are, yet alone what the koch brothers make, so if they actually wanted to boycott and hit the koch brothers where it hurts in their bottom line, it's unlikely they would have much success by boycotting, say, some of the brands that are under the koch industry's umbrella like dixie paper products or brawny paper towels. those are not associated with the koch brothers. nonetheless, they continue to be nervous about their public image. so this is just one piecemeal step this "wall street journal" editorial that seeks to push back. i would be surprised if we saw a whole lot more of that because, again, they don't have a lot to worry about at this point from these democratic attacks actually hurting them. >> they may not have a lot to worry about at the moment, but harry reid wants people to know about them and know who they are. i want to play you a little bit of sort of the best highlight reel of harry reid's attacks on the koch brothers. take a listen. >> we heard about the evils of obamacare, about the lives it's ruining, and republican stump speeches and ads paid for by oil magnates, the ko

>> well, ed, to answer that question people have got to know what the koch brothers ideology is. d this is what it is. in 1980, david koch ran for vice president of the united states on the libertarian party. here are some of the ideas that they espoused. ending, abolishing social security, medicare and medicaid. ending all form, of taxation. ending funding for public education. terminating the environmental protection agency. cutting back on virtually every program that helps low-income people. so do you think, does anybody think do most americans think it's a great idea to give more tax breaks for billionaires and millionaires at the same time as you decimate every single program that helps the elderly, the children, the middle class, working families and low-income people? you know what, ed, i think there are very few people who believe that makes sense. >> well, if americans don't wake up, these are the people who are going to be running the country. that's what i think consumers really have to come to grips with. and the numbers are the numbers. i started this broadcast sayin

are two of the most patriotic americans. >> god bless the koch brothers. hting for our freedom. >> yesterday brother charles koch took to the editorial pages of the "wall street journal" to defend himself from quote collectivists who strive to discredit and intimidate opponents and engage in character assassination. his op ed was promptly read word for word on the senate floor by the head of the gop senate campaign committee, kansas senator jerry moran. republicans point to a poll last week that found 52% of americans had never heard of the koch brothers, citing that as evidence of a doomed democratic strategy. but chuck schumer, senator chuck schumer, saw things differently. quote when i read the numbers that 48% of americans knew who the koch brothers are, people said that's not great, that's fabulous. that's incredible. joining me now from washington, soon-to-be senior editor at the new republic, brian boitler. congrats on the upcoming new gig. we've gone from kochtopia to polling on whether or not americans note koch brothers. do you think this is a goo

one strategist described it to me they want to turn the koch brothers into bayne. hey are advertising in, find a way in that senate race to somehow connect koch, the koch brothers to maybe they are trying to profit off of something in michigan or arkansas, north carolina, whatever it is, find some connection to one of their companies and then try to make that senator or that senate candidate own that issue and make it look like they are being bought or quid pro quo. this is a bigger strategy to raise awareness of who the koch brothers are to see if they can somehow make their money or at least make associating with them a tiny bit problematic. we will see if it works. i think it's a tough argument to make. i think voters don't necessarily make those connections very well but telling what the strategy is. >> it's the stupidest strategy i've ever heard. i'm reminded of what george w. bush said to george tenet when he came in and gave him his wmd intel. is that all you got? is that all you got? is that the best you got? if somebody thinks that a voter in raleigh, north

the koch brothers are evil. they pour millions -- hundreds of millions of dollars into hospitals that treat sick people. the government can take care of that. they pour millions into the arts. >> ballet. >> idiotic and ballet. only leftists should be doing that. they create work by sewing the seeds of commerce instead of racial division. that's terrible, because we need more division in this country. if you're liberal and you're rich, you're bruce wayne. if you're conservative and rich, you're montgomery burns. the government hates the koch brothers because they make you less reliant on government. no wonder reid hates them because he makes reid obsolete. the kochs are harry potter. >> oh, come on. the biggest polluters in the country. >> you don't have any evidence to substantiate that. you can't say things like that. >> only because they are rich and influential. >> still to come on a peaceful episode of-5-a senate candidate takes a swipe at the candidate pointing out that she doesn't have a college degree but

they're eliminating the jobs of 167 people, 40 of whom are >>> the koch brothers are mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore. today, charles koch wrote an op-ed piece attacking proept president obama and the democrat and one republican senator decided the very best way to prove that he isn't in the pocket of billionaires was to go on to the senate floor and read the billionaire's op-ed piece word for word. >> the biggest story in american politics. >> the gop is addicted to koch. >> the koch brothers could spend hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to elect right-wing candidates. >> money talks and in politics it just got a whole lot louder. >> now a person can contribute as much as they want. >> allows wealthy donors to contribute to as many political candidates and campaigns as this ept. -- they want. >> did anyone think we needed more money in politics? >> pushes the political system towards the concerns of rich people. >> bumping up against that six-figure ceiling, those folks now are free to be way, way, way, way more powerful. >> and away from p

democrats are routinely outspent by the mega bucks of the koch brothers and sheldon adelson. democrats are striking back. as the "new york times" points out, they're using the same tact they did against mitt romney in 2012 by paint aing dark picture of bain capital. they are taking aim at the koch brothers seeking to make villainses of the reclusive billionaires in a new round of campaign ads. now ads attacking on a carbon tax have been called false and not true. who is behind the attacks? >> the koch brothers. >> the billionaire koh brothers. >> they buy our refinery. >> just running it into the ground. >> what's different this time around is the political climate. we're coming off a week when the supreme court knocked down individual campaign spending limits and paul ryan released a budget slashing aid for the poor. the daily beast sums up the gop agenda this way. protecting the well off from redistribution of their wealth to those who don't deserve it. david linker takes it a step further saying the gop course is essentially a reverse course of the gop process which once b

he is a tad bit obsessed with the koch brothers. >> senate republicans are addicted to koch. >> the koch brothers are influencing the brothers for their own benefit. >> they're willing to do anything. even exploit americans suffering from cancer. >> these brothers are about as unamerican as anyone that i can imagine. >> okay. jason, this has really gotten really weird. it does seem that he is a tad bit obsessed with the koch brothers. there are a lot more things leading the senate than just this. >> not just harry reid. the democrats have a strategy using koch brothers to raise money. half of newark doesn't know who they're. >> the other half don't know who george soros in. >> when get more money back when they mention the koch brothers than when they don't. this is fundraising. koch brothers represent for democrats all that's wrong with america, white, men, healthy. some of the money comes from fossil fuels. it doesn't matter that they fund the heart and build hospital wings what happens is they spend some of their money on conservative political causes and enemy number one for democrat

and one thing, you know, who knows who the koch brothers are. the democratic base certainry is learning who the koch brothers are, if the base doesn't already know. and one thing democrats have to do is they have to energize the base. they have to raise a lot of money and they've got to energize the base in the states and change the nature of the electorate to the extent possible in order for these democratic senators to have a chance. so to the extent that these attacks energize democrats, i think the strategists could consider this a success. >> someone said all politics are local, tip o'neill. if you could bring into north carolina a chemical plant in north carolina, then all of a sudden it doesn't mean somebody offshore is somebody we never heard of, somebody named george sorros, no, it's this guy, this brother who just shut down some jobs in north carolina. that brings it home. and by the way, is the democrat case that -- where the u.s. doesn't work, did it work when it focused on bain capital, costing people to lose their jobs. they were p

koch brothers are extremely wealthy. they are giving a lot of money to defeat democratic candidates in several key races they are making progress. >> are they the only ones? >> no, they are not. >> is there a democratic donor on the other side so we should have maybe boehner should get up and keep saying that boehner's name? >> that type of george soros, definitely a contender, a tom styer who wants to try to get climate change on the agenda. lots of very wealthy democrats are donating as well. money they are putting into. these numbers for the income of democrats. that's what is getting reid all upset. and talking about the koch brothers every day. >> i don't care whether republican does it or the democrats. i think it looks goofy or pathetic when you have demons building up hoping it's going to drive money over the transsem that the american people democrats or republicans are so stupid they are going to hear koch brothers, soros, i need send in money. >> who actually knows who the koch brothers are. do swing voters kn

. >> koch brothers. koch brothers. koch brothers. koch brothers. koch brothers. koch brothers. [chanting]. neil: how about a $5,000 check to get you to quit amazon? they are serious convince paying workers who were not in to their job to leave the helps to keep workers who remain excited with their job. the former office depot chairman on if this makes good business sense and radio host if it makes good people since. does it? >> this is public relations. i don't know how long ago we were talking about the drones delivering packages. the microsoft and incidents that come up again and again that the things that i like it is doable. and even know what was going on with microsoft. >> it was a publicity stunt at least is something that is doable. neil: back to amazon to pay people to take a hike? >> this is not a publicity stunt but has been in place for quite some time at zppos and it was implemented many years ago to meet with the employees. they felt this is an important part of the company coulter because they got a chance to get people to stand back to say are you happy? if not

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koch brothers are.hey are sounding the alarm and they're saying to the people with pocketbooks and big wallets on the left, listen, these guys on the right are going to spend this money this year and we could lose. every time he says the name koch brothers, if i'm a millionaire democratic booster, i'm thinking maybe i should cut another check. i think that's effective strategy in some ways for that. >> all right. panel, stay with us. jewish leaders calling in tonight a pro-palestinian group disturbing eviction notices into the dorm room of college students. hear from a college student leader next. also, just when you thought flight 370 could not get more mysterious, more bizarre. something new tonight. a hostage situation. but it's not what you are thinking a live report on that developing situation in just minutes. husband: so it's like two deals in one? salesperson #2: exactly. avo: during the first ever volkswagen tdi clean diesel event, get a great deal on a passat tdi, that gets up to 795 highway m

you talk about the koch brothers. they are already able to donated a lot of money. >> the specific effect of this decision is not that large because we are already awash in money. but where it -- it shows where the supreme court is headed which is to dismantle other even more significant limits so that any person can write out a check of any size and undisclosed put it into unlimited numbers of races. like i said, it would be like the 1890's. we go back to the days of the robber barons. >> it is a little bit ironic that we are spending so much time and energy and effort trying to support ukraine as it emerges from corrupt and oligarchic government while we have a supreme court that is busily at home kicking down the protections that protect american democracy from that same kind of oligarchic government. >> i would like to say to justice kennedy. i was once in an elevator with him alone and i was so tempted but you're not supposed to say anything about any cases. this was not an impending case. but what i would like t

today david koch and his brother charles have turned it into the republican orthodoxy. really taking to highlighting them specifically, highlighting the kochs specifically. why are you doing that? >> joy, i will tell you why. i feel very much, and i think people may think i'm overstating this, i fear very much that this country is losing its democratic foundations and moving toward a formal society where a handful of billionaires will control not only the economy but the political life of this nation. what you're looking at right now is an extreme right wing family who believe all the things that you've just indicated. they don't believe that we should simply not raise the minimum wage, these guys believe we should do away with the minimum wage. and if you had to work for $3 an hour, or $2 an hour, that's freedom. that's your freedom. and these guys believe we should privatize social security, massive cuts in medicaid. no support for women's rights, et cetera. they believe the federal government is terrible. and they want to move toward a society where the big money int

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the koch brothers are now worth over $100 billion. even if you take the more conservative "forbes" numbers, the koch brothers have just about doubled their personal fortunes since barack obama was first elected. they've never had it so good. and what do they do? they complain. >> mr. koch says this -- "unfortunately the fundamental concepts of dignity, respect, equality before law, and personal freedom are under attack by our nation's own government." >> and they're using part of their vast fortune to air their grievances against the president, spending millions on outside groups to run ads against the president and anyone associated with him. because that's the model. those who have the least to complain about complain the most. like casino tycoon and republican mega donor sheldon adelson. he spent millions and millions to defeat the president in 2012. yet according to "forbes," adelson is worth over $34 billion more today than he was in 2009. meaning his wealth has increased tenfold under obama. but that apparently is not enough. th

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all it does is take way people's rights because, as you know, the koch brothers are trying to buy america. >> well, today of course charles koch had someone write an op-ed for him in "the wall street journal." he is no writer. it's well written, of course, but not by him. here is the quote from the ghost writer. the central belief in fatal con seat of the current administration is that you are incapable of running your own life, but those in power are capable of running it for you this. is the essence of big government and collectivism. john heilemann, collectivism. i guess if you disagree with the koch brothers wide open cowboy oil and gas industry decisions, you're a collectivist. >> well, that's, you know -- >> at least according to their ghost rider. >> it's kind of basically conservative boilerplate of this era. that's not that we don't hear all the time from conservatives among elected officials and among the conservative donor class. i don't have that big a problem with it. we can have that fight over the ideas in play here. but i do think that, you know, we are headed in a directi

why are they involved in american politics, the koch brothers? what is their approach? >> their own self-interests. >> oil and gas. start with that. >> right, right. that's what they're in for. that's why they're trying to do all these things. and to get to my point, by focusing on the koch brothers, by having harry reid hammer them day in and day out for months, everything that happened this week now has a face. >> tell us how you put it all together. it wasn't just our producer. you did a great job at the daily beast today of putting together the combination of the supreme court to have more power for the wealthy. if you need any proof that the rich are getting richer and the rest of the working public is stagnating, look at this new information on page one of today's "usa today." in 2013, just the most recent year, the median national income for full-time workers rose only 1.4%, to approximately $41,000 a year. for ceos at the other end of the stream there, their annual income surged 13% to $510.5 million a year. and as deftly as i said outlining the three events tha

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in kansas, the koch brother's led campaign to kill the energy got as far as the senate this year but they were able to stop it in the house thanks to the fact that having some non-fossil fuel energy is actually a possible thing. 91% of kansas residents say they believe future kansas energy needs can best be met by greater use of renewables. 72% of republicans, 75% of independents and 82% of democrats say they all support a bill passed in 2009 to raise renewables to generate 20% of their electricity by 2020. those are huge numbers, look at that, 75% of independents, 72% of republicans, 82% of democrats. that is really, really popular policy which the utility companies and groups like alec and the koch brothers networks are trying to kill all over the country. they are trying to kill renewable energy in the states and they have not succeeded anywhere yet except oklahoma, where they succeeded tonight. and where you will now have to pay a fine if you want to use the sun for power. here is the question. did these guys win? did the utility companies, and the koch brothers and the conservat

ongoing attacks against the koch brothers. comments in's speech is a visit of florida for have also appeared on his said enate.gov website and his official twitter account. hittings for prosperity back at harry reid on twitter. they tweet -- senator reid calls the liars, but we call them americans who were lied to by barack obama. that is from americans for prosperity. that is attacking democratic candidates. next, let's go to an article from national review online where andrew johnson reports that the rnc chairman says harry reid is so dirty and unethical that some of these things have to happen. you have to put a marker down. inspired by a similar letter put forward by the louisiana gop, the complaint states that reid has violated city rolled over two which state senators cannot use taxpayer-funded resources and services for political and partisan purposes. is the rnc alleges that reid use exhibit official website said his office twitter account. going after republicans, the koch brothers, and others. first call is from san

and other wealthy donors wreaked havoc on our system. >> the koch brothers trying to buy america. >>e happy to put their hands out when it comes to accepting donations from charles and harry koch. harry reid himself accepted 500 bucks from koch. president obama 5500 bucks. former defense secretary of state hillary clinton. 3500 john kerry secretary of state 1950. joe biden $750. the list goes on and on. look at the other democrats. peterson 50 grand. walk kins well-known niem 14,500. oh, yes, charles schumer $1,000. he just told us a few seconds ago that the koch brothers are wreaking havoc on our political system. you can criticize all you want but you better check your books before you make those accusations. >> a very long list. >> seems to be growing. >> ashley webster live with us this morning. good to see you. >>> coming up talk about the friendly skies. she was supposed to keep people safe but this flight attendant giving passengers a little something extra. >> you want to avoid the bickering with your spouse? i hope your answer is yes. what's already in your kitchen that is m

scrooge or koch could dig into his big wallet. >> he who plays the piper, plays the tune. >> the koch brothersg to buy america. >> harry reid is lying about these people, calling them un-american. >> charles koch wants you to know that he likes liberty. >> are there no democrats that are backing off of this man? >> he's against collectivists and big government and -- >> why is harry reid doing this? because he has every single political incentive to do this. come on, guys, on the left, you have to pony up that kind of money to go after the koch brothers. >> we do feel the koch brothers are getting a fair amount of coverage, but when we get the choice, the influx of money into politics is a big issue on all sides of political spectrum so we always go with covering and that is therefore a story we'll stay with, democrats and republicans and big donors across the board. stay tuned next week because we are going to be look at your choices for the next underreported story. first ahead, on today's "rf daily", this week's call to action and your chance to learn what to do to keep our nation's student

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the republicans go ago with the koch brothers. >> reporter: a new poll found that 52% of americans don'tow who the kochs are. charles and david koch are libertarian billionaires whose philanthropic giving ranges from cancer research, the new york city ballet, gay marriage and the repeal of obamacare. that last cause may explain harry reid's preoccupation. >> the strategy behind attacking the koch brothers and others is it's basic class warfare. they can't win on the argument about obamacare because obamacare presently is highly unpopular. >> reporter: the kochs are blanketing with ads like colorado incumbent senator mark udall now in a tough battle against corey gardner. >> i would do it again, yes. >> tell mark udall, stand with colorado and stop supporting obamacare. >> reporter: the koch ad money appears to be well spent. a new "usa today" poll shows how a candidate stands on obamacan care will be an important issue for 84% of registered voters and rate shock of rising insurance premiums may be driving a new voter anger. support of the law has fallen to 37%, the lowest since 2010. it

. >> on the right, the conservative moment, coach koch brothers donate and they're called antiamericanand on the left you do something similar, bigger money, and you're allowed to keep the chamber open. >> the double standard is pretty appalling. when you talk about energy, warren buffett obviously benefits from the energy business and actually his railroads move a lot of the oil. >> great point. >> and yet the koch brothers get -- >> we don't have a lot of time. let's talk about that. the keystone pipeline doesn't ship oil through the pipeline from canada into the refining areas in texas. that's some of that oil has to be loaded on to rail cars. burlington northern. >> that's right. controlled by warren buffett. i don't think warren buffett is trying to stop the keystone pipeline but there's a double standard in the government and media coverage on people like the koch brothers who advocate for free enterprise and those who don't. >> the timing of the recent pipeline delay is raising questions as though timing but the dnc chairwoman says politics has nothing to do with it. >> the deci

and the koch brothers want to see deregulation.ch not in this mine, but in green bay, wisconsin, they're in big all over the country. so they're promoting that interest there. and in kenosha, which you mentioned, they're coming into this local school board race because along with a coalition of other right wing groups, they've been arguing it was illegal for the school board to recognize the teachers union and give them a contract. and they want to suppress wages. this is why billionaires from out of state care about who is on the local school board. they have an agenda that deals with suppressing wages and deregulating industry. >> what was the reaction to the local folks up there getting these high valued flyers? i mean, some rookie didn't put these things together. these things are full of information. they're glossy. they're professionally put together. they got to be thinking where the heck did this come from? what is the reaction up there? >> well, we'll find out the final word from the voters today. as you point out, both of

>> there are a lot of funders, koch brothers are one. going after gary peters in michigan for his support of the affordable care act, and get this, hitting him from the left. take a look. >> congressman gary peters says he's standing up to health insurance companies. the truth? peters voted for obamacare, which will give billions of taxpayer dollars to health insurance companies. >> i don't know -- i mean, it's an amazing -- now the idea is the problem with obamacare is that it's not single payer, apparently, in the eyes of americans for prosperity. >> that's not going to get them anymore. the koch brothers are smart and they have a lot of money. but at the end of the day, you can't win if you're one of the 1%. this is the romney problem, 47% of the people don't do any work in america and they're all living off all hard work. it's an upsidedown world. people don't like the koch brothers, they know what they're about, and i don't think this kind of an ad is going to work. >> finally, i want to ask about this idea. republicans are upset ob

remember what "the coach" brothers said back in 198 -- what the koch brothers said back in 1980. this is what they said, quote, "we favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt and increasingly oppressive social security system. pending that repeal participation, social security should be made voluntary." well, many of my republican olleagues believe just that. furthermore, 1980, the koch brothers libertarian party stated, "we oppose personal income taxation, including capital gains tax. we support the eventual repeal of all taxation. as an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion should be terminated immediately." [laughter] well, today's republican party does not believe in the end of all taxation. they don't. t the recently passed ryan budget, passed by the republican house, provides a $5 trillion tax break for the wealthiest people in this country and large corporations. the ryan budget would provide an average tax break of at least $200,000 a year for millionaires. and lastly -- and, again, see what's happening today. this is talked abo

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and it ends up attacking the koch brothers used actors.ors. i think they were regular people who didn't work at the plant. that's the koch brothers' point maybe there's disengenuineness with these adds. what i would ask senator schumer is these midterm elections are all about voter intensity. right now the intensity is with republicans. so it really viable to use the koch brothers to drum up intensity on the left? >> let me tell you. the left and all of america feel people don't get a fair shot. they feel the system is rigged against them. t i think it is not the only strategy. it shouldn't be the number one strategy, but it's an arrow in the quiver. the main strategy we have to have is who's going to help the middle class get out of this? i compare origin to our fair shot agenda to the ryan budget every day of the week. he gave us a gift, paul ryan did. that budget is so out of touch with what middle class people want, you'll see the difference. that's what tuesday is about. that's the opening day when we talk about pay equity which is on

guest: the caller mentioned moran's comments about the koch brothers. republicans understand democrats are trying to make this an issue and they have to push back to a certain extent, even though a lot of the public doesn't know who these brothers are. republicans aren't you going to sit back and let harry reid has his say about the koch brothers -- harry reid have his say about the koch brothers. it could potentially be more of an issue than any of us had anticipated at the beginning of this cycle. host: on twitter -- let me use this to segue into another race you are focusing on, the one in kentucky. mark begich -- matt kevin is challenging mitch mcconnell -- matt bevin is challenging mitch mcconnell. [video clip] >> all mitch mcconnell can do is run attack ads. him i want you to hear straight from me. i will never compromise our conservative principles. kentucky needs a fighter in washington with the courage to stand up and take on obama. >> 30 years is enough. too liberal, too long. host: matt bevin takes aim at mitch mcconnell. according to the poll