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By Alex Seitz-Wald at 3:03 pm, Think Progress
Though they
don’t want you to know about it, the billionaire Koch brothers
are bankrolling a massive campaign to roll back progressive achievements, and today, labor, civil rights, and climate activists turned out at
dozens of rallies across the country to demonstrate against the Koch’s secretive influence in American politics and to stand up for labor and civil rights.
In Washington, D.C. today an estimated 2,000 protesters marched on Koch Industries’ Washington D.C. offices and attempted to give Charles and David Koch
an invitation to come out and speak with the protesters. Not surprisingly, the building’s doors were locked and no one was allowed inside.
Last Thursday, tea party activists rallied on Capitol Hill to pressure Republican lawmakers to cut government spending. Crowd estimates ranged from “dozens” to “fewer than 200,” yet
the event attracted dozens of reporters and significant media interest, producing hundreds of stories in local and national press. At today’s rally, which was ten times bigger than the tea party one, ThinkProgress spotted three reporters — none from mainstream publications.
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