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  1. "#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "

    #OligarchCamp
    #BohemianGrove
    #SCOTUS
    #ImpeachClarenceThomas
    #ChevronDoctrine
    #NDRC
    #KochIndustries
    #Oligarchy
    #CorruptSCOTUS
    #SCOTUSIsCompromised
    #Corporatocracy
    #Oiligarchy
    #EnvironmentalProtections
    #BigOilAndGas
    #CorporatePolluters
    #HeritageFoundation
    #ClimateDeniers
    #WaterIsLife
    #AirIsLife

  2. #ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events

    by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
    Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT

    Excerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

    " 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.

    "While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.

    "The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.

    "The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.

    "In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.

    "By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.

    "Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."

    Read more:
    propublica.org/article/clarenc

    #OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife

  3. #Eilnachricht:
    #GeoPol #Eupol #DEpol

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    ...#Trumps veröffentlicht hat.
    Vertreter von #BP, #KochIndustries, #ValeroEnergy, #EnergyTransfer und anderen Herstellern fossiler Brennstoffe werden an der Veranstaltung teilnehmen, die von der #AllianceForResponsibleCitizenship (#ARC) ausgerichtet wird, wie aus einer durchgesickerten Teilnehmerliste hervorgeht, die DeSmog einsehen konnte.

    Die dreitägige Veranstaltung, die von dem konservativen kanadischen Influencer #JordanPeterson einberufen...

  4. #CharlesKoch’s network launches $20m campaign backing Trump #tax breaks
    Revealed: #fossilfuel #billionaire’s #AmericansForProsperity vows ‘herculean undertaking’ to renew and deepen tax cuts
    The donor appeal calls for even bolder tax cuts for corporations that would directly benefit #KochIndustries, the energy and chemicals giant from which most of #AFP’s funding derives.
    It is estimated that the #Kochs have benefited by more than $1bn a year from Trump’s tax cuts.
    theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j

  5. @Eva_RespectExistence
    Dito. Aber ich muss #kochindustries Respekt zollen, mit welcher akribischen Präzision die ihr Netzwerk aufgebaut haben und jede, anscheinend noch so unbedeutende, Umweltinitiative bekämpfen. Erinnert mich sehr an #MerzVerhindern und #soederkannesnicht , mal gespannt, ob auf deren Verbindungen zur #FossilMafia noch eingegangen wird.
    @geist @chrisstoecker

  6. No surprise...!

    Oil and gas lobbying reaches $72 million in first half of 2024

    By Molly Taylor
    August 15, 2024

    "The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers led the oil and gas industry in federal lobbying expenditures in the first half of 2024, marking the first time the trade association outspent the top individual companies in the industry.

    "The trade association, which represents 450 fuel refining and petrochemical companies, leads the oil and gas industry with $8.1 million in federal lobbying expenditures over the first half of 2024. This level of spending marks a shift in influence, as individual oil and gas companies have typically outspent the trade association by millions of dollars.

    "The oil and gas industry altogether spent $72 million on federal lobbying in the first six months of 2024 as the #EPA introduced some of its strongest-ever regulations to reduce #FossilFuel emissions. The industry is on track to exceed last year’s expenditures, which totaled $137 million after adjustment for inflation, and is the fifth-highest lobbying industry of the year.

    "The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers emerged as the top spender after doubling its federal lobbying expenditures from 2022. Between 2016 and 2022, the trade organization spent, on average, $3.4 million annually without adjusting for inflation. In 2023, spending jumped to $6.9 million in 2023.

    "In the first six months of 2024, the American Fuel and #Petrochemical
    Manufacturers has already spent more on federal lobbying than any prior year."

    opensecrets.org/news/2024/08/o

    #AFPM #KochIndustries #KochBrothers #Shell #OccidentalPetroleum #ConocoPhillips #Chevron #ExxonMobil #AmericanPetroleumInstitute #Phillips66 #BigOilAndGas #ExxonKnew #BigOilKnew

  7. Republikanische Staatsanwälte, die eng mit der fossilen Öl- und Gasindustrie verbunden sind, blockieren regelmäßig Klimagesetze - dafür gab zig Millionen Dollar. #KochIndustries #LeonardLeo #Raga

    theguardian.com/us-news/articl

    Eine Gruppe von 28 republikanischen Staatsanwälten hat seit 2020 Millionen von fossilen Brennstoff-Giganten und dunklen Geldquellen erhalten, um #Klimaklagen und #Umweltvorschriften zu blockieren. Diese "Pay-to-Play"-Strategie gefährdet uns alle.

    Mehr Informationen findet ihr beim Center for Media and Democracy:
    exposedbycmd.org/2024/06/13/bi

  8. Charlie Koch is weaponizing school boards and whipping parents into a frenzy. It's evil, and merits FBI investigation! #KochIsEvil #KochIndustries #CKinstitute #CharlesKoch #FBI #GOP #EvilGOP #GOPTraitors

  9. Charlie Koch is weaponizing school boards and whipping parents into a frenzy. It's evil, and merits FBI investigation! #KochIsEvil #KochIndustries #CKinstitute #CharlesKoch #FBI #GOP #EvilGOP #GOPTraitors

  10. In 1989, the newly built Koch network was focused on one tactical goal—derailing the criminal investigation into Koch’s oil gathering operations. #CharlieKoch #KochIsEvil #KochIndustries #CKinstitute #AFPAction #GOPTraitors #GOP

    How an Oil Theft Investigation Laid the Groundwork for the Koch Playbook politico.com/magazine/story/20

  11. Farming advocacy groups urge FTC to investigate planned Koch Industries acquisition of Iowa Fertilizer Company, and prevent monopoly forming in fertilizer production

    #agriculture #monopoly #capitalism #environment #KochIndustries

    morningagclips.com/farm-action