Mark Maynard | Koch Industries

Oily, environmentally toxic pyramid of greed being erected in Detroit by the Koch brothers

By Mark | May 19, 2013

For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of traveling along the Detroit River lately, there’s apparently a new landmark on the Motor City waterfront – a three-story tall pile of petroleum coke, which covers an entire city block. According to a report in today’s New York Times, we have libertarian industrialists Charles and […]

Posted in Detroit, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alberta, Ambassador Bridge, Andy Hartz, Canada, carbon emissions, Charles Koch, China, CO2, Coke, corporatocracy, David Koch, Detroit River, Gary Peters, global climate change, Global Warming, John Conyers, Ken Boyd, Kerry Satterthwaite, Keystone XL pipeline, Koch brothers, lame duck, Libertarianism, Lorne Stockman, Marathon Petroleum, Matty Moroun, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, oil, Oil Change International, oil sands, petcoke, petroleum coke, Pure Michigan, right-to-work, tar sands | 35 Comments

Koch brothers, with Citizens United behind them, announce their intention to buy election

By Mark | June 1, 2012

According to a new report in Politico, the Koch brothers, through their various front organizations, are set to funnel $400 million of their personal wealth into this year’s presidential campaign. It’s an absolutely staggering amount. To put it in context, these two men will be investing more than John McCain raised during the course of […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Free Speech, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2008, Ben Cohen, Bernie Sanders, Brawny paper towels, buying elections, campaign finance reform, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate takeover of politics, corporations are not people, corporatocracy, disclose act, election reform, get the money out of Washington, John McCain, Koch brothers, money as free speech, money in politics, Move to Amend, Quilted Northern, RootStrike, Saving American Democracy Amendment, Supreme Court, toilet paper | 22 Comments

Michigan’s prison industrial complex

By Mark | March 22, 2011

I’ve been thinking about Michigan prisons quite a bit lately. It seems as though, all of a sudden, the subject is everywhere… The University of Michigan’s annual exhibition of art by Michigan prisoners opened today. There’s an article on the Daily Kos this evening about how, under Governor Snyder’s Emergency Financial Manager plan, non-elected officials […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Economics, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, corrections, Great Lakes States, junkets, Koch brothers, Michigan general fund, minimum required sentence, parole, prison art, Prison Creative Arts Project, prison industrial complex, prison reform, prison sentences, privatization, Rebekah Warren, tethers, tough on crime, University of Michigan | 26 Comments

The Koch brothers, their plans for the public utilities of Wisconsin, and whether Michigan might be next

By Mark | February 24, 2011

By now you’ve probably heard that Wisconsin’s union-busing governor, Scott Walker, got fooled into taking a call with a degenerate blogger posing as conservative billionaire activist David Koch. The call, which can be heard in its entirety on the Buffalo Beast website, is interesting for a few reasons. First, Walker confesses to having thought about […]

Posted in Michigan, Other, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged Brian Sadoval, Budget Repair Bill, Buffalo Beast, buying elections, campaign finance reform, campaign funding, collective bargaining, crony capitalism, David Koch, Florida, get the money out of Washington, John Kasich, Koch brothers, Nevada, Ohio, prank calls, privatization, public employee unions, public utilities, Republican Governors Association, Rick Scott, Rick Snyder, Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, union busting, Wisconsin | 20 Comments

Wisconsin’s attack against the working class, and the role of the Koch brothers

By Mark | February 22, 2011

The weirdness is apparently continuing in Wisconsin. From what I can tell, the public employee unions have indicated a willingness to negotiate pay and benefit cuts. The Governor, however, has refused to take them up on the offer, choosing instead to pursue the elimination of their right to bargain collectively. So, if there are still […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Americans for Prosperity, Build a statue of Robocop in Detroit, collective bargaining, conspiracy theories, Gordon Hintz, Heavenly Touch Massage Parlor, Koch brothers, labor history, Lee Fang, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, MacIver Institute, Margaret Farrow, Michele Grebe, Nancy MacLean, Palin Truth Squad, public employee unions, restricting the internet, Scott Walker, sexual misconduct, shutting down the internet, tea party, the growing gap between rich and poor, there is a stench in this body, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class, transparency, UAW, union busting, Walter Reuther, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, WisconsinEye, workers rights | 21 Comments

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Oily, environmentally toxic pyramid of greed being erected in Detroit by the Koch brothers

Koch brothers, with Citizens United behind them, announce their intention to buy election

Michigan’s prison industrial complex

The Koch brothers, their plans for the public utilities of Wisconsin, and whether Michigan might be next

Wisconsin’s attack against the working class, and the role of the Koch brothers

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