THE KOCH NETWORK’S LONG GAME AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZING

When historians look back on this moment fifty years from now and try to make sense of it, I do not think they will be focusing on Donald Trump. I think they will be more interested in a quiet yet radical transformation now under way. In fact, Trump’s conduct has distracted attention from an ingenious slow takeover, led by brothers Charles and David Koch of the radical right, of core branches of our government, beginning at the state level, moving on to the federal courts and Congress, and then extending into federal departments and agencies. This takeover has advanced with