January 31, 2017

Marc Short: Koch Dark-Money Operative Is Trump's Liaison to Congress

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/39199-marc-short-koch-dark-money-operative-is-trump-s-liaison-to-congress
"When the history of Donald Trump's administration is written, people may point to the appointment of a Koch Brothers' operative to a little-known White House position as a turning point in Trump's evolution from unorthodox Republican candidate to doctrinaire corporate politician. Think of it as a merger, or an acquisition. His administration hires suggest that Trump, who ran a heterodox and intermittently populist (if consistently bigoted) campaign, has been joining forces with the more established corporate extremism of the Republican Party establishment."