The Koch Agenda since 1980 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/990689135181647873.html

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   Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 10:55:58 JST Nicole Parsons

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   @allynkhine @angusm

   As an indication of how long the oil industry has been sabotaging democracy... Project 2025 first appeared in print in 1980...

   https://newrepublic.com/article/154849/david-koch-1980-fantasy

   https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/us/politics/quixotic-80-campaign-gave-birth-to-kochs-powerful-network.html

   https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/08/30/covert-operations

   https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/late-libertarian-icon-murray-rothbard-charles-koch-considers-himself-above-law/

   They've been using Oracle's CIA origins nearly as long
   https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/project-2025-oracle-19654875.php

   https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/07/koch-brothers-database-2012-election

   https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-project-1636592238

   Ellison is accustomed to ripping off taxpayers
   https://www.cio.com/article/3830277/how-birminghams-48m-oracle-erp-project-turned-into-an-epic-failure.html?amp=1

   https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/dxc_oracle_uk_contract/

   https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/openai-teams-up-with-softbank-and-oracle-on-50b-data-center-project/