Category Archives: Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy

Call for a new boycott: a guy named Ricketts

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Naomi

Source: A Billionaire Destroyed His Newsrooms Out of Spite – The New York Times Joe Ricketts, the founder of TD Ameritrade whose family owns the Chicago Cubs, is worth more than $2 billion. He is the owner of DNAinfo, a … Continue reading →

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The First Amendment, the Cato Institute and the Koch Bros

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Naomi

The Cato Institute, founded by the Koch Bros, just issued a report “on the state of free speech in the United States.” Actually, since the report was produced by Cato, I should wrap it in “”. Sort of like, “report.” … Continue reading →

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The only “gobbledegook” I’ve spotted is John Roberts

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Naomi

Just in case anybody’s as passionately interested as I am in the Gill v Whitford gerrymandering case before the Supreme Court, I just spotted this fairly gratifying subtlety on SCOTUSBlog: For The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that Chief Justice … Continue reading →

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