The Alinskyites are just looking for more targets. Their taking potshots at the TEA Party all the time is getting old.
If you fund Freedom you are a target.
Notice how evil people call good people evil. Look in the mirror Harry Reid if you want to see evil.
Not that the truth matters.
And then there was that Debunk WaPo article that claimed the Koch brothers owned major Canadian Oil Sands leases: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/03/washington-post-falls-for-left-wing-fraud-embarrasses-itself.php
Yeah.. but the Koch Bros are evil -
$15 million to New York-Presbyterians Weill Cornell Medical Center
$30 million to Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
$25 million to the Hospital for Special Surgery
$20 million to a dinosaur exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
$65 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
$100 million to the Lincoln Center theater that is home to the New York City Ballet and the New York City Opera.
(Source: New York Post)
Rank | Organization | Total '89-'14 | Dem % | Repub % | Tilt |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ActBlue | $97,433,753 | 99% | 0% | |
2 | American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees | $60,949,129 | 81% | 1% | |
3 | National Education Assn | $58,587,238 | 56% | 4% | |
4 | AT&T Inc | $56,772,482 | 41% | 57% | |
5 | National Assn of Realtors | $51,431,322 | 44% | 47% | |
6 | Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | $45,162,930 | 92% | 2% | |
7 | Goldman Sachs | $44,957,516 | 53% | 44% | |
8 | United Auto Workers | $41,665,653 | 71% | 0% | |
9 | Carpenters & Joiners Union | $39,800,371 | 74% | 9% | |
10 | Service Employees International Union | $38,454,790 | 84% | 2% | |
11 | Laborers Union | $37,929,860 | 84% | 7% | |
12 | American Federation of Teachers | $36,718,575 | 89% | 0% | |
13 | Teamsters Union | $36,155,707 | 88% | 5% | |
14 | Communications Workers of America | $36,073,135 | 87% | 0% | |
15 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | $34,577,982 | 48% | 51% | |
16 | United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $33,876,350 | 86% | 0% | |
17 | United Parcel Service | $32,469,632 | 35% | 64% | |
18 | Citigroup Inc | $32,346,892 | 48% | 50% | |
19 | National Auto Dealers Assn | $32,136,910 | 31% | 68% | |
20 | American Bankers Assn | $31,365,002 | 36% | 63% | |
21 | EMILY's List | $31,362,908 | 98% | 0% | |
22 | Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union | $31,356,147 | 98% | 1% | |
23 | AFL-CIO | $30,981,527 | 61% | 3% | |
24 | American Medical Assn | $30,028,079 | 40% | 59% | |
25 | Microsoft Corp | $29,394,945 | 55% | 43% | |
26 | National Beer Wholesalers Assn | $29,240,010 | 35% | 64% | |
27 | Blue Cross/Blue Shield | $28,845,378 | 36% | 63% | |
28 | General Electric | $28,031,423 | 47% | 51% | |
29 | National Assn of Home Builders | $27,583,880 | 34% | 65% | |
30 | Lockheed Martin | $27,459,523 | 42% | 56% | |
31 | Bank of America | $27,010,428 | 41% | 57% | |
32 | National Assn of Letter Carriers | $26,211,359 | 84% | 9% | |
33 | Morgan Stanley | $26,096,380 | 42% | 56% | |
34 | Verizon Communications | $25,552,735 | 40% | 58% | |
35 | Deloitte LLP | $25,198,883 | 35% | 63% | |
36 | Time Warner | $24,496,722 | 72% | 25% | |
37 | Plumbers & Pipefitters Union | $24,405,648 | 84% | 4% | |
38 | Newsweb Corp | $24,387,371 | 41% | 0% | |
39 | Credit Union National Assn | $24,270,155 | 47% | 51% | |
40 | Altria Group | $23,886,398 | 28% | 71% | |
41 | Ernst & Young | $23,350,168 | 42% | 57% | |
42 | Operating Engineers Union | $23,228,173 | 82% | 14% | |
43 | American Hospital Assn | $23,071,901 | 52% | 46% | |
44 | International Assn of Fire Fighters | $23,002,060 | 79% | 16% | |
45 | Sheet Metal Workers Union | $22,554,778 | 95% | 2% | |
46 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | $22,529,796 | 35% | 64% | |
47 | American Dental Assn | $21,940,258 | 44% | 54% | |
48 | Boeing Co | $21,664,282 | 46% | 52% | |
49 | UBS AG | $21,463,722 | 40% | 58% | |
50 | Comcast Corp | $20,736,760 | 57% | 42% | |
51 | AFLAC Inc | $19,862,059 | 43% | 56% | |
52 | National Rifle Assn | $19,819,553 | 17% | 82% | |
53 | Pfizer Inc | $19,817,239 | 35% | 64% | |
54 | Air Line Pilots Assn | $19,782,547 | 82% | 17% | |
55 | Northrop Grumman | $19,758,351 | 42% | 57% | |
56 | Union Pacific Corp | $19,711,718 | 27% | 72% | |
57 | Honeywell International | $19,592,047 | 44% | 54% | |
58 | Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors | $19,355,124 | 41% | 58% | |
59 | Koch Industries | $18,139,448 | 8% | 91% | |
60 | American Postal Workers Union | $18,071,408 | 86% | 2% | |
61 | FedEx Corp | $17,717,593 | 39% | 60% | |
62 | American Assn for Justice | $17,714,358 | 81% | 3% | |
63 | Ironworkers Union | $17,482,940 | 92% | 6% | |
64 | Club for Growth | $17,425,010 | 0% | 95% | |
65 | Credit Suisse Group | $17,269,890 | 41% | 57% | |
66 | United Transportation Union | $17,198,250 | 87% | 11% | |
67 | Raytheon Co | $17,059,996 | 44% | 55% | |
68 | New York Life Insurance | $17,000,487 | 49% | 50% | |
69 | General Dynamics | $16,714,927 | 46% | 53% | |
70 | National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn | $16,710,813 | 47% | 52% | |
71 | United Steelworkers | $16,566,444 | 98% | 0% | |
72 | Akin, Gump et al | $16,540,037 | 61% | 37% | |
73 | National Air Traffic Controllers Assn | $16,081,050 | 78% | 20% | |
74 | American Institute of CPAs | $16,052,055 | 41% | 58% | |
75 | Chevron | $15,868,664 | 19% | 64% | |
76 | Anheuser-Busch | $15,718,463 | 47% | 51% | |
77 | Reynolds American | $15,583,198 | 22% | 77% | |
78 | National Cable & Telecommunications Assn | $15,551,560 | 47% | 52% | |
79 | Exxon Mobil | $15,256,487 | 13% | 85% | |
80 | KPMG LLP | $15,192,828 | 34% | 65% | |
81 | Wal-Mart Stores | $14,998,099 | 32% | 67% | |
82 | DLA Piper | $14,925,792 | 68% | 31% | |
83 | Merrill Lynch | $14,864,717 | 37% | 62% | |
84 | GlaxoSmithKline | $14,647,293 | 30% | 69% | |
85 | CSX Corp | $14,400,761 | 34% | 65% | |
86 | Walt Disney Co | $14,141,782 | 68% | 30% | |
87 | News Corp | $14,067,983 | 58% | 41% | |
88 | American Financial Group | $13,986,255 | 15% | 73% | |
89 | Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America | $13,841,700 | 34% | 64% | |
90 | American Health Care Assn | $13,807,478 | 51% | 48% | |
91 | Wells Fargo | $13,686,673 | 36% | 62% | |
92 | Associated Builders & Contractors | $13,665,082 | 1% | 98% | |
93 | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance | $13,629,254 | 38% | 60% | |
94 | University of California | $13,613,133 | 89% | 9% | |
95 | American Crystal Sugar | $13,443,709 | 62% | 37% | |
96 | American Society of Anesthesiologists | $13,385,537 | 41% | 58% | |
97 | WPP Group | $13,260,747 | 53% | 45% | |
98 | Southern Co | $13,103,439 | 28% | 70% | |
99 | Prudential Financial | $13,097,716 | 49% | 50% | |
100 | National Restaurant Assn | $12,621,431 | 16% | 83% | |
101 | Securities Industry & Financial Mkt Assn | $12,451,748 | 40% | 59% | |
102 | Human Rights Campaign | $12,227,659 | 89% | 8% | |
103 | American Optometric Assn | $12,142,933 | 57% | 41% | |
104 | MetLife Inc | $12,064,711 | 51% | 47% | |
105 | Home Depot | $11,953,260 | 25% | 74% | |
106 | American Academy of Ophthalmology | $11,940,708 | 50% | 49% | |
107 | Natl Active & Retired Fed Employees Assn | $11,802,200 | 78% | 21% | |
108 | Saban Capital Group | $11,715,072 | 89% | 0% | |
109 | Eli Lilly & Co | $11,653,605 | 31% | 67% | |
110 | United Technologies | $11,635,694 | 45% | 52% | |
111 | General Motors | $11,382,472 | 38% | 60% | |
112 | Associated General Contractors | $11,313,897 | 14% | 85% | |
113 | National Assn of Broadcasters | $11,290,655 | 44% | 55% | |
114 | Painters & Allied Trades Union | $11,279,480 | 85% | 12% | |
115 | American Maritime Officers | $11,072,831 | 46% | 53% | |
116 | UST Inc | $10,930,093 | 22% | 77% | |
117 | Ford Motor Co | $10,857,519 | 39% | 60% | |
118 | Skadden, Arps et al | $10,738,441 | 77% | 22% | |
119 | BellSouth Corp | $10,681,784 | 43% | 56% | |
120 | Exelon Corp | $10,597,720 | 43% | 56% | |
121 | AIG | $10,549,871 | 49% | 50% | |
122 | Seafarers International Union | $10,493,915 | 83% | 16% | |
123 | Independent Community Bankers of America | $10,440,535 | 42% | 57% | |
124 | National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare | $10,414,606 | 82% | 17% | |
125 | Amway/Alticor Inc | $10,400,413 | 0% | 97% | |
126 | Freddie Mac | $10,295,909 | 43% | 56% | |
127 | MBNA Corp | $10,282,913 | 16% | 83% | |
128 | Patton Boggs LLP | $10,164,706 | 72% | 27% | |
129 | American Airlines | $10,107,131 | 43% | 55% | |
130 | American Trucking Assns | $9,989,648 | 27% | 72% | |
131 | Blackstone Group | $9,903,753 | 45% | 51% | |
132 | American Physical Therapy Assn | $9,833,983 | 49% | 50% | |
133 | Lehman Brothers | $9,711,364 | 52% | 46% | |
134 | National Fedn of Independent Business | $9,640,533 | 6% | 93% | |
135 | Amalgamated Transit Union | $9,571,618 | 93% | 6% | |
136 | Greenberg Traurig LLP | $9,567,253 | 62% | 37% | |
137 | Transport Workers Union | $9,549,899 | 95% | 4% | |
138 | American Council of Life Insurers | $9,470,228 | 38% | 61% | |
139 | Harvard University | $9,456,565 | 87% | 12% | |
140 | Archer Daniels Midland | $9,411,817 | 42% | 57% | |
141 | Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn | $9,377,913 | 43% | 56% | |
142 | Fannie Mae | $9,140,477 | 53% | 46% | |
143 | National Rural Letter Carriers Assn | $9,059,600 | 71% | 27% | |
144 | Wachovia Corp | $8,575,944 | 30% | 69% | |
145 | National Cmte for an Effective Congress | $8,447,690 | 99% | 0% | |
146 | Interpublic Group | $8,272,933 | 65% | 33% | |
147 | Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn | $8,177,679 | 73% | 25% | |
148 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | $7,943,399 | 23% | 76% | |
149 | MCI Inc | $7,659,226 | 45% | 54% | |
150 | Bear Stearns | $7,280,973 | 55% | 43% | |
151 | BP | $6,922,020 | 30% | 69% | |
152 | Enron Corp | $6,544,528 | 28% | 71% | |
153 | Andersen | $6,267,045 | 37% | 62% | |
154 | Vivendi | $6,048,917 | 60% | 33% | |
155 | MGM Resorts International | $5,906,055 | 45% | 47% | |
156 | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp | $5,089,791 | 39% | 60% |
I’m not a fan of the tactic of trying to deflect attacks about a company/organization/person’s main business by playing up unrelated charitable activities. There is nothing wrong with their main business activities, making profits, or supporting political candidates. There is all manner of something wrong with the senate majority leader effectively accusing the Kochs of sedition from the senate floor. If a political party will stoop to this level to defame wealthy citizens who have the means to fight back, what do you think they will do with us nobodies who can’t afford a full page ad in the new york times.
There are 4 Koch brothers. They give tons of money to democrats.
As if we didn’t already have plenty of reasons to detest Harry Reid! Now it appears he is an anti-Semite, too.
In certain Circles of the Insane you may have seen that smear financier George Soros (Dr. Evil) is actually described as a “philanthropist” as well.