Friend:
Success! On Tuesday, we set a goal of raising $10K over five days to keep the heat on the Koch brothers and their far-right, union-busting agenda. We blew through our goal in less than four hours.
But in the 48 hours since I wrote you last, the Koch brothers have lashed out at Think Progress, using their vast corporate and political communication networks to promote ad hominem attacks on our writers.
So we are upping the ante. New goal: $50K in five days.
Please click here and chip in $5 right now.
As more and more of you join us, we can strengthen and expand our three-year long effort to reveal the Kochs. Our strategy includes:
-- Detailing the far-right policies that the Kochs are quietly trying to push through Congress and in state capitols across the country
-- Putting the heat on politicians who want to place the Koch agenda above the public interest
-- Exposing corporate malfeasance throughout the Koch empire and promoting awareness of Koch-controlled consumer brands
We won't be intimidated. And with your help, we'll continue to give the Koch brothers what they can't handle: the truth.
Yours,
Faiz
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Faiz Shakir <faiz@thinkprogress.org> wrote:
Friend:
Over the last two years at Think Progress, we've made the Koch brothers and their far-right agenda famous. Now we've got their attention.
A senior Koch executive recently complained to the National Review that Think Progress is leading an "orchestrated campaign" against Koch and vowed to fight back against us.
The Kochs are fighting us with a $42 billion war chest. We are fighting back with the facts. We've set a goal of raising $10,000 in the next five days so we can intensify our work. Can you pitch in $5 right now?
Before most of the general public knew who they were, we were exposing the Kochs as the architects of the Tea Party movement in early 2009. We revealed their culpability for severe air pollution and, most recently, catalogued their union-busting efforts in Wisconsin.
Your donation will allow us to do even more: scouring public records, attending Koch-funded events, and holding the media accountable. With your help, we'll keep the heat on.
Please shoot me an email if you have any questions.
Best,
Faiz
Faiz Shakir
Editor-in-Chief, ThinkProgress.org
Center for American Progress Action Fund
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faiz@thinkprogress.org
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