In the era where they refuse to accept their irrelevance, billionaires and their political money are easy parted. So goes the game of grift amid the professional political class when contrast against the power of We The People. It’s actually quite funny to watch and doesn’t annoy me one bit.
Charles Koch, a man of notorious disposition who loves open borders and multinational trade – which puts him on the outside of the America First movement, had previously pledged to spend $70 million (through his Americans For Prosperity political action committee) to remove President Trump. Today, Charles Koch selected Nikki Haley over Ron DeSantis to be the vessel for his effort.
Via Daily Mail – The conservative U.S. political network headed by billionaire Charles Koch on Tuesday endorsed Nikki Haley for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, saying she was the best candidate to beat President Joe Biden next year.
It is the latest boost for the former South Carolina governor who has seen her stock rise with strong debate performances and improving poll numbers.
Her traditional conservative positions also align with the Koch network, which uses its money to push for tax cuts and less government regulation.
Setting out its reasons, the group said beating former President Donald Trump in the primaries was a top priority.
‘Between her surging to second place in the polls since August and being well-positioned amongst supporters of the other candidates, she is in a strong position to gather more support,’ said Emily Seidel, a senior adviser to the Koch group’s Americans for Prosperity Action, in a memo. (read more)
Be of good cheer; this endorsement by Charles Koch is actually quite funny. Considering that Koch previously supported Ken Cuccinelli, we can imagine the big sad in the DeSantis camp. lolol
Meanwhile, in the world of reality, here’s a summary of the latest polling.
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Ain’t life a peach?
Best election year ever!
If I understand correctly, Laura Loomer’s latest reporting of Birdbrain’s affair with a staffer of the same name as her husband is not going to help Nicki. Added with Nicki’s desire for her husband to use his middle name Michael instead of the affairee’s name.😂🤣 Even more laughable is Ken Cucchinelli’s attacks on Haley now (see Laura Loomer’s Twitter page).
Every time I read Cuccinelli’s name I die a little inside. He’s as phony as a three dollar bill. And I met the man once, many years ago, and he has a very high opinion of himself, accompanied by a quick anger.
I had a similar experience with John Kasich. Rino’s are for Rino’s, not us.
went to school and graduated with “Richie” K, his bro. Neither one are nuthing to write home about. Whichever way the wind blows John goes. Hey? That rhymed! LOL
Yer a poet and didn’t know it…
It seems that narcissism is topping the charts in political spaces. Voters need to start recognizing these people for what they are, empty suits.
The classic narcissist projects an image of power, competence and gravitas where there is none. They collect followers (fuel) and seem too good to be true.
In 2012 we were treated to a battle between two of them, Obama and Romney. The most clever one came out the winner in that contest. Note that I didn’t say the smartest one. Their IQs are probably about the same.
They are selected, not elected.
Yep,
Take away the fuel and they evaporate.
As many may know.
Indifference is often the best way to deal with them.
Cheers!
The sum of their IQs is probably an average 100.
The MNGOP is filled with the hair-trigger, anger-management, All-Rise when they enter the room types.
Likewise the useless, did I mention outright snotty, PAGOP.
I could put up with the snottiness if they accomplished anything of genuine – well – accomplishment, but they haven’t, they don’t, and they seem committed to continuity of the same. This is the story of how Pennsylvania fell, and why The Cheat has expanded well beyond our two most populous cities.
Power Line Blog has a few prominent ones on their editorial board.
I knew Cuccinelli was a fraud when his first action as Virginia AG was to go full bore on abortion legislation in a purply-blue state. Real pro lifers can read the room and know what’s feasible and what will be – at best – a pyrrhic victory. The club knows that going after abortion is a nearly foolproof failure-theater gambit.
Lindsey (Pansee) Graham ran the Abortion losing Gambit in front of the 2022 elections, deliberately, with mal intent, and it energized the Dems to great enthusiasm. The FBI probably found his name on the Epstein list and to this day how many dozens/score of rinos are blackmailed by equal foul blackmail ? Why is Epstein’s List not published FOR THE PEOPLE ?
Actually, Cuccinelli is very pro-life and very conservative.
In a clownish, Rick-Santorum sort of way, this is true.
Don’t smoke, may have to splurge on just one if the rumors are true. Lol
I don’t know about Laura Loomer’s story, but I have previously reported on two of her affairs here at CTH several times. It’s true according to the men.
I surmised that the reason she wanted to call him Michael – from the get-go – was that she did not want people to confuse him with Bill Haley and His Comets, “Rock Around the Clock” and all that – she was planning a political career from early on and didn’t want future fundraisers to think she was just an old backup singer.
Koch the globalist elitist has many strings attached to that 70 million. Haley a self avowed globalist has by gleefully accepting proves without doubt she’s just another puppet in the making.
Make sure she is a puppet for no audience.
Check out her Kiawah Island house. State house rep ..Governor. Ambassador. Not bad on those salaries..… Oh yeah. Her goal is to keep getting her ticket punched for permanent membership into the elitest establishment club.
You forgot to mention her NYT best selling fiction.
Trump made a mistake when he cut a deal with the GOP to give Haley ‘foreign affair experience’. She needed to add that to her resume for possible future runs at the presidency. By appointing her the ambassadorship, gave her that experience.
No, let her display her neocon attitude. It just informs the rest of us why we don’t want her anywhere near the Trump admin.
I disagree. He got her out of the governorship. No one with half a brain thinks that being an ambassador for a couple of years is “foreign affair experience”. That was a paid internship for her.
Shrub-ette!
The way I see it, Koch brothers did the “embrace, extend, extinguish” thing to the Tea Party back in ’07 /’08.
The oligarchy is going to have to be dismantled.
Sadly, there father was a strong Bircher.
How to lose in 2024 -by the Koch Brothers
I need a refresher course on how I can, as a common consumer, fight back against the Koch machine. Call it what it is. A pair of brothers who value money and power to the point that they will sanction what the Democrat/Communist tyrants have done to this country.
For some reason, I can’t get Obama’s goal to stop playing in my head: “Fundamentally change America forever” or something with that line of thought, word and deed.
So, I reason that if you aren’t MAGA, you must have bought into Obama/Mao/ and their goals hook, line and sinker. Open borders and spying on Americans go hand and hand. What’s wrong with that, they ask?
BTW, has anyone else besides me recognized that our internet has been cancelled to some degree? No longer can I click on an article and forward it to a friend. It’s become a shopping tool only. All material is confined to my house unless i find other ways to spread the word. They have shut down communication with our relatives and others when we might enlighten someone else that a bad act is happening. Screw them all!
Copy and Paste the URL (Address Bar). Works for me.
Fighting back? Repurpose everything you can…buy as little as necessary…and repurpose some more!
Skip the internet…write letters…
I don’t shop on line due to difficulty with sizing and I abhor making returns…plus the risk of fakes. I am at a cleaning out stage of my life so that also helps.
In other words, in his demented brain a “win/win”.
$70 million – *chump change* for Koch – – Kinda like the average Joe/Jane donating $50 bucks!
› wiki › Charles_Koch
3 days ago – As of November 2023, he was ranked as the 22nd richest man in the world on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with an estimated net worth of $60 billion. Koch has been co-owner, chairman, and chief executive officer of Koch Industries since 1967, while his late brother David Koch ser
November 23, 2021 – Based in Wichita, Kansas, Koch Industries, Inc. is one of the largest private companies in America, with estimated annual revenues that have exceeded $125 billion.
Campaign contribution limits should be set at $2500, regardless the type of entity. Individuals, Associations, Companies, Billionaires, etc. All entities should be limited to the same maximum contribution.
And end the tax write-off.
I think the deductibility of all charitable contributions should be capped as $100K. That way the billionaires can’t dodge taxes and many of these useless non-profits would lose their funding. Kind of an extreme measure, but these are difficult times.
We won’t hold our breath on that ever happening.
70 mil. Slightly more than one tenth of one percent of his net worth….and large campaign pledges often come with conditions. So, how long it takes for her to LOSE will determine the true amount.
I won’t vote her ,Trump 2024.
Her traditional conservative positions also align with the Koch network ?????
Each tree is known by its own fruit. This is something they cannot hide.
So Charlie Koch is an open borders advocate? What a mess that is.
Imagine you have a food processor big enough to mix up all of what is in your refrigerator. Go ahead, empty every carton, every storage container, every jar, every bag, the veg drawer, the meat drawer. All of it.
That fresh ground beef for chili? Yep! That 3 week old Salisbury steak with the mold spots? Yep! The liquified green onions that should have been tossed a week ago> Yep!
Because, if you start making distinctions, you violate the principle of open borders. Everybody gets in. Now, serve that yo your family.
Yuck!
America has a Koch problem.
Can we stop calling the Koch and Haley types “conservative?” There is nothing “conservative” about unfettered immigration, and many of their other policies. “Conservative” is indistinguishable in a lot of ways anymore from liberalism.
I think back to a time when I naively thought that the Koch’s, Karl Rove, Cheney, etc. we’re the good guys simply because they threw the Left into spittle-flecked fits of apoplectic rage. I’ve since learned that just because the Left hates somebody who isn’t one of their own, doesn’t mean that person is one of the good guys.
They are all a part of the political machine, (except PDJT) the Uniparty, the problem and somehow we must find a way to destroy that machine!
Amazing how a man who managed to assemble a fortune of his own could be so drop dead stupid and careless with it.
It serves his purpose business wise-cheap labor, global corporatism, not America First- because America First takes care of the middle class, he couldn’t care less about the average Joe, he is beyond that now. Conservative, yea right!
Reminds me of Bill Gates
Amazing how a man like Charles Koch can blithely IGNORE and act to DESTROY the founding tenets of the nation that gave him space and freedom to personally propser.
This man appears to be as ignorant as many who are in the entertainment and pro sports industries.
Do not think Kock is stupid. This man places his personal greed above our country and all else, Kock does not give a dam about the debris and carnage he leave as his trail.
It is all pure greed, the money $$$$$$$.
This woman is short fused, ill tempered and is wrong for us at this time. Her calling Vivek “scum” was repugnant and shows just how small brained she is. Like Hillary, she’s small, petty and vindictive. Trump 2024
Taking bets on the 2024 establishment-picked ticket: Nimarata vs Hillary. Stop laughing, it just might come to pass.
She’s wrong forever. A leopard doesn’t change its spots.
The globalist billionaires want central bank digital currency, social credit scores, people who are only allowed to rent everything and never own anything. They want us to be their goldfish or pet hamsters. I’m not in the mood, I’ve always had a problem with authority overstepping its bounds. My first recollection was when I refused to speak to my father for an entire weekend when I was 7. We worked it out, but I’m in no mood to dicker over being a citizen with free choice. The frontmen for globalists are beneath contempt.
I love to see the donor class parted with as much of their wealth for useless endeavors….make them poor again.
This makes me laugh. Nope, little miss Nicki has no chance nor is she presidential material. Money doesn’t fix stupid!
Here we go again – Covid 23 *
“a mysterious respiratory (pneumonia type) virus” is spreading rapidly in china and possibly Europe, hospitals being “overwhelmed” with the young and elderly
incredibly coincidental timing, almost to the day.
*not “officially” named
Good catch. Bears watching. We should shame the first idiots who push this, bigly.
Scamdemic control propaganda, start it in China, Europe & other easy target places. Repeat & Grow the lies until its time to introduce it into THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA! Repeat a LIE often enough and with excitement, enthusiasm, & angst, so it will eventually be self-propelled!
NOT THIS TIME!!!
GOD said, We’re FEARFULLY & WONDERFULLY MADE in HIS IMAGE!!!
We have NATURAL IMMUNITY❣️❣️❣️
MAGA ❤️🤍💙🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
WE THE PEOPLE have SPOKEN, WE CHOSE, DONALD JOHN TRUMP in 2016, 2020, & 2024.
He WON TWICE & WILL WIN a THIRD TIME❣️
Not too mention the current *serious* respiratory illness in the K-9 species. Can’t identify what it is or its cause – not responding to typical meds for the pups… Sheesh!
CHILDREN….that’s the key, this time. COVID has virtually NO impact.
BUT, put those darling kids in harm’s way, ain’t no way parents, g’parents won’t rise to the level of whatever it takes.
It’s a game, a scam.
They know adults (well those that aren’t liberal) ain’t going off the cliff for masks, covid tactics again…but let’s raise the stakes…the children, grandchildren….
X is a satan…so is Joe Biden, so are all libs and so are many, many so-called republicans….
Haley was endorced by Romney for her first gubernatorial run. All you need to know..
She is a lot like Romney back a few election cycles. She’ll do and say anything if she thinks it will get her where she wants to go. She is a shape shifting snake.
So many of them are, with few exceptions!
‘Between her surging to second place in the polls since August and being well-positioned amongst supporters of the other candidates, she is in a strong position to gather more support,’ said Emily Seidel, a senior adviser to the Koch group’s Americans for Prosperity Action, in a memo
Surging?
It is fun to watch. Now they’re reduced to gaslighting.
How pathetic!
Tee up Megyn Kelly:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/10/16/megyn-kelly-notes-why-ron-desantis-doesnt-stand-a-chance-against-donald-trump-she-is-not-wrong/
So Haley’s supported by both the Koch family; and the Defense contractors. That should tell you that she cares little about the American people. Both would support a turnip if it helped them.
When the rich and powerful gather in Switzerland, they must eat psychedelic mushrooms and meet only to decide how to control billions of people in the world. America is the last bastion of freedom in the world thanks to our funding fathers.
They are lead by the UN and have been drunk on power for longer than any of us can remember. As the great jack-ass Hillary once called us, “Deplorables”. In the eyes of the rich and famous we are all slaves that must be controlled. I beg all Americans to wake up and realize that you won’t gain one thing supporting the scum that parties in Switzerland. Always notice which of your Congress critters fly to that gathering of globalist each year. Then you can understand what has happened in D.C.
No surprise here with the liberal rag Yahoo having the lowest polling numbers for President Trump and still above 50%.
MAGA!
Koch would’ve been better off throwing his money at a streetwalker.
K Street-walker
Koch has pledged chump change to Haley. I hate to see media being an intermediary in supporting the economy, but I welcome Koch being ripped off while they desperately attempt to fend off what will be.
why don’t they just set their money on fire?
No tax write off value in doing that. It’s all about P&L tax-wise.
In the era where they refuse to accept their irrelevance, billionaires and their political money are easy parted.
IMO this is because they won’t tolerate or employ anyone who won’t tell them NO!
….but there are legions to tell them anything they want to hear.
“In the era where they refuse to accept their irrelevance, billionaires and their political money are easy parted. So goes the game of grift amid the professional political class when contrast against the power of We The People. It’s actually quite funny to watch and doesn’t annoy me one bit.” – Sundance
Frankly I couldn’t be happier that this clown, Charles Koch and his Americans for Prosperity Action organization, are blowing $70 million on the loser Nikki Haley. A fool and his money are soon parted. I hope he throws away another $100 million before her loser campaign crashes and burns to a heap of ashes. It serves him right for deceiving & selling out the American people all these past years.
Viva la Trump.
How much money did desantis burn ’till he turned into a pile of ashes (although a small pile)?
JUST IN: Major Donors Come Back To Trump After Failing To Find Alternative
https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/just-in-major-donors-coming-back-to-trump-after-failing-to-find-alternative-mstef/?utm_source=ElWiz&utm_medium=twitter
The strategic goal here is to disqualify Trump from the presidency through criminal conviction. That is why this charade of a 2024 Republican Presidential Nominee farce continues on despite Trump leading massively. It’s shaping up to be Nikki Haley being the Republican nominee for president.
Anyone but Trump is acceptable to both parties. If he still manages to become president, these criminal charges will be used to hamper his ability to do his job effectively.
Wasn’t his dad a Bolshevik
Trotskyite I think.
The sheer folly of this astounds me. Honestly, I disagree with Haley on virtually every key issue. Trump is a gift to the GOP that they refuse to receive and embrace. Oh well . . .
Koch can throw a billion her way and Nikki Haley still won’t win.
When Nikki Haley did that deal with the flag in S.Carolina the writing was on the wall for me ……RINO!
Watch, now Koch’s plant, Christina Pushaw, will retire to spend time with family.
MAGA 👊👊❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸
Haley seems to be going for name brand recognition for future runs. Kind of like Bernie getting the 3rd house after bowing out of the 2016 race. She strikes me as a “dedicated all other countries in the world-ist” as opposed to an America first lover of the USA.
Of all candidates Haley would be perhaps the most dangerous. She is a warmonger with the disposition and self control of Hillary Clinton.
The powers that be are obviously are trying to disqualify Trump from the ballet. If they are able to do that my question is what is the best course of action for us? If we go with a write in campaign the machines will undoubtedly change those votes to candidate Haley or make them disappear altogether.
So should we write in or just stay home? Which action makes it easier for clown world?
The DNC chose Clinton in ’16, despite democrats wanting Bernie.
The RNC will take the page from that book and choose Haley, despite republicans wanting Trump
Voters/delegates be damned.
I used to work for the Koch brothers in a couple plywood mills. They are nothing more than modern day “Rockefeller Republicans” whose only real interest is making the most money through the political process. Don’t misunderstand me, making money, good; going hungry, bad. We all want to get ahead, and making money is the vehicle.
In this case I am more than pleased to see these GOPe lackies toss away millions on an ill-fated candidacy. That snowball is melting rapidly.
Well, it is Koch’s money to waste. I wonder if Nikkkki will even win her state’s primary? lol
Nimarata rides to the rescue. I wonder if, in keeping with Sikh tradition, she carries a concealed dagger whilst campaigning.
The anti American Kock Brothers also supported Hillary in 2016.
The picture of Nikki Haley. That is one fake smile. It took every muscle in her neck to smile.
As for the billionaires, they paid for the bubble they live in and the lies they are fed and believe. Sad existence.
Oh no, she’s horrible. She wants an internet ID for everyone.
Charles Koch has already been removed from MAGA for being so full of HATE and EVIL.
JPMorgan’s Dimon: Democrats should boost Nikki Haley
Excerpt:
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon urged Democrats to support Nikki Haley in the GOP presidential primary, arguing that she offers a strong alternative to former President Donald Trump.
“If you’re a very liberal Democrat, I urge you to help Nikki Haley, too. Give them a choice on the Republican side that might be better than Trump,”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/29/jamie-dimon-nikki-haley-00129054
And there you have it: Trump should pick Haley as VP, McCarthy says
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/article282464168.html
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said in an interview Wednesday that he would advise former President Trump pick 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley as his running mate.
During the New York Times’s DealBook Summit, Andrew Ross Sorkin asked McCarthy who the “right person” would be for Trump to pick as his vice president among Haley, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and 2024 GOP presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.).
“If I was a political person, and I was going to advise somebody, you’re going to pick the vice president that’s about addition, not subtraction. So you’re not going to pick somebody that already equates to you,” McCarthy responded.
I predict a possible surprise in DJT’s VP pick. Trump has a history of surrounding himself with people who don’t necessarily agree with him. Although I think he will moderate that, there will still be the other opinions that Trump wants to hear.
On that note, he may consider Big Ron Desantis as VP, which will infuriate many, but for practical purposes, generally agrees on policy, has the experience in state and national government, FL is better off, and he will likely deliver FL and more southern states. Now that most of RD’s establishment support is drying up and he is losing ground, Trump can make a deal because Ron needs a deal. Ron no longer is the establishments fav so now he can be rehabilitated. This would also undermine Nikki and set up a possible 3 republican presidential terms.
Some republicans say Trump can only serve one term so why should we nominate him? Ok, good question. I believe the answer to that MUST be to set up an America First MAGA successor that will carry Trumps policies forward and be able to ride the coattails post Trump. Unless there is an unknown out there in the wings, RDS has to be at least on the table.
Not saying RDS is best choice or that I’m for it, but as many of you know, this was the dream ticket early on for many. And if McCarthy wants Haley, that’s the end for her.
Why can’t billionaires just go off and enjoy their their fortunes?
It warms my heart and makes my day to see rich people who hate me get ripped off bigly.
This is the problem with republicans. Instead of identifying who is the most likely to succeed and get everyone on board, they think they can mold someone who hasn’t got a chance into something they are NOT!
Here we have an excellent example of a small group trying to push a candidate onto a population that doesn’t want them. The Koch’s obviously think they can create a candidate, rather than help the one most likely to win. This has worked for democrats but they vote for dead people so……..
There are front people always being put out there for us to watch. They give us characters who are colorful so we don’t pay attention to the people we should watch. The people with the real power hide back and pass it to the lower tier. Dr. Lee Merritt outlines the corruption of science and medicine and how we have gotten to this current state. The video has sound starting around the 15minute. It’s long but you will possibly learn more than any of your research. This is pretty historic and impressive research of the medical and geo political world. It’s good:
https://rumble.com/v3xtoj1-live-with-lee-merritt-md-on-grwn.html