and i also had not heard of charles koch. because for most people back then, in 2006, if you were not in the fossil fuel industry -- where his name is well known -- or in the libertarian movement where he's long been the leading funder, you probably had not heard of koch either. in fact, i am a social historian by training, and i look at the history of social movements and their impact on public policy. and what i started to research in 19 -- [laughter] going a little too far back. [laughter] what i started to research in 2006 was actually the story of the state of virginia's response to the brown v. board of education decision. and its massive resistance to brown. and particularly i was interested in the school closures in prince edward county, virginia, that i found the stories about in the archives the american friends service committee. and i was so shocked by that story and embarrassed that i had not known it as a historian of social movements and of the south that i began to research it and quickly found that school vou

casey maddox is senior fellow focusing on toleration and free-speech at the charles koch institute, joined from alliance defending freedom where he served as senior council of the center for academic freedom. he joined adf in 2009, to protect the first amendment rights of students and faculty of public colleges and universities across the nation, there he led a team of attorneys, one of the most active groups of litigators defending first amendment rights on public university campuses. john cohen's legislative and policy director of the foundation for individual rights and education, 2004 graduate of the university of pennsylvania law school where here and his masters in government administration with a former staff attorney for the court of appeals for the third circuit at law clerk in the philadelphia court, joe has demonstrated a career long dedication to the cause of civil liberties, service staff attorney in pennsylvania. in 2010, taught at the university of pennsylvania law school is adjunct professor. just prior to joining fire, joe served as legal director for the aclu affiliates i

the institute is a 501-c-3 organization formed in 1989 from a predecessor directed by charles koch and robert bradley jr. mr. bradley led public policy for enron before its scandal and bankruptcy. he founded the institute and remains its c.e.o. he is also affiliated with a koch-funded cato institute and competitive enterprise institute. the alliance is the institute's political arm, a 501-c-4 organization founded in 2008. the 501-c-4's are political organizations. they don't have to disclose their donors. they can engage in all sorts of politicking and lobbying, and they can spend unlimited amounts of money. the alliance share's office space and staff, including the president with the institute. their joint president is thomas pile who had previously lobbied for koch industries. they receive funding directly and not so directly from the koch brothers. since 2008, one or the other has received funding from the charles koch institute and antigovernment group formed from the charles g. koch charitable foundation, freedom partners called the koch brothers secret bank, a 501-c-6 organizatio

the sundance and hamptons film festivals and last but certainly not the least horrifying is the charles koch foundation an organization that has been accused of strong arming universities it gives grants to by retaining final approval on economic professors and even inventing the positions of white supremacists within universities so do we really think that a bunch of billionaires known for working the system are going to protect a system meant to work for the rest of us. no no probably no because the moment that they all got involved with government and the system of suppose that you look at our government in the yard well we're not going to work and. more about this commission does is like really fascinating to me that the daughter would or independently fix a problem that the people on capitol hill in the mainstream media want to believe we have but really there's no actual identified excuse every offer an excuse as you know he said himself look young zuckerberg and facebook set themselves up for this . to not know that this was going to backfire to not know these things to not know that

we did some polling in march, the charles koch institute. working with gallup, the knight foundation and american council of education, about 53% of students said they preferred diversity and inclusion over free speech. now issue think that's a false choice, first of all. the way you get diversity and inclusion is through free speech. free speech is the way that minorities are actually protected. it's not the enemy of minoritied but it's tell that students would think about it in those terms. if i had cho -- to choose one, 53% would choose do is verity over free speech. 30% of students want restriction on offensive speech. 40% say it's sometimes acceptable to shout down and prevent speakers from speaking. and so with all that it's probably not surprising that 64% of students, only 64% -- the big -- say they think the first amendment is actually safe. which is probably true because only 64% of them steam want to defend the first amendment in the first place. so that seems right. the good news is that there seems to be agreement there's proble

of these elections on facebook looking at some of the funding sources on this one includes the charles kochion. we'll see to what degree it is bipartisan >> i've been looking forward to somebody independent i would have preferred an independent internal prosecutor, but this is something that you want if you're going in front of congress you want to say, we've convened people of all different -- the whole political spectrum this is a great thing to say when they get to congress. fabulous time >> going to foundations. not going to lawyers here. and independent commissions. >> still another step to be taken which is someone who cannot be influenced, but this is -- i think the koch brother thing is very interesting. congress might like that. >> we'll get stock trading with jim in a minute. the dow is up 171. your an amazing machine. especially when inside another amazing machine. the lexus es. with standard technology like lexus safety system plus. the lexus es, and es hybrid. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. you know what's not awesome? gig-speed internet. when only certain people can

charles darwin. it included albert einstein. it included benjamin franklin. it included the late steven hawkings. but in 2010, a heritage fellow who happened to be a former koch foundation associate just so inaccidentally posted a blog on the foundation site titled "the u.s. can learn from u.k.'s global warming reversal." just the very title saying the opposite of what the actual document said. it commented on this blog, on the dramatic reversal of the royal society on climate. but the blog cut and pasted parts of the report to make it say the opposite of what it actually said. ten pages, 48 paragraphs that laid out the impact of climate chaos were edited out in order to mischaracterize the royal society's conclusions. this is the type of truth bending, misrepresentation, and outright lies that the heritage foundation is involved in on behalf of the koch brothers. the report summary even said that the report, quote, shows there is strong evidence -- this is the actual report, not the blog -- strong evidence of earth's warming caused by human activity. the heritage foundation proceeds to say things like the hysteria over global warming is pervasive in the fede