Tag Archives: Americans For Prosperity

The Washington Post reports: Americans for Prosperity, the organization backed by conservative billionaire Charles Koch, will stop its spending in support of Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign, officials with the group said Sunday. The organization — the Koch network’s flagship political group that set out last year to put its weight behind a Donald Trump opponent in 2024 — announced the …

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday that, on paper, are about a group of commercial fishermen who oppose a government fee that they consider unreasonable. But the lawyers who have helped to propel their case to the nation’s highest court have a far more powerful backer: the petrochemicals billionaire Charles Koch. …

Bloomberg News reports: A super political action committee with close ties to billionaire donor Charles Koch has spent $4 million on Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley, with more spending planned in the coming weeks. The money has gone to canvassing in early voting states and advertising in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia, according to …

Bloomberg News reports: A super political action committee with close ties to billionaire Charles Koch raised $78 million in the first half of 2023, money the group is using to try and prevent former President Donald Trump from becoming the Republican nominee. Americans for Prosperity Action received the bulk of its funding from two $25 million donations, according to its …

The New York Times reports: 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 …

CNBC reports: Americans For Prosperity, 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. Koch, who’s worth more than $60 billion, and his network notched several wins …

CNN reports: The deep-pocketed network associated with billionaire Charles Koch is preparing to throw its money and weight behind a single Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential primary – in a move that could significantly reshape the GOP field. Americans for Prosperity Action, the main political arm of the Koch network, “is prepared to support a candidate in the Republican …

The right wing Washington Examiner reports: Tim Phillips has resigned as the president of Americans for Prosperity after the Koch-backed conservative organization made clear he was no longer welcome following an internal investigation into unspecified personal impropriety. Americans for Prosperity is the well-funded grassroots and voter turnout arm of the Koch network of political and policy groups, and Phillips was …

The New York Post reports: It’s good to be David and Julia Koch. New York’s richest couple just bought an Upper East Side mansion on a whim — for $40 million in cash, sources told The Post. They came upon the 15,000-square-foot home when they visited a ritzy decorator show house earlier this summer. The Kochs liked the stately mansion …

Via the New York Times: Behind closed doors at David Koch’s Upper East Side apartment Friday night, Gov. Chris Christie told conservative donors that he has shed 85 pounds since undergoing weight loss surgery last year. The governor’s appearance – inside Mr. Koch’s sprawling 18-room duplex – was strictly off limits to the press, but a guest told us that …

“Americans For Prosperity” is an astroturf group invented by the multi-billionaire Koch Brothers.

Last night Rachel Maddow tore into the president of the anti-Obama astroturf group Americans For Prosperity, who refused to say where his funding really comes from.

Last night Rachel tore in to the lying wingnuts group, Americans For Prosperity. Their own words hang them.

Americans For Prosperity is an astroturf organization, one that poses as being comprised of “grassroots” individuals, but is actually largely funded by corporations opposed to reforms that would hurt their profitability.