The Kochs Take on Politico

Koch counsel: source ‘feeding Vogel a lot of false and outright wrong information’
Jim Vandehei, Charles Koch, David Koch, John Harris

Koch Industries, Inc., is disputing an article published in Politico that claims the manufacturing conglomerate with more than 50,000 U.S. employees played a role in a California referendum fight last fall.

Our Incorrigible Media

Column: Conservatives report, liberals whine
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For the last several weeks, as you are no doubt aware, the Washington Free Beacon and other news outlets—most of them conservative—have been investigating secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel’s positions, finances, associations, career history, and utterances. Which seems to us to be precisely what you would expect an intrepid and creative and entrepreneurial press to do when the president of the United States nominates a controversial former senator to one of the most important cabinet posts in the land.

Obama Pleads for Megadonor

Obama at the Waldorf: 'If somebody here has $10M, I can’t solicit it from you, but feel free to use it wisely'
Obama at a campaign event / AP Images

President Obama came dangerously close to violating campaign finance law during a campaign fundraiser Tuesday, Politico reporter Ken Vogel noted on Twitter.