Wisconsin's Place in the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy

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Untangling the hairball of right-wing non-profits is a job worthy of the DuPont family genealogist. First cousins, second cousins, intermarrying, charities that aren't really charitable, you name it, you'll find it in the dark recesses of the back pages of federal disclosures. But if you look long enough, and take the time to get to know the various families and their incestuous patterns, a picture emerges. If I had Glenn Beck's blackboard I might be able to even illustrate it, but since I don't, I'll just use pictures.
Up to now, most of the focus on funding has been on Koch Industries, and rightly so. You should all download and read this comprehensive report by the Center for American Progress. It gives a great high-level overview of their political and business dealings.

But the Koch family is only one of several just like them. They're not on the Dow Jones exchange, and if you aren't living in their state or within their direct sphere of influence, you won't really be aware of what they're doing. There's no better state to begin to shed light on them than Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, the descendants and keepers of the Bradley Brothers' legacy - Lynde and Harry - are who you need to know if you want to get ahead in state and/or national conservative politics.



Michael Grebe is not only the director of the Bradley Foundation. Here are his other associations:

Chairman, Scott Walker Transition Team
Chairman, Scott Walker Campaign
Board Member, Oshkosh Truck Company
Board Member, Donors Trust
Chairman, Philanthropy Roundtable
Board Member, Church Mutual Insurance Company
CEO, Foley and Lardner (now retired)
The Philanthropy Roundtable and Donors Trust connections enable Grebe to be at the heartbeat of national right-wing giving efforts and campaigns. Adam Meyerson, President of Donors Capital Fund (a donor-advised fund), also sits on the Board of Directors of the State Policy Network and is President of Philanthropy Roundtable.





http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/wisconsins-place-vast-right-wing-conspiracy

[sybylla]

1. Yikes.

Thanks for posting this. It's so hard to sort out all by itself. I hear people speak of the Bradleys negatively, but was never able to sort it all out.

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2. Me too..