targeting former President Donald Trump. The ads argue that if Trump becomes the Republican nominee next year, it will lead to President Joe Biden winning reelection. One of the spots, titled "Only Way," has a voiceover saying, "The only way Biden wins is if we nominate Trump again." All of the Koch digital ads cite public polling that say how key voters don't want Trump to be president again. The ads are also targeting voters at a tumultuous moment for Trump.

Persons: Charles Koch, Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Koch, they've, Strong, Biden, Herschel Walker, Sen, Ron Johnson, Mehmet Oz, Bill Riggs, Riggs, Emily Seidel, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Republican, Prosperity, Koch Industries, of Commerce, CNBC, Trump, Biden, GOP, White, Senate, Commission, PAC, Georgia Republican Senate, Pennsylvania Republican, NBC, Florida Gov Locations: China, Georgia, Iowa, South Carolina , New Hampshire, Nevada, Washington

☆ Paul Ryan Says Even MAGA Diehards Believe Trump Can’t Win in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

Photo illustration by Bráulio Amado Talk Paul Ryan Says Even MAGA Diehards Believe Trump Can’t Win in 2024For a good long time during the George W. Bush and Obama presidencies, Paul Ryan was considered one of the intellectual leaders and shining stars of the Republican Party. Get out of this race.” But I don’t think Trump is going to get the nomination. I don’t think we want the lack of liberty that comes with government-made equality. Where I part company with the left is I don’t believe in socialism. I don’t believe in equality of outcomes.

☆ Trump tried to seem unbothered by Ron DeSantis, but he can't stop writing angry Truth Social posts about him
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But the former president just can't stop himself from writing Truth Social posts about DeSantis. Trump wrote. The Truth Social spree came after Trump tried to appear unbothered by DeSantis. On February 13, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he doesn't spend much time thinking about his rival at all, as Insider's Kimberly Leonard reported. It's clear Trump sees DeSantis as a real threatDonald Trump and Ron DeSantis.

☆ George Soros called Donald Trump a 'pitiful figure' who is hemorrhaging support and whose 'narcissism has turned into a disease'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire George Soros slammed Donald Trump during a speech on Thursday. He called Trump a "pitiful figure" who is driven by narcissism and is losing GOP support. Soros expects Ron DeSantis to beat him in 2024, but said Trump could run as a third-party candidate. In turn, Trump has proliferated conspiracy theories about him. The billionaire has become a bogeyman for the right, with bizarre conspiracy theories accusing him of secretly controlling the global economy.

☆ Jason Miller returns as Trump advisor for campaign struggling to generate much excitement compared to 2016
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jason Miller will advise Donald Trump on the strategy of his 2024 presidential bid. He previously left the Trump campaign to become CEO of the right-wing social media platform Gettr. Miller is joining a team that is struggling to generate the same excitement as past campaigns. "It was always a matter of when and not if I returned to help re-elect President Trump in 2024," Miller said in a statement, per Politico. Former Trump White House press aide Sarah Matthews described the campaign launch in a tweet as "low-energy" and "uninspiring."

☆ Billionaire Charles Koch-Backed Group Will Push GOP to Move Past Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—A group funded by billionaire Charles Koch will work to support a Republican presidential nominee other than Donald Trump, concluding in a strategy memo that “we need to turn the page on the past.”The organization, Americans for Prosperity, has stayed out of the last two presidential cycles but has concluded it needs to engage now as Mr. Trump mounts his third consecutive White House run. The memo released Sunday doesn’t mention the former president by name but is unambiguous in its purpose.

☆ Koch network looking to back a new GOP presidential nominee in 2024 and 'turn the page' on Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The donor network created by Charles Koch seeks to boost its role in the GOP presidential primaries. The message is seen as a veiled swipe at Trump, who is running for the GOP nomination in 2024. However, the network has largely stayed out of presidential primaries after identifying five approved candidates in 2015, all of whom ultimately fell to Trump the next year. While the Koch network disagreed with Trump on his implementation of trade tariffs during his White House tenure, it did work with the administration on criminal justice reform efforts. Nikki Haley of South Carolina is expected to enter the race on February 15, but at the moment, Trump remains the only major declared candidate seeking the GOP presidential nomination.

☆ Koch-backed group AFP ready to back new Republican candidate
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The group, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), has not previously supported candidates in presidential elections but said in the memo the best thing for the country would be to have a president in 2025 who "represents a new chapter." "The Republican Party is nominating bad candidates who are advocating for things that go against core American principles. This means the country is in a downward spiral, with both parties reinforcing the bad behavior of theother." Former president Trump is so far the only announced Republican candidate, although former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is expected to kick off her campaign for the nomination this month. Reporting by Rahat Sandhu in Bengaluru; Editing by David HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Koch unit Georgia-Pacific used a corporate bankruptcy maneuver known as the Texas two-step, forming a new Texas subsidiary, Bestwall, that took on the company's asbestos liability. The latest court documents, filed on Wednesday, provide new detail about how Koch has benefited from the case. Koch has received more than $5 billion since Bestwall filed for bankruptcy in 2017. Representatives for New Georgia-Pacific and Koch Industries did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. New Georgia-Pacific's shareholder equity is forecast to be about $27.8 billion after accounting for the Koch dividends, according to the Wednesday court filing.

☆ 2022 was the year the Overconfidence Man fell back to earth
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Maureen Tkacik | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Naturally, Elon Musk, the platonic ideal of the peculiar self-aggrandizing, self-parodying personality type that thrived during the Trump years and peaked during the pandemic, tops this list. By 2022, the media had pronounced him variously the next Warren Buffett, J.P. Morgan and Charles Koch. "bye bye @trussliz Congrats to lettuce", tweeted Putin's one-time stand-in Dmitry Medvedev, to which Elon Musk could not resist replying, "pretty good troll tbh." Elon Musk speaks at the 2020 Satellite Conference and Exhibition in March 2020. Elon MuskIt's weird to recall now that Elon Musk once seemed like, graded on the billionaire curve anyway, a net positive for a cursed American society.

☆ Biden's student-loan forgiveness could be delayed as lawsuits mount. Here's where 6 major cases stand.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Biden's student-loan forgiveness is facing at least six lawsuits from conservative groups. The administration faces at least six major lawsuits seeking to halt Biden's debt relief plan. For now, borrowers can still continue applying for debt relief on the studentaid.gov website that will close in December 2023. On September 27, the Pacific Legal Foundation — a conservative nonprofit legal organization — helmed the first major lawsuit against Biden's debt relief. On October 19, WILL asked the Supreme Court to halt Biden's debt relief will waiting for a decision on its appeal.

☆ Koch-backed think tank is suing Biden's student-loan forgiveness, arguing it undermines their hiring efforts by relieving debt for public servants
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Koch-backed Cato Institute just filed a lawsuit seeking to block Biden's student-loan forgiveness. The think tank said that the relief will hurt their hiring efforts by undermining public servant loan forgivenessThis is at least the sixth major conservative lawsuit filed attempting to block debt cancellation. As a nonprofit organization, Cato's case claims that canceling student debt broadly for federal borrowers would remove the appeal of PSLF and stunt recruiting efforts. Biden and his administration remain adamant they have the standing to carry out this debt relief. The administration has not yet commented on Cato's suit and recommends borrowers continue to apply for debt relief before payments resume early next year.

Bill și Melinda Gates au anunțat pe 3 mai că se vor separa după 27 de ani e căsnicie. Anunțul a fost făcut de cei doi în postări identice pe rețelele sociale, dar asta nu înseamnă că încă și locuiau împreună. „Este locul perfect în care Bill să se poată ascunde de oricine care vrea să-i pună întrebări despre divorț și pretinsele sale legături cu Epstein”, a mai declarat sursa. Potrivit Forbes, vila cu șase dormitoare din cadrul The Vintage Club, din apropierea Indian Wells, în 1999 pentru suma de 12,5 milioane de dolari. Chiar dacă vestea că Bill și Melinda Gates divorțează a șocat lumea, se pare că Melinda începuse să se întâlnească cu avocaţi specializaţi în divorţuri încă din 2019 în vederea separării de soţul ei.

Persons: Bill, Melinda Gates, ., Jennifer Gates, Epstein, Forbes, Charles Koch, Philip Anschutz, Dennis Washington, Melinda Gates divorțează, Melinda Organizations: Page Six, Microsoft, Indian Wells Locations: Indian, Statele Unite

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