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spike91nz

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9. Remember

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Thu Apr 27, 2017, 08:52 AM

Apr 2017

the Koch family originally got its money from setting up oil refineries in Russia. Their ties to the Russian money go deep and in the US becomes entangled in the John Birch Society, whose design upon the US policies are not only elitist and religiously authoritarian, but racist and sexist, from its inception. This is a family that appears to feel entitled to rule and supplant democracy with neofascism.

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Don't kid yourself: The Koch Brothers are running the US Government [View all] Chasstev365 Apr 2017 OP

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Remember spike91nz Apr 2017 #9

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