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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
..."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

Inauguration 2017 Special Coverage w/ Angela Davis, Naomi Klein, Ralph Nader & More

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?

April 28, 2012

Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control

Tune into Codepink's Drone conference, online. The dangers of drones are discussed, and how they affect not only innocent civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and more, but can be used domestically too, in the US.

The Codepink listserve message from April 28, 2012:

Dear Friend,

If you are unable to join us in Washington, DC for our groundbreaking Drone Summit happening today, Saturday, April 28, make sure to watch all the day's panels online either on USTREAM or livestream!

Find the full schedule of speakers and panels on our website.

Tweet our live stream to your followers and share with your friends on Facebook!

Follow @codepink and @WarDronesOn for live tweeting throughout the day.

Also contribute to the conversation on Twitter by using #DroneSummit, #drones, #targetedkillings, #humanrights and #p2. 

Here are some sample tweets about drones:

Since 9/11 as many as 3,000 ppl have been killed by #drones, including 100s of noncombatants #DroneSummit

 

Did you know #drones can be used for domestic surveillance? #DroneSummit

.@BarackObama carried out 1st #drone strike just 3 days after inauguration #DroneSummit

US has launched drone strikes in #Pakistan, #Somalia & #Yemen, all countries it is not at war with #DroneSummit

In 2000 Pentagon had fewer than 50 aerial #drones; today it has more than 7,500 #DroneSummit

Global spending on research & manufacturing of #drones expected to total $94 billion in next 10 years

#Israel is the world’s leading exporter of #drones, with more than 1,000 sold in 42 countries #DroneSummit

And if you didn't catch Medea Benjamin on Democracy Now yesterday morning with Shahzad Akbar, make sure to check it out!

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