With the Republicans firmly in control of the Senate and the House, the billionaire Koch Brothers are feeling pretty good these days.
President Obama's so-called "middle class economics" lesson during the State of the Union fell on deaf GOP ears.
To their credit, Republicans were a rather respectful audience for the President, whom they have tirelessly worked to discredit for the last six years.
Contentious issues such as the Keystone XL Pipeline are now less with GOP in charge as the party will move quickly to approve the plan to transport heavy Canadian tar sands oil to Gulf Coast refineries for shipment to China and other points around the globe.
Charles and David Koch are so in control they decided to throw open the shutters on the political bull session slated for Sunday.
They plan to offer a live web feed from the tony Palm Springs conclave where three GOP Presidential aspirants, Florida's Marco Rubio, Kentucky's Rand Paul and Texas' Ted Cruz will genuflect before the Koch Boys in an effort to curry their favors and access to their network of mega-donors.
Rand reportedly has the inside track for the affection of the Brothers Two. He has courted Charles at the headquarters of Koch Industries in Wichita.
There is a single dark cloud on the horizon that could rain on Koch parade. The latest Washington Post/ABC poll has Hillary Clinton destroying by double digits all GOP comers in the Presidential contest. She beats Mitt Romney by 14 percent points and is up 13 percent over Paul, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie.
Of course, America has seen that movie before when Hillary was thumping Obama early in the contest for the 2008 nomination, which was supposed to be her coronation.
Clinton, this go around, also is waiting to receive her crown, which is good news for the Koch Brothers.
Their political cash could help sidetrack the Clinton Restoration.
Maggie Moran, who is well-connected in New Jersey and New York Democratic politics, has established Moxie Strategies in Asbury Park, NJ.
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
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