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Bought and Paid For: The Truth About Political Appointments Graham Elwood

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Channel: Graham Elwood · 2017 · News & Politics

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Bought and Paid For: The Truth About Political Appointments Graham Elwood

In this video, Graham Elwood examines an investigative report from the International Business Times and Public Citizen submitted by Patreon supporter Tim Stack, detailing how the billionaire Koch brothers effectively bought the Trump administration—installing over 44 network operatives, corporate lobbyists, and Koch-funded academics across federal agencies, the EPA, and the Department of Energy while weaponising university endowments to dismantle public regulations.
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📚 Sources & Further Reading:
1. International Business Times - Koch Network & Trump Administration Appointees: https://www.ibtimes.com/
2. Public Citizen – Report on Koch Operatives in the Federal Government: https://www.citizen.org/
3. Wikipedia - Political activities of the Koch brothers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_brothers
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In this video I discuss the following: 
✅ Donald Trump's campaign tweets attacking the Koch network vs. staffing his cabinet with Koch operatives
✅ Public Citizen identifying 44 Trump administration officials tied to Koch Industries and Cato Institute
✅ The Koch network's four-decade plan to control academia and fund think tanks to manufacture policy
✅ Placing renewable energy opponents and fossil fuel lobbyists in charge of the EPA and Energy Department
✅ Chris Hedges on the corporate takeover of higher education and the death of independent critical thought

⏳ Timestamps: 
00:00 - Introduction & Trump's Campaign Rhetoric on the Koch Brothers
01:45 - Mike Pence & Koch Infiltration of the Trump Administration
03:05 - The Corporate Coup of Higher Education (Chris Hedges)
04:10 - Public Citizen Report: 44 Koch-Connected Officials
05:25 - The Koch "Structure of Social Change" & University Funding
07:10 - Richard Fink & Packaging Free-Market Ideology
08:20 - Koch Appointees in Government: William Beach & Labour Statistics
09:10 - EPA Capture & Neomi Rao's Deregulation Agenda
10:35 - Opponents of Renewable Energy Running the Dept of Energy
11:50 - Reclaiming Higher Education & Support The Vigilante

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