Connor Gibson
@grassrootbeer.bsky.social
Contract opposition researcher specialized in climate denial, fossil fuel lobbying, PR, front groups, and the Kochtopus. Blogs at Grassrootbeer Investigations: https://grassrootbeer.substack.com/p/grassrootbeer-investigations
This is how Fox News attempts to Goebbels the Trump/Epstein news: crime & racist headlines up top, then Clinton/Epstein waaaaay below the fold.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
September 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is how Fox News attempts to Goebbels the Trump/Epstein news: crime & racist headlines up top, then Clinton/Epstein waaaaay below the fold.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
And then, a tiny podcast link at the very very bottom, obscured by the much larger "We Don't Deserve Trump."
Exactly. Nobody deserves a pedo president.
Did you know I make music? UNIVERSE COMPLETE is on Bandcamp & all streaming platforms!
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
June 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Did you know I make music? UNIVERSE COMPLETE is on Bandcamp & all streaming platforms!
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
linktr.ee/UniverseComp...
It's a gritty #desertrock album written, performed, recorded, mixed & mastered by Chas Storrow + me.
Teaser vid shows the "studio" we recorded in.
#music #rock #taos #denver
*checks notes* Charles Koch's groups gave $1.6 million to the Alliance Defending Freedom from 2020 - 2023.
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
June 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
*checks notes* Charles Koch's groups gave $1.6 million to the Alliance Defending Freedom from 2020 - 2023.
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
ADF is egregiously hateful. Mr. Mild Midwestern Manners is comfy with white christian supremacy.
@yessfun.com & @emorwee.bsky.social have moar here
@tesla-takedown.bsky.social relevant:
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
May 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@tesla-takedown.bsky.social relevant:
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
Musk/DOGE is basically doing what the Koch bros attempted for decades: abolish most federal agencies, reduce the government to a "night watchman" to protect the property of the rich.
newrepublic.com/article/1548...
www.emporiagazette.com/opinion/edit...
Meanwhile, Chase Koch is dancing on stage with Aloe Blacc on Good Morning America and taking photos with Killer Mike, earning favorable press.
The Koch nonprofits that predominantly focus on real charity (no overlap with their policy/politics) is 4.5% of their total spending.
4.5 / 100 is charity.
The Koch nonprofits that predominantly focus on real charity (no overlap with their policy/politics) is 4.5% of their total spending.
4.5 / 100 is charity.
May 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Meanwhile, Chase Koch is dancing on stage with Aloe Blacc on Good Morning America and taking photos with Killer Mike, earning favorable press.
The Koch nonprofits that predominantly focus on real charity (no overlap with their policy/politics) is 4.5% of their total spending.
4.5 / 100 is charity.
The Koch nonprofits that predominantly focus on real charity (no overlap with their policy/politics) is 4.5% of their total spending.
4.5 / 100 is charity.
#Koch nonprofit money becomes for-profit revenue:
Koch's "Stand Together Communications" was paid $345M in contracts by Koch nonprofits since 2018.
$107M of that was paid in 2023.
Most of these entities share the same office building in Arlington, VA.
Koch's "Stand Together Communications" was paid $345M in contracts by Koch nonprofits since 2018.
$107M of that was paid in 2023.
Most of these entities share the same office building in Arlington, VA.
May 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#Koch nonprofit money becomes for-profit revenue:
Koch's "Stand Together Communications" was paid $345M in contracts by Koch nonprofits since 2018.
$107M of that was paid in 2023.
Most of these entities share the same office building in Arlington, VA.
Koch's "Stand Together Communications" was paid $345M in contracts by Koch nonprofits since 2018.
$107M of that was paid in 2023.
Most of these entities share the same office building in Arlington, VA.
"net" = the total after accounting for $715 million Koch orgs spent between themselves.
So the gross spending total exceeded $1.5 billion in 2023. This is the figure you get if you simply total the expenses disclosed on IRS and FEC records.
Screenshot here with some of the nerdy data:
So the gross spending total exceeded $1.5 billion in 2023. This is the figure you get if you simply total the expenses disclosed on IRS and FEC records.
Screenshot here with some of the nerdy data:
May 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"net" = the total after accounting for $715 million Koch orgs spent between themselves.
So the gross spending total exceeded $1.5 billion in 2023. This is the figure you get if you simply total the expenses disclosed on IRS and FEC records.
Screenshot here with some of the nerdy data:
So the gross spending total exceeded $1.5 billion in 2023. This is the figure you get if you simply total the expenses disclosed on IRS and FEC records.
Screenshot here with some of the nerdy data:
Thanks @andrawatkins.bsky.social for having me on for this conversation about the dishonest "debanking" crusade:
open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...
with @shaynaolesiuk.bsky.social, who detailed how the trend overshadows actual problems of discrimination in banking.
#debanking #climate #uspolitics
open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...
with @shaynaolesiuk.bsky.social, who detailed how the trend overshadows actual problems of discrimination in banking.
#debanking #climate #uspolitics
May 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Thanks @andrawatkins.bsky.social for having me on for this conversation about the dishonest "debanking" crusade:
open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...
with @shaynaolesiuk.bsky.social, who detailed how the trend overshadows actual problems of discrimination in banking.
#debanking #climate #uspolitics
open.substack.com/pub/andrawat...
with @shaynaolesiuk.bsky.social, who detailed how the trend overshadows actual problems of discrimination in banking.
#debanking #climate #uspolitics
March 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The "justice" system at work here against my former employer @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social. Many have reported on the problematic jury selection, likely to sympathize with the polluter Energy Transfer.
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/03/05/n...
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
#ImWithGreenpeace
Stop #BigOilBullies
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/03/05/n...
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
#ImWithGreenpeace
Stop #BigOilBullies
March 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The "justice" system at work here against my former employer @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social. Many have reported on the problematic jury selection, likely to sympathize with the polluter Energy Transfer.
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/03/05/n...
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
#ImWithGreenpeace
Stop #BigOilBullies
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/03/05/n...
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
#ImWithGreenpeace
Stop #BigOilBullies
It's worse to see Killer Mike doubling down with the Koch family. He's aware of the criticism:
www.thefader.com/2023/12/08/r...
Charles Koch worked for John Birch Society during the US Civil Rights movement, stole oil from the Osage tribe, etc...FFS.
Mike with Charles Koch's wife & son:
www.thefader.com/2023/12/08/r...
Charles Koch worked for John Birch Society during the US Civil Rights movement, stole oil from the Osage tribe, etc...FFS.
Mike with Charles Koch's wife & son:
March 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It's worse to see Killer Mike doubling down with the Koch family. He's aware of the criticism:
www.thefader.com/2023/12/08/r...
Charles Koch worked for John Birch Society during the US Civil Rights movement, stole oil from the Osage tribe, etc...FFS.
Mike with Charles Koch's wife & son:
www.thefader.com/2023/12/08/r...
Charles Koch worked for John Birch Society during the US Civil Rights movement, stole oil from the Osage tribe, etc...FFS.
Mike with Charles Koch's wife & son:
Here's a piece by Kors in 1999, the year he founded the FIRE.
IMO, it has some classic white supremacist dog whistles about defending "Western Civilization" from "barbarians at the gates" aka "multiculturalists" ... as cited in the book:
phillysoc.org/kors-did-wes...
IMO, it has some classic white supremacist dog whistles about defending "Western Civilization" from "barbarians at the gates" aka "multiculturalists" ... as cited in the book:
phillysoc.org/kors-did-wes...
March 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Here's a piece by Kors in 1999, the year he founded the FIRE.
IMO, it has some classic white supremacist dog whistles about defending "Western Civilization" from "barbarians at the gates" aka "multiculturalists" ... as cited in the book:
phillysoc.org/kors-did-wes...
IMO, it has some classic white supremacist dog whistles about defending "Western Civilization" from "barbarians at the gates" aka "multiculturalists" ... as cited in the book:
phillysoc.org/kors-did-wes...
FIRE was set up by Alan Kors, while he was affiliated with Charles Koch's Institute for Humane Studies.
As detailed in the book "Free Speech and Koch Money" by Ralph Wilson and Isaac Kamola:
As detailed in the book "Free Speech and Koch Money" by Ralph Wilson and Isaac Kamola:
March 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
FIRE was set up by Alan Kors, while he was affiliated with Charles Koch's Institute for Humane Studies.
As detailed in the book "Free Speech and Koch Money" by Ralph Wilson and Isaac Kamola:
As detailed in the book "Free Speech and Koch Money" by Ralph Wilson and Isaac Kamola:
Note the FIRE's rules about civil disobedience...attempting to be the arbiters of protest conduct, and portraying anti-genocide activists as particularly violent.
The FIRE was silent about the hate crime that got Jonathan Yudelman canned at Arizona State, I'll note.
None of this is surprising...🧵
The FIRE was silent about the hate crime that got Jonathan Yudelman canned at Arizona State, I'll note.
None of this is surprising...🧵
March 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Note the FIRE's rules about civil disobedience...attempting to be the arbiters of protest conduct, and portraying anti-genocide activists as particularly violent.
The FIRE was silent about the hate crime that got Jonathan Yudelman canned at Arizona State, I'll note.
None of this is surprising...🧵
The FIRE was silent about the hate crime that got Jonathan Yudelman canned at Arizona State, I'll note.
None of this is surprising...🧵
Tax cuts were the "top" priority for KochWorld, a victory:
theintercept.com/2018/02/25/k...
Their game plan:
theintercept.com/2017/07/26/k...
These policies involved Congress as much as Trump. Many (most?) of Trump's sycophants on The Hill are longtime beneficiaries of Koch PAC / AFP Super PAC $$$
theintercept.com/2018/02/25/k...
Their game plan:
theintercept.com/2017/07/26/k...
These policies involved Congress as much as Trump. Many (most?) of Trump's sycophants on The Hill are longtime beneficiaries of Koch PAC / AFP Super PAC $$$
January 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tax cuts were the "top" priority for KochWorld, a victory:
theintercept.com/2018/02/25/k...
Their game plan:
theintercept.com/2017/07/26/k...
These policies involved Congress as much as Trump. Many (most?) of Trump's sycophants on The Hill are longtime beneficiaries of Koch PAC / AFP Super PAC $$$
theintercept.com/2018/02/25/k...
Their game plan:
theintercept.com/2017/07/26/k...
These policies involved Congress as much as Trump. Many (most?) of Trump's sycophants on The Hill are longtime beneficiaries of Koch PAC / AFP Super PAC $$$
The lying entertainer, soon to be our president again, is happy to take Koch's help & talent when it suits him.
His last cabinet had dozens of Koch people in it. @publiccitizen.bsky.social:
www.citizen.org/news/trumps-...
His last cabinet had dozens of Koch people in it. @publiccitizen.bsky.social:
www.citizen.org/news/trumps-...
January 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The lying entertainer, soon to be our president again, is happy to take Koch's help & talent when it suits him.
His last cabinet had dozens of Koch people in it. @publiccitizen.bsky.social:
www.citizen.org/news/trumps-...
His last cabinet had dozens of Koch people in it. @publiccitizen.bsky.social:
www.citizen.org/news/trumps-...
ChatGPT drafting concept images for an upcoming music project. Not quite right, but close.
Universe Complete.
Album out early 2025.
Written, performed, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by two childhood friends from a rural VT town who reconnected in the desert west in our 30’s.
Universe Complete.
Album out early 2025.
Written, performed, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by two childhood friends from a rural VT town who reconnected in the desert west in our 30’s.
December 24, 2024 at 7:53 PM
ChatGPT drafting concept images for an upcoming music project. Not quite right, but close.
Universe Complete.
Album out early 2025.
Written, performed, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by two childhood friends from a rural VT town who reconnected in the desert west in our 30’s.
Universe Complete.
Album out early 2025.
Written, performed, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by two childhood friends from a rural VT town who reconnected in the desert west in our 30’s.
Explosive details confirmed in this @reuters.com investigation @raphae.li:
DCI group was involved in (indirectly) hiring hackers and leaking hacked documents to interfere with climate denial lawsuits against ExxonMobil.
DCI shared the info with Exxon before leaking it.
Exxon paid DCI $10M / year
DCI group was involved in (indirectly) hiring hackers and leaking hacked documents to interfere with climate denial lawsuits against ExxonMobil.
DCI shared the info with Exxon before leaking it.
Exxon paid DCI $10M / year
November 27, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Explosive details confirmed in this @reuters.com investigation @raphae.li:
DCI group was involved in (indirectly) hiring hackers and leaking hacked documents to interfere with climate denial lawsuits against ExxonMobil.
DCI shared the info with Exxon before leaking it.
Exxon paid DCI $10M / year
DCI group was involved in (indirectly) hiring hackers and leaking hacked documents to interfere with climate denial lawsuits against ExxonMobil.
DCI shared the info with Exxon before leaking it.
Exxon paid DCI $10M / year
It's cool you noticed this. Thanks for reading the report!
I wanted to mention this letter from Blundell to Koch, but these threads were already way too yuge.
Here's the letter, another great find by the Corporate Genome Project.
I wanted to mention this letter from Blundell to Koch, but these threads were already way too yuge.
Here's the letter, another great find by the Corporate Genome Project.
November 21, 2024 at 6:58 AM
It's cool you noticed this. Thanks for reading the report!
I wanted to mention this letter from Blundell to Koch, but these threads were already way too yuge.
Here's the letter, another great find by the Corporate Genome Project.
I wanted to mention this letter from Blundell to Koch, but these threads were already way too yuge.
Here's the letter, another great find by the Corporate Genome Project.
Ultimately, they wanted to kill off the EPA's "endangerment finding," in order to preclude any efforts to limits greenhouse gas emissions.
William Happer of the Koch-funded CO2 Coalition was involved, and he's talking about it again.
@scottpwaldman.bsky.social:
www.science.org/content/arti...
William Happer of the Koch-funded CO2 Coalition was involved, and he's talking about it again.
@scottpwaldman.bsky.social:
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 21, 2024 at 6:45 AM
Ultimately, they wanted to kill off the EPA's "endangerment finding," in order to preclude any efforts to limits greenhouse gas emissions.
William Happer of the Koch-funded CO2 Coalition was involved, and he's talking about it again.
@scottpwaldman.bsky.social:
www.science.org/content/arti...
William Happer of the Koch-funded CO2 Coalition was involved, and he's talking about it again.
@scottpwaldman.bsky.social:
www.science.org/content/arti...
Many other Koch-funded organization opposed the BBB package: Alliance Defending Freedom, American Energy Alliance, ALEC, CEI, Goldwater Institute, Heritage [Action], Independent Women’s Forum, Texas Public Policy Foundation...among others:
atr.org/sites/defaul...
atr.org/sites/defaul...
November 21, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Many other Koch-funded organization opposed the BBB package: Alliance Defending Freedom, American Energy Alliance, ALEC, CEI, Goldwater Institute, Heritage [Action], Independent Women’s Forum, Texas Public Policy Foundation...among others:
atr.org/sites/defaul...
atr.org/sites/defaul...
Press releases indicate that Koch's AFP spent at least $12 million dollars advertising against the "Build Back Better" legislative package, and then against the Inflation Reduction Act compromise.
This large expenditure represents several waves of ads that AFP announced:
This large expenditure represents several waves of ads that AFP announced:
November 21, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Press releases indicate that Koch's AFP spent at least $12 million dollars advertising against the "Build Back Better" legislative package, and then against the Inflation Reduction Act compromise.
This large expenditure represents several waves of ads that AFP announced:
This large expenditure represents several waves of ads that AFP announced:
...and the articles are syndicated. The one above was cross-published by the Daily Signal, which is operated by the Koch-funded Heritage Foundation.
Heritage has received millions of dollars from Koch foundations.
It is unclear if Stossel Productions received any financing from Koch since 2019.
Heritage has received millions of dollars from Koch foundations.
It is unclear if Stossel Productions received any financing from Koch since 2019.
November 21, 2024 at 6:16 AM
...and the articles are syndicated. The one above was cross-published by the Daily Signal, which is operated by the Koch-funded Heritage Foundation.
Heritage has received millions of dollars from Koch foundations.
It is unclear if Stossel Productions received any financing from Koch since 2019.
Heritage has received millions of dollars from Koch foundations.
It is unclear if Stossel Productions received any financing from Koch since 2019.
Again, groups in the Koch-founded, Koch-funded, Koch-controlled Stand Together network were involved in the litigation targeting the Chevron doctrine:
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/c...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/c...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
November 21, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Again, groups in the Koch-founded, Koch-funded, Koch-controlled Stand Together network were involved in the litigation targeting the Chevron doctrine:
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/c...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/c...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
SCOTUS dealt Koch another big win this year, dismantling the "Chevron doctrine," as explained by @zteirstein.bsky.social @gristnews.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org:
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/supre...
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/supre...
November 21, 2024 at 5:57 AM
SCOTUS dealt Koch another big win this year, dismantling the "Chevron doctrine," as explained by @zteirstein.bsky.social @gristnews.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org:
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/supre...
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/supre...