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Donald Trump was not invited to the party in California.
The Koch brothers did not want him there.
For the first time, journalists were allowed to attend the event at the St. Regis Monarch Beach luxury resort in Dana Point, a wealthy California suburb.
But the journalists covering the three-day event, held at a luxurious California resort, had to agree to an unusual restriction. They weren’t allowed to report the names of any of the 450 donors attending without the individual’s permission.
ThinkProgress obtained a copy of the conditions sent by Freedom Partners to reporters.
These included demands that reporters “not report on anyone’s attendance at the event unless you are specifically granted an interview request or they are a part of the formal program,” that they “treat their attendance as off the record unless otherwise discussed and approved prior to an interview,” and that “interview requests should only be made through the Freedom Partners communications team.
It also noted that media attendees would have to “stay off-site,” and only be granted access “on-site during the general program hours.”
Only the reporters who agreed to the following provisions would be allowed to attend:
We would like to invite you to cover this private event; however, we ask that you agree to the ground rules below.
1) Media credentials will be given to those covering the event on-site. These credentials must be prominently displayed at all times. Credentials are non-transferable.
2) You have been invited to cover the program, general mood of the event and interviews with program participants, elected officials, and leaders from each group represented at the seminar.
3) The program is strictly pen and pad, with the exception of the one-on-one Policy Leader Discussions with Govs. Bush and Walker and Sens. Cruz and Rubio. Freedom Partners will also livestream the Policy Leader Discussions. We will work with you individually to meet any requests outside of these guidelines.
4) Given the privacy rights of our members and other guests, you may not report on anyone’s attendance at the event unless you are specifically granted an interview request or they are a part of the formal program. You are to treat their attendance as off the record unless otherwise discussed and approved prior to an interview.
5) Out of respect for all event attendees, interview requests should only be made through the Freedom Partners communications team. We are more than happy to help facilitate these requests and help you secure interview opportunities.
6) Media will stay off-site and be granted access on-site during the general program hours.
7) We trust that you will abide by these ground rules and, therefore, we want to allow you to walk around freely at those sessions that will be open to the media. However, not all sessions will be open to media and we expect that you will respect this parameter by not attending or trying to attend closed press events.
Our team will be happy to debrief you on closed press meetings and provide you with information that will help inform your stories.
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2015/08/03/3687249/koch-freedom-partners-media-restrictions/
How many journalists were not invited ?
How many Republican hopefuls were not invited ?
John Kasich is not welcomed.
Last year, he traveled to Southern California to appear on a panel at a conference sponsored by the Republican mega-donors Charles and David Koch. At one point, according to accounts provided by two sources present, Randy Kendrick, a major contributor and the wife of Ken Kendrick, the owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks, rose to say she disagreed with Kasich’s decision to expand Medicaid coverage, and questioned why he’d expressed the view it was what God wanted.
The governor’s response was fiery. “I don’t know about you, lady,” he said as he pointed at Kendrick, his voice rising. “But when I get to the pearly gates, I’m going to have an answer for what I’ve done for the poor.”
The exchange left many stunned. About 20 audience members walked out of the room, and two governors also on the panel, Nikki Haley of South Carolina and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, told Kasich they disagreed with him.
The Ohio governor has not been invited back to a Koch seminar — opportunities for presidential aspirants to mingle with the party’s rich and powerful — in the months since.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/...e-jeb-bush-2016-candidate-119191.html?hp=t2_r
OC!
When I was informed Orange County supporters of Bernie Sanders' presidential bid were protesting the Koch brothers Saturday, I had to know why.
After all, Dave and Chuck Koch are successful industrialists who are really involved in making America a better place ... for successful industrialists. So I asked a random person happening by if she knew why OC Sanders supporters would be so down on the Kochs.
"We the people are protesting big money in the government. The Koch brothers are hosting several members of the GOP presumably to donate money to their super PACs and talk to them about their agenda for the future of America which involves destroying then privatizing Social Security, voter suppression, changing the age of retirement to 70, non labeling of GMOs, the Trans Pacific Partnership, re-segregation of schools, all while supporting union busting, foreclosing homes and pollution.
They fully support the Keystone XL pipeline, and one of their plants is in litigation for polluting its area and causing cancer in the nearby residents, and [they] donate millions to universities with the agreement to hire their trained people and distribute Koch agenda-friendly syllabi.
These guys pledged $60 million in the 2012 election to try to eliminate President Obama. They have already pledged several hundred million for our next election and do a lot of these activities through their 'Americans For Prosperity' group which is really a cover for their agenda.
"We oppose government that is for sale and we believe that most of the presidential candidates in the Republican party have been bought and paid for to march to the Koch brothers' agenda. We want the government to be returned to the people and protest that they have given Scott Walker almost a billion dollars to be their puppet.
"That was a lot but we are determined to support Bernie Sanders and give the government back to the people!!!"
Wow, what are the odds that the random person I would ask about the Koch heads would turn out to be Jeni Havill, an Orange County organizer for Bernie Sanders? It's Socialist kismet, baby!
Havill, who really does end some sentences with triple exclamation marks, goes on to inform that the protest will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Niguel Road in Dana Point.
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2015/07/bernie_sanders_koch_brothers_dana_point.php
The Koch brothers did not want him there.
For the first time, journalists were allowed to attend the event at the St. Regis Monarch Beach luxury resort in Dana Point, a wealthy California suburb.
But the journalists covering the three-day event, held at a luxurious California resort, had to agree to an unusual restriction. They weren’t allowed to report the names of any of the 450 donors attending without the individual’s permission.
ThinkProgress obtained a copy of the conditions sent by Freedom Partners to reporters.
These included demands that reporters “not report on anyone’s attendance at the event unless you are specifically granted an interview request or they are a part of the formal program,” that they “treat their attendance as off the record unless otherwise discussed and approved prior to an interview,” and that “interview requests should only be made through the Freedom Partners communications team.
It also noted that media attendees would have to “stay off-site,” and only be granted access “on-site during the general program hours.”
Only the reporters who agreed to the following provisions would be allowed to attend:
We would like to invite you to cover this private event; however, we ask that you agree to the ground rules below.
1) Media credentials will be given to those covering the event on-site. These credentials must be prominently displayed at all times. Credentials are non-transferable.
2) You have been invited to cover the program, general mood of the event and interviews with program participants, elected officials, and leaders from each group represented at the seminar.
3) The program is strictly pen and pad, with the exception of the one-on-one Policy Leader Discussions with Govs. Bush and Walker and Sens. Cruz and Rubio. Freedom Partners will also livestream the Policy Leader Discussions. We will work with you individually to meet any requests outside of these guidelines.
4) Given the privacy rights of our members and other guests, you may not report on anyone’s attendance at the event unless you are specifically granted an interview request or they are a part of the formal program. You are to treat their attendance as off the record unless otherwise discussed and approved prior to an interview.
5) Out of respect for all event attendees, interview requests should only be made through the Freedom Partners communications team. We are more than happy to help facilitate these requests and help you secure interview opportunities.
6) Media will stay off-site and be granted access on-site during the general program hours.
7) We trust that you will abide by these ground rules and, therefore, we want to allow you to walk around freely at those sessions that will be open to the media. However, not all sessions will be open to media and we expect that you will respect this parameter by not attending or trying to attend closed press events.
Our team will be happy to debrief you on closed press meetings and provide you with information that will help inform your stories.
http://thinkprogress.org/media/2015/08/03/3687249/koch-freedom-partners-media-restrictions/
How many journalists were not invited ?
How many Republican hopefuls were not invited ?
John Kasich is not welcomed.
Last year, he traveled to Southern California to appear on a panel at a conference sponsored by the Republican mega-donors Charles and David Koch. At one point, according to accounts provided by two sources present, Randy Kendrick, a major contributor and the wife of Ken Kendrick, the owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks, rose to say she disagreed with Kasich’s decision to expand Medicaid coverage, and questioned why he’d expressed the view it was what God wanted.
The governor’s response was fiery. “I don’t know about you, lady,” he said as he pointed at Kendrick, his voice rising. “But when I get to the pearly gates, I’m going to have an answer for what I’ve done for the poor.”
The exchange left many stunned. About 20 audience members walked out of the room, and two governors also on the panel, Nikki Haley of South Carolina and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, told Kasich they disagreed with him.
The Ohio governor has not been invited back to a Koch seminar — opportunities for presidential aspirants to mingle with the party’s rich and powerful — in the months since.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/...e-jeb-bush-2016-candidate-119191.html?hp=t2_r
OC!
When I was informed Orange County supporters of Bernie Sanders' presidential bid were protesting the Koch brothers Saturday, I had to know why.
After all, Dave and Chuck Koch are successful industrialists who are really involved in making America a better place ... for successful industrialists. So I asked a random person happening by if she knew why OC Sanders supporters would be so down on the Kochs.
"We the people are protesting big money in the government. The Koch brothers are hosting several members of the GOP presumably to donate money to their super PACs and talk to them about their agenda for the future of America which involves destroying then privatizing Social Security, voter suppression, changing the age of retirement to 70, non labeling of GMOs, the Trans Pacific Partnership, re-segregation of schools, all while supporting union busting, foreclosing homes and pollution.
They fully support the Keystone XL pipeline, and one of their plants is in litigation for polluting its area and causing cancer in the nearby residents, and [they] donate millions to universities with the agreement to hire their trained people and distribute Koch agenda-friendly syllabi.
These guys pledged $60 million in the 2012 election to try to eliminate President Obama. They have already pledged several hundred million for our next election and do a lot of these activities through their 'Americans For Prosperity' group which is really a cover for their agenda.
"We oppose government that is for sale and we believe that most of the presidential candidates in the Republican party have been bought and paid for to march to the Koch brothers' agenda. We want the government to be returned to the people and protest that they have given Scott Walker almost a billion dollars to be their puppet.
"That was a lot but we are determined to support Bernie Sanders and give the government back to the people!!!"
Wow, what are the odds that the random person I would ask about the Koch heads would turn out to be Jeni Havill, an Orange County organizer for Bernie Sanders? It's Socialist kismet, baby!
Havill, who really does end some sentences with triple exclamation marks, goes on to inform that the protest will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Niguel Road in Dana Point.
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2015/07/bernie_sanders_koch_brothers_dana_point.php
