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Kochs, House, and Trump gut voting rights, internet freedom, and clean air with a single bill
. . .The Koch-promoted REINS Act doesn’t futz around with going after one thing at a time, it’s goes after everything, all at once.
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What horrors have the Koch’s “Americans for Prosperity” specifically identified as targets of the REINS Act? Net Neutrality, the Clean Power Plan, and voting rights. Why these three? Because if the Koch brothers can regulate what Americans see on the Internet, and make it hard enough for people to express their will at the polls, it helps them make their money the old-fashioned way—burning the dirtiest fuel available.
As Trump has staffed up his cabinet, any illusions that there’s a difference between the Koch agenda and the Trump agenda have been blown away.
. . .
What horrors have the Koch’s “Americans for Prosperity” specifically identified as targets of the REINS Act? Net Neutrality, the Clean Power Plan, and voting rights. Why these three? Because if the Koch brothers can regulate what Americans see on the Internet, and make it hard enough for people to express their will at the polls, it helps them make their money the old-fashioned way—burning the dirtiest fuel available.
As Trump has staffed up his cabinet, any illusions that there’s a difference between the Koch agenda and the Trump agenda have been blown away.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/1/6/1617638/-House-Republicans-move-to-strip-regulatory-power-from-the-executive-branch
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