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From Public Citizen's Corporate Presidency site: "44 Trump administration officials have close ties to the Koch brothers and their network of political groups, particularly Vice President Mike Pence, White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney."
Dark Money author Jane Mayer on The Dangers of President Pence, New Yorker, Oct. 23 issue on-line
Can Time Inc. Survive the Kochs? November 28, 2017 By Jane Mayer
..."This year, among the Kochs’ aims is to spend a projected four hundred million dollars in contributions from themselves and a small group of allied conservative donors they have assembled, to insure Republican victories in the 2018 midterm elections. Ordinarily, political reporters for Time magazine would chronicle this blatant attempt by the Kochs and their allies to buy political influence in the coming election cycle. Will they feel as free to do so now?"...
"Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America" see: our site, and George Monbiot's essay on this key book by historian Nancy MacLean.
Full interview with The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer March 29, 2017, Democracy Now! about her article, "The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency: How Robert Mercer Exploited America’s Populist Insurgency."
Democracy Now! Special Broadcast from the Women's March on Washington
The Economics of Happiness -- shorter version
Local Futures offers a free 19-minute abridged version of its award-winning documentary film The Economics of Happiness. It "brings us voices of hope of in a time of crisis." www.localfutures.org.
What's New?
July 08, 2008
‘Because I am a girl: the state of the world’s girls 2008’
"This report examines the state of girls in conflict situations around the world and looks at what happens to them before, during and after the war. In their words, “We want more opportunities to take part in making decisions that affect us... We do not want to be called in when you have already made the decisions. We want to work hand in hand with you.”
"It is aimed at all those who have a duty of care for young women – particularly those in power who have the responsibility to ensure that girls survive, are protected, can realise their potential, and are able to participate in decisions made about their lives. Nearly every country in the world has agreed that girls should have these rights, by ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and yet they continue to be ignored and deprived of their rights on a daily basis, especially – but not only – in conflict situations.
The report is part of Plan’s campaign to fight gender inequality, promote girls’ rights and lift millions of girls out of poverty.
To download: http://www.plan-international.org/resources/publications/childrights/biaag2008/
Source: WIDE June newsletter, download pdf:
http://62.149.193.10/wide/download/2008_News_6.pdf?id=643