>>> in the current issue of moth"mother jones" magazine, ou guest, andy crowell, has a feature about family of billionaire richard devos senior, and current chairman of the orlando magic ownership group. according to crowell, since 1970, devos family members have invested at least $200 million on a host of right-wing causes, think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. they spent $44 million alone in michigan just in the past 17 years, and it's borne fruit. the devos family helped make michigan a state synonymous with the power of organized labor a right-to-work state. crowell reports that, quote, like his father, dick devos jr. sees organized labor as an enemy of freedom and union leaders as violent thugs who have an almost pathological obsession to power. but while devos sr. simply invade against unions, dick took the fight to them directly, orchestrating a major defeat for the unions in the cradle of the modern labor movement. joining us from washington is andy crowell, staff reporter at mother jones, and also a michigan n