knew they wanted to major in both Spanish and Anthropology/Sociology What they didn’t expect was how easily they could explore both at once — through classes and a faculty-mentored research project that led to their paper being published in a peer-reviewed academic journal. The intersection of Koch’s passions developed during Spanish classes with Assistant Professor of Spanish Philip Limerick where students had the chance to research a subject of their choice. “I didn’t realize that research was something you could do in the Spanish department because that’s not something you normally do in high school,” Koch explained When I got to do a research project in Spanish for the first time in my life Koch and Limerick collaborated on research during the summer of 2024 along with Kalí Hernandez Fraire Limerick was focusing on anti-racism on social media in the Afro-Uruguayan context and all three researchers focused on one platform. Koch focused on X (formerly Twitter) and later expressed interest in creating a paper specifically analyzing the discourse on that platform. “Sarah really took initiative in expressing their desire to publish a paper on their X analysis and inviting me as co-author,” Limerick said “They were very motivated and determined and sent me a full draft with a specific journal in mind not even two weeks after our exploratory research process ended I was definitely impressed with the thoroughness and insightfulness of their analysis and writing skills.” The paper, Koch’s first as the main author, has been accepted for publication in Hispania the journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Both Koch and Limerick shared their excitement about the paper’s acceptance but also noted the long and intensive process that led to its publication find supplemental sources and work through extensive feedback from Hispania “It was a wonderful experience working with Professor Limerick,” Koch said “It wasn’t my first time collaborating with a professor in a research project but it was the most independence I’ve ever had.” this rigorous experience will be beneficial as Koch prepares to pursue a PhD in sociology at Vanderbilt University starting in fall 2025 The program they’ve been admitted to requires students produce one academic paper a year for the first three years Having gone through the process with a supportive professor Koch is prepared for those high expectations. Student-faculty collaborative research is a special part of the Centre experience for not only students but professors as well working with Koch exemplified Centre’s commitment to experiential learning and showcased how education is a continuous journey These attributes made the process of collaboration seamless and highly enjoyable for me,” he said “Sarah was very receptive to my feedback and was also confident in expressing their own opinions regarding the project I learned a lot from their ideas and insights.” 600 West Walnut StreetDanville, KY 40422859.238.5200 Your generosity makes a difference in the lives of our students Privacy Legal Login Charles Koch speak during an interview with the Washington Post in Dana Point This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox but it was mighty clear that President Donald Trump was on his mind Thursday night at a glitzy gala that might have as well have been Koch Con too many people and organizations are abandoning these principles and turning to power to solve problems,” said the 89-year-old billionaire industrialist behind some of the most formidable organizations on the political Right “People have forgotten that when principles are lost so are freedom and progress,” he added at the gala convened in his honor by the Cato Institute Charles Koch has long been a foe of protectionism and an evangelist for free markets the remarks he delivered Thursday evening—just a few minutes of efficiently coded winks and nods sprinkled with quotes from philosophical favorites Friedrich Hayek and Frederick Douglass—could just as easily have come a decade ago or a decade later at a moment when Trump and his economic team are engaging in some of the riskiest and costliest brinksmanship over global trade in a generation And when the head of the second-largest private company in the United States speaks there’s an oracle-like aura that demands parsing “You can see why we’re in the mess we are today,” Koch said The “mess” was as explicit as he was willing to get in regard to a pursuit of power at all costs that led to the long-building Trump’s movement and what has unfolded in the first months of his second term The President marked his 100th day in office this week with a report from his Commerce Department that showed the economy shrunk in his first quarter Consumers are already starting to notice costs rising from Trump’s tariff strategy which has been all over the map: adding some here Koch and free-market ideals have long been wed has been a force in conservative circles for a half century funding and fueling dozens of efforts to help small-government causes Americans for Prosperity—a conservative powerhouse of volunteers and door-knockers—is one of the backbones of the grassroots efforts that have bolstered Republicans for decades—and AFP’s partner groups targeting veterans and women have all proven efficient investments for the Kochs and their circle of high-dollar pals Yet the Koch groups were patently against Trump’s ban on migrants from countries with Muslim majorities, objected to his hardline view of immigration, and fought for legal status for Dreamers. dumped almost $160 million into political and policy advocacy in the last cycle without lifting a penny to help Trump Despite his recent setbacks on the political stage Koch and his fans are not shying from the fight When a hype video played before his speech the crowd laughed when criticism from Bernie Sanders and Lou Dobbs played on the screens—a nod to the fact that Koch is reviled by those who otherwise share zero in common And judging from the applause in the room when Cato president and CEO Peter Goettler said explicitly what Koch merely waved at “We will always oppose when a policy is moving in a direction that contradicts these principles,” Goettler said “When the President disappears people without due process or enacts extra-legal tariffs that threaten business and prosperity around the world or targets individual law firms for retribution and calls into great danger to the rule of law The free-market fanboys and libertarian aficionados have spent almost a half century decrying the exact meddling that Trump is now engaging in A hands-off-the-market approach has been sacrosanct for these wonks Lost on no one was the fact that Koch was in town—a rare visit really—to accept the 2025 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty named in honor of the economist who was pretty strident in his opposition to tariffs Tariffs that have come to define Washington over the last few weeks Make sense of what matters in Washington. 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TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website Offers may be subject to change without notice Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article In 1983 Charles and David purchased William’s and Frederick’s interest in Koch Industries for $1.1 billion the company extended its interests into areas far beyond petroleum and increased its annual revenue 250-fold in 40 years In 2018 it was announced that David was retiring because of declining health and conservative activists and journalists gathered to discuss political issues Defenders claimed that the extent of the brothers’ influence was exaggerated and that their political activities were motivated by their desire to increase economic freedom and prosperity for all Americans New Civil Liberties Alliance says president’s invocation of emergency powers to impose tariffs is unlawful A libertarian group that has been funded by Leonard Leo and Charles Koch has mounted a legal challenge against Donald Trump’s tariff regime in a sign of spreading rightwing opposition to a policy that has sent international markets plummeting The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a suit against Trump’s imposition of import tariffs on exports from China arguing that doing so under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) – which the president has invoked to justify the duties on nearly all countries – is unlawful The group’s actions echo support given by four Republican senators last week for a Democratic amendment calling for the reversal of 25% tariffs imposed on Canada Last Wednesday’s amendment passed with the support of Mitch McConnell the former Republican Senate majority leader who argued that tariffs on Canada would be economically harmful The action from the alliance has the potential to be even more emblematic a wealthy legal activist who advised Trump on the nomination of three conservative supreme court justices during his first presidency which has given the court a 6-3 rightwing majority The group received money from organisations affiliated with Leo and Koch in 2022 a group partially funded by Koch and that has supported the alliance said it was not involved in the legal case The alliance has tabled its action on behalf of Simplified a Florida-based home goods company whose business is heavily reliant on imports from China It argues that the president has exceeded his powers in invoking the IEEPA to justify tariffs “This statute authorizes specific emergency actions like imposing sanctions or freezing assets to protect the United States from foreign threats,” the alliance said in a statement “It does not authorize the president to impose tariffs no other president – including President Trump in his first term – has ever tried to use the IEEPA to impose tariffs.” The alliance also argues that power to impose tariffs lies not with a sitting president and warns that those imposed by Trump could run afoul of US supreme court rulings “His attempt to use the IEEPA this way not only violates the law as written but it also invites application of the supreme court’s major questions doctrine which tells courts not to discern policies of ‘vast economic and political significance’ in a law without explicit congressional authorization,” its statement said said the court in Pensacola – where the suit has been filed – would have to observe this legal precedent “Reading this law [IEEPA] broadly enough to uphold the China tariff would transfer core legislative power,” he said the court must construe the statute consistent with nearly 50 years of unbroken practice and decide it does not permit tariff setting.” The suit argues that there is no connection between the fentanyl epidemic – which Trump has cited as a reason for invoking the emergency powers – and the tariffs “The means of an across-the-board tariff does not fit the end of stopping an influx of opioids and is in no sense ‘necessary’ to that stated purpose,” the complaint filed on behalf of Simplified argues President Trump’s own statements reveal the real reason for the China tariff which is to reduce American trade deficits while raising federal revenue.” The legal case adds to rumbling disquiet on tariffs among some of Trump’s usually vocal supporters, including the billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman Paul, a senator from Kentucky who has been one of the most consistent congressional anti-tariff voices, told the Washington Post that other Capitol Hill Republicans shared his concern and they’re all worried about it,” Paul said “But they are putting on a stiff upper lip to try to act as if nothing’s happening and hoping it goes away.” Speaking in support of last week’s Democratic amendment sponsored by the Virginia senator Tim Kaine Paul said: “I don’t care if the president is a Republican or a Democrat I don’t want to live where my representatives cannot speak for me and have a check and balance on power.” Trump attacked Paul and the three other Republican senators who backed the amendment and suggested they were driven by “Trump derangement syndrome” In another sign of Republican concern, the GOP senator from Iowa Chuck Grassley – along with a Washington Democrat, Maria Cantwell – introduced a bill that would limit Trump’s ability to impose or increase tariffs by requiring Congress to approve them within 60 days. The White House budget office said on Monday that Trump would veto the bill This article was amended on 8 April 2025 to correct the spelling of Maria Cantwell’s surname Matt Koch spent much of 2015 going through grueling chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma but the treatments took a toll on his body he joined his friend Alex Lewis for a ski trip in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains He wanted to prove he’d regained his strength “This was my message to the universe of But they only made it halfway through their hike before Matt began feeling weak spending the night huddling for warmth in a tiny dugout snow shelter the friends remembered the dangers they encountered the next morning— and shared feelings they never had before ”Smooth Edges” by Blue Dot Sessions from the album Lemon Jelly all of a sudden hearing this rushing water sound and being knocked off my feet and starting to slide I had triggered an avalanche right underneath me … But I was able to pin my skis perpendicular to some trees… And that made me realize that we needed to turn around immediately But I think you’d hit a spot where you were done And so we decided that you should leave to get help Alex Lewis: What did you do when you were up there Matt Koch: I started realizing how thirsty I was I had one little guy on one shoulder telling me not to ‘But you’re so thirsty.’ I think I was pretty delirious Alex Lewis: When I saw you at the hospital because the frostbite was so significant it was as if it was a major burn Matt Koch: I know I was glad to see you were okay But I was nervous to go to the hospital ‘cause I was concerned that you would feel that I was responsible for what had happened Matt Koch: I had no idea that you felt any level of guilt I’m sorry that we’ve never had this conversation until now Alex Lewis: It’s what I would have done anyway Survivors and friends Thomas Grace and Chic Canfora share memories of May 4 when National Guardsmen opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University Dan Bigley tells his daughter Acacia Bigley about living through a bear attack that blinded him From the Journal: Physics of Fluids a researcher at the University of Göttingen in Germany — who also happens to be passionate about homebrewing — decided to use a high-speed camera to capture what occurs while opening a swing-top bottle of homebrew who leads the Ultrasound and Cavitation group at the university’s Third Institute of Physics suggested that Koch should submit the findings to the special “kitchen flows” issue of Physics of Fluids Koch and his colleagues chose to expand on the home experiment and delve into the novel acoustics and physics at play The group found that the sound emitted by opening a pressurized bottle with a swing-top lid isn’t a single shockwave Their high-speed video recordings captured condensation within the bottleneck that vibrated up and down in a standing wave along with high-fidelity audio recordings and computational fluid dynamics simulations confirmed that this wave is the origin of the “ah” sound “The pop’s frequency is much lower than the resonation if you blow on the full bottle like a whistle,” said Koch “This is caused by the sudden expansion of the carbon dioxide and air mixture in the bottle as well as a strong cooling effect to about minus 50 degrees Celsius The decibels it emits are high — inside the bottleneck it’s as loud than a turbine of an airplane within 1 meter the dissolved carbon dioxide starts to form inside the beer and triggers the liquid level to rise The motion of the bottle also causes the liquid to slosh and the group’s high-speed recordings captured this wave within the bottleneck they noticed that the momentum transfer of the lid hitting the glass with its sharp edge after popping might also trigger gushing “It was a challenge to explain the low frequency of the ‘ah’ sound emitted by the opening and find a simple model to explain the values,” Koch said “One thing we didn’t resolve is that our numerical simulations showed an initial strong peak in the acoustic emission before the short ‘ah’ resonance but this peak was absent in the experimentation.” Koch joked that another great challenge was drinking the homebrewed beverages and still maintaining clarity during the experiment On the popping sound and liquid sloshing when opening a beer http://pof.aip.org Home | News | Eastern Arizona College’s Visiting Writers Series Presents Guitarist Greg Koch and the Koch-Marshall Trio Eastern Arizona College’s Visiting Writers Series will feature acclaimed guitarist Greg Koch and the Koch-Marshall Trio in a special performance on Friday often described as “the most famous unknown guitar player in the world,” is widely recognized for his innovative sound and technical mastery he has been praised for his creativity and dynamic performances Their electrifying performances have earned them a dedicated following worldwide EAC English professor and coordinator of the Visiting Writers Series is delighted to bring Greg back after his well-attended solo visit last year “Greg’s performance last year was phenomenal and the audience response was incredible,” Raines said “With the addition of the other members of the Koch-Marshall Trio we’re expecting an even more dynamic evening filled with extraordinary musicianship and energy.” The event will take place at Eastern Arizona College contact Ken Raines by email at ken.raines@eac.edu By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use Cooper Koch and twin bro spark controversy with eye-popping White Lotus parody The Koch brothers and the fictional Ratliff brothers from 'White Lotus' It’s one thing to go viral for your talent It’s another to go viral for fake-kissing your gay twin brother in an apparent homage to the incestuous threesome plot line from The White Lotus But hey, if anyone can pull it off and still walk away sexy, unscathed, and unbothered — it’s Cooper and Payton Koch In a now-disappeared Instagram story posted by their younger brother Walker the Koch twins posed under a map of Thailand — the season 3 setting for The White Lotus — with Cooper leaning in toward Payton teasing quite the brotherly love moment By tagging @thewhitelotus, they sent the message loud and clear that this was a parody of the season’s most WTF moment: when the fictional Ratliff brothers (played by Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sam Nivola) shared a drug-fueled threesome "I thought everyone knew up front that this show is a satire with dark comedy mocking rich white people." and come from a Hollywood lineage (their grandfather Cooper’s carving a name for himself as a rising actor while Payton is racking up Emmy nominations as a sought-after editor In a world where sibling dynamics on TV are getting more homoerotic by the minute the Koch twins’ wink to the camera feels more like a smart commentary than shock bait PRIDE reached out to Walker for further comment Located in For questions or comments contact the Hunter Koch’s 2024 season looked a little different than the rest and the right horsepower to make it all happen once again 14 ranked heeler in the World is now a four-time National Finals Rodeo Team Roper Koch and Snow slipped into the Round 1 money in Tucson before besting their 5.8-second run by over a second in the Finals they would put 4.5 seconds on top of the leaderboard and a 10.3 on two head put them on top of the Average 1 team to advance out of Bracket 3 with $6,250 to their name after three runs in the 4.0-second range set their pace A no time in the Semifinals did not keep them from the Finals where a 4.1-second run brought their trip to San Antone to a close Koch’s biggest pay day of the 2024 regular season came in July The duo would be third in Round 1 before tying for sixth in Round 2 this was an Average game that Koch played well His 12.5 on two was a full second faster than the next time for the win it would take placing in only two of five Go-Rounds to get a nice Average check Koch and Snow’s best time in Salinas came in at 7.4 seconds in Round 4 for a second-place pay day but they still ended up fifth in the Average when the dust settled A trip to the pay window came after a time of 5.0 seconds put them third behind the Graham Brothers and Erich Rogers and Paul Eaves This was followed up with a fourth-place pay day at the War Bonnett Round Up and another third at Kansas’ Biggest Rodeo The appearance in Kansas brought the team their fastest time overall of the week with a 4.6-second run Their success in Idaho continued when they pulled into Caldwell They were 5.5 for a three-way split for third in Round 1 before a 5.7-second run in the Finals earned them the Round win They wound up third in the Average with a time of 18.9 seconds on three head The season was not over without another $5,000 week and another pay day form Idaho A 3.8-second run in Lewiston fell one tenth of a second short of the win but was enough to get them in the money in a big way That same week they cashed in at the Lake County Round-Up in Oregon a 4.4-second run was good enough for third Meet the NFR Athletes is presented by Montana Silversmiths #EveryBuckleHasAStory #BrandOfChampions #FromGreatToGold All content © copyright The Cowboy Channel Do Not Sell My Personal Information is the CEO and Chairman of Koch Industries was a staunch libertarian and a founder of the John Birch Society Charles is also an ardent supporter of libertarian and conservative organizations He is a co-founder of the Cato Institute the Chairman of the Institute for Humane Studies board member of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and has sponsored multiple conferences for entrepreneurs to encourage them to fund free-market groups Charles has even applied his libertarian ideology to the structure of Koch Industries using his own trademarked “Market Based Management” to run the entire company “Just as central planning is a failure in running government so it is at the level of the firm,” says Charles Senate investigated Charles Koch for his alleged role in funding so-called “issue ads” that violated campaign law by helping conservative Republican congressional candidates in 1996.Koch Industries has been the largest oil and gas industry contributor to electoral campaigns since the 2006 election cycle During the 2008 elections, Koch Industries contributed over $1.8 million Charles and his brother David were involved in a decades-long family dispute with their brothers regarding a buy-out of company shares. Bill and Fred claimed that Charles and David shortchanged them by $340 million The vicious lawsuits began in the early 1980s and continued for nearly two decades See also PolluterWatch profiles of Koch Industries, Charles Koch and David Koch The Chimes Capital University's Student Newspaper plans to retire at the end of this academic year after spending over three decades at the university. Koch is among the numerous faculty members who were given an incentive to retire this year He is 12 years past the normal window slot of retirement and said the timing of the incentive was the perfect opportunity to step back “If someone was going to offer me an incentive to leave “I probably wouldn’t have retired if it weren’t for that incentive.” the university had been going through a similar retirement period which meant they needed to find a replacement for the department chair soon then he moved his way up and became a department chair within the next few years “It was an interesting transition to come in with a lot of experience and build a new department around new people,” said Koch Koch engages with students in a manner that is easily understood His teaching feels “like a conversation,” and he is very “passionate and knowledgeable” about every topic he teaches to students a junior organizational communications major said Koch makes students feel like he cares about them as individuals and he cares that we get the best education in order for us to succeed,” said Emnett “I’m definitely going to miss that connection and how he teaches.” He said the university’s “powerful” debate team drew him in and [the reason] I even knew about Capital was because of debate,” said Koch We’re the only division one policy style debate program that has sustained its program in Ohio.” Koch is filled with pride when talking about the debate team and wants to leave the university with a strong team as part of his lasting legacy. He said the beauty of debate was how he “was able to interact with the brightest students” who leave “strong legacies in a variety of professions and areas.” Debate is one of the things Koch will miss most about the university “The kind of leadership that they exercise intellectually at a university is almost impossible to replace.” Koch hopes the next director is able to fulfill the duties necessary to keep the debate team afloat; however he is not sure if it will be possible given the low funding the team has currently and it will take a commitment from the university to sustain the program,” said Koch Koch’s plans after retirement include supporting local debate activities which is something he has been doing through the university since 2005 with the middle school debate program at Columbus Public Schools He wants to create a non-profit organization in case the university ends its support for the program. he is interested in re-exploring an old interest of his: writing “My doctoral studies were based on propaganda “The contemporary framework is far more complex in the digital age and I’m sort of interested in opening that work again.” Retirement also gives him a chance to spend more time with his wife “That was one of the motivators to be able to spend more time taking care of her.” You must be logged in to post a comment Revealed: fossil fuel billionaire’s Americans for Prosperity vows ‘herculean undertaking’ to renew and deepen tax cuts the flagship political arm of the rightwing network formed by the fossil fuels billionaire Charles Koch and his late brother David is launching a multimillion-dollar campaign backing Donald Trump’s plans to extend tax cuts and roll back federal regulations A private fundraising letter from AFP to its secretive list of donors, seen by the Guardian, outlines the organization’s strategy for the first six months of the new Trump administration The eight-page document promises a “herculean undertaking” in which AFP says it will press for renewed and deepened tax cuts and an “unwinding [of] as many of the growth and innovation killing regulations as possible” The group, which has played a significant role in shifting the Republican party to the right in recent years, has announced a $20m campaign to extend the tax cuts introduced by Trump during his first presidency that are due to expire at the end of this year The donor appeal calls for even bolder tax cuts for corporations that would directly benefit Koch Industries the energy and chemicals giant from which most of AFP’s funding derives Trump’s inauguration on Monday gave tech billionaires including Elon Musk, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos front-row seats. Charles Koch, one of the world’s richest people, is now joining the list of oligarchs seeking to enhance Trump’s second presidency in mutually-beneficial ways. Read moreIt is estimated that the Kochs, who own the US’s second-largest privately held company, have benefited by more than $1bn a year from Trump’s tax cuts That bonanza would continue were the reduced corporate and income tax rates effected by Trump continued Koch Industries, which includes major oil refining and distribution interests, also stands to profit from any curtailment of federal environmental regulations combatting the climate crisis. As one of his first acts back in office, Trump moved for the second time to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement “Koch Inc is primarily a fossil fuel company so they are going to do very well under Trump,” said Arn Pearson executive director of the progressive non-profit watchdog Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) CMD obtained the donors’ letter and shared it with the Guardian Relations between Trump and Charles Koch have at times appeared to be strained. In 2018, Trump wrote on social media: “I don’t need their money or bad ideas,” referring to the “globalist Koch Brothers” whom he derided as “a total joke in real Republican circles” Last year Americans for Prosperity Action, the Koch network’s Super Pac, supported Nikki Haley in the Republican primary race over Trump But AFP went on to aid Trump’s bid for a return to the White House by running an intensive digital advertising campaign in swing states relentlessly and falsely attacking “Bidenomics” as the sole cause of inflation in the US AFP’s prospectus suggests that whatever remaining animus that may exist between the two men has now been smoothed over “Trump and Koch are working hand in glove transactionally to move the parts of the Trump agenda that the Koch network agrees with – and that’s a lot of it,” said Nancy MacLean, professor of history and public policy at Duke university. MacLean is author of Democracy in Chains, which chronicles how the Kochs exerted their grip on US politics The affinity of the two rightwing behemoths is amply on display in Trump’s cabinet nominations. Pete Hegseth, the newly confirmed defense secretary, is former chief executive of Concerned Veterans for America a non-profit group working for the rights of military veterans that now forms part of AFP Chris Wright, a fracking company boss who has been nominated as Trump’s energy secretary, has openly expressed support for the Kochs. In 2023, he donated $100,000 to AFP Action research by the Energy and Policy Institute found Extending the tax cuts is one of the key policy aims of the second Trump administration Such a massive expense would require deep cuts to public services Free newsletterA deep dive into the policies controversies and oddities surrounding the Trump administration Trump got his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act through Congress with the help of a $20m ad campaign by AFP. Before he died, David Koch boasted: “AFP worked very closely with the White House to win passage of the tax reform plan President Trump outlined.” The AFP donors’ letter depicts the tax cuts as a “huge win for the American people”, including “low- and middle-income Americans making less than $50,000”. In fact, the cuts have disproportionately benefited wealthy Americans and corporations like Koch Industries The prospectus says that AFP will mount a huge lobbying effort with a goal of 1,500 meetings on Capitol Hill to “turn up the heat” on Congress members who do not support extending the tax cuts and rewarding those who do “We will work to counter the class-warfare argument that tax cuts are for the ‘rich’.” An analysis by the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that making the tax cuts permanent would have an even more inequitable impact than the original 2017 cuts. The top 1% of income earners would benefit most, while the poorest fifth of Americans would get just 1% of the total provisions. The donors’ appeal singles out Latino voters as an especial target of AFP’s campaigning. The Libre Initiative, an outpost of AFP that spreads anti-tax and anti-government ideology within Latino communities, will launch a “national grassroots program to rally Latino Americans to support the extension of the tax cuts”, the document says. Read moreMacLean said the notion that the Koch network was working on behalf of middle- and low-income and Latino families was a “bald-faced lie This is corporate interests from the dirtiest industrial sector – fossil fuels – whose unbelievable wealth can hire an army of so-called grassroots supporters to mislead us all with an agenda for irreversible change that will harm most Americans.” The Koch network has also played a central role in the unfolding attack on federal regulations in areas such as environmental and energy controls. A Koch-affiliated group, Cause of Action, was behind Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo the case that last year led the US supreme court to puncture a gaping hole in the regulatory powers of federal agencies One of the lead lawyers pressing the Loper Bright case before the supreme court was AFP’s former head of policy AFP’s appeal to donors said that it will now use the Loper Bright decision to “unwind the harmful growth of regulation and the unconstitutional overreach of the administrative state” It also pledges to use the Koch network’s extensive lobbying resources on Capitol Hill to make permanent any cuts to regulation and federal spending achieved by Elon Musk’s fledgling “department of government efficiency” The PGA Tour's marquee event is right around the corner and NBC is gearing up for one of its biggest broadcasts of the year by bringing back a pair of legends to help commentate the action NBC Sports announced Wednesday that Gary Koch and Roger Maltbie would be part of NBC Sports’ coverage of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass Koch will return the following week for coverage of the Valspar Championship in his hometown of Tampa NBC didn't bring back the commentators after the 2022 season, but they have made appeareances the past couple years at the Players and other events, like last year at the U.S. Senior Open, when Maltbie interviewed Cook while he was competing Golf fans lauded the duo being back on the broadcast last year they're returning for the 51st edition of the Players next month Energy and Policy Institute the founder and CEO of the fracking services company Liberty Energy and Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Energy The Wrights’ op-ed, which ran in the Denver Post, responded to a press release from Democrat Mark Udall’s U.S. Senate campaign that said the “Gardner-Koch agenda” would trap “Colorado families in poverty.” Udall was running to defend his seat in the Senate against Republican Corey Gardner Gardner won the race and served in the Senate until he was defeated by John Hicklooper in 2020. “Such attacks are directed at everyone who supports the same causes as the Kochs including the two of us,” the Wrights wrote in their op-ed We want nothing more than to help the least fortunate.” The Wrights have long been part of the network of political donors that is now led by Charles Koch and his son Chase a privately held corporation operating in a variety of industrial sectors Charles’ brother David helped lead the Koch network until he died in 2019. The 2014 Denver Post op-ed described the Wrights as supporters of the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce (now known as the Stand Together Chamber of Commerce), a 501(c)(6) industry association spearheaded by Charles Koch The Wright Family Living Trust, located at the Wrights’ home address in Englewood, Colorado, contributed $15,000 in 2014 to Freedom Partners Action Fund, an affiliated Super PAC of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce. The Super PAC spent millions to oppose Udall and support Gardner during the 2014 Senate race State chapters of AFP are now signaling their newfound affinity for President-elect Trump by hosting inaugural watch parties on January 20. Burgum is now Trump’s pick for Secretary of Interior. After Trump secured the GOP nomination last year, the Wrights contributed approximately $458,000 to the Trump 47 Committee The Wright Family Living Trust also contributed $50,000 in 2018 to the Freedom Partners Action Fund, which spent $9 million supporting Republicans during the 2018 election cycle. While the Wrights’ contributions to federal Super PACs controlled by the Koch network are publicly reported in campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission, the tax-exempt nonprofits that form much of the sprawling Koch network are not required to disclose their donors in their annual tax filings with the IRS But Chris and Liz Wright have not been shy about aligning themselves publicly with the Koch Network Their presence at multiple Koch network donor summits over the years has been documented by reporters on several occasions “Terrible and truly awful are the two choices,” Chris Wright said in 2016 of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at a Koch network gathering in Colorado, according to Bloomberg “We’re not going to give any money to support Donald Trump,” Wright also said. The comments show how Chris was a Never Trumper eight years before he was tapped to serve in Trump’s next administration. Liz also told USA Today that she’d voted for the Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson in 2016. yet still spent heavily to help other Republican candidates. “Our suspicion is we’re going to get three parts good and one part bad,” Chris Wright said about Trump at a Koch summit in California in January 2017 Later that year, the Wrights described the Trump presidency and Republican control of Congress as a rare opportunity to enact the Koch network’s priorities at another donor gathering in Colorado. Chris leveraged his Koch network connections to provide information to those close to Trump. In May 2017, Chris sent Doug Deason, a Trump advisor and Koch network donor, an email with “Re: EPA Science Advisory Committee” in the subject line and provided his bio and a link to a presentation he gave on climate change Deason then shared Wright’s email with Ryan Jackson, EPA chief of staff. Deason wrote that he had met Wright “at Koch Seminars in California several years ago” and described how the two had gone skiing together and become friends. The emails were originally obtained by the Sierra Club and are publicly available at ToxicDocs.org. Deason also forwarded Jackson another email from Wright that linked to an op-ed he wrote in 2014 downplaying the threat posed by global warming. and ethics forms have not been provided to the committee Wright’s confirmation hearing is currently scheduled for 10 AM on Wednesday Top image is a screenshot from a 2019 Facebook video of Chris Wright drinking fracking fluid that was posted online by Liberty Energy Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 AM on Friday Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 PM on Thursday Joseph Catholic Church followed by a 7 PM Prayer Service. Pius loved Jesus and his family with his whole heart playing guitar and singing polkas and waltzes but it is a reminder of how he lived his life…because Pius Koch did everything at full-force and fast Pius was born to Louie & Aurora Koch on August 18 ND and was raised on the family farm near Shields Pius spoke only German until starting first grade and graduated from Flasher High School in May of 1960 he was united in marriage to Jeanette Weekes at St ND in 1974 and then back home to Mandan in 1983 Pius was a jack-of-all-trades and spent most of his career with Amoco but also enjoyed using his skills as an electrician He was always known to be the life of the party with his German phrases (Wie Geht’s – which is a friendly greeting) and his famous cheers while dancing polkas. Pius and Jeanette enjoyed camping and followed the dirt track racing seasons Pius was a 4th Degree in the Knights of Columbus and German songs while strumming his favorite guitar He traveled all over the state to bring his music to nursing homes we will treasure the many recordings of his music He was a loving grandpa to Amanda (Chris) Johnson He was also great-grandpa to Harley & Arianna Johnson His surviving siblings are Maggie Deichert Pius was preceded in death by his parents; sons Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Monsters star Cooper Koch is officially taken Koch, who was nominated at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards for his performance on Netflix's hit series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story But it seems like Cooper Koch's perspective on sharing his relationship with the public has changed as Koch not only brought McClave to attend the Golden Globes with him but posed for several pictures alongside his boyfriend the question remains: who is Stuart McClave Keep reading to learn more about Cooper Koch's boyfriend and further details about their low-profile relationship Cooper Koch and Stuart McClave at the Golden Globes First-Time Nominee Luncheon Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty Images McClave is a filmmaker, producer, director, and writer (per IMDb) who moved to Southern California at an early age he's been a producer on several projects such as Ink Master Moreover, McClave is best known for producing, writing, and directing the documentary On the Line: The Richard Williams Story which chronicles the life of Richard Williams — the father and coach of tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams No, Cooper Koch is not married to Stuart McClave (or anyone else), as reported by People When interviewed on Andy Cohen Live and asked why he wore a wedding ring to the 2024 Emmy Awards on his right finger despite not being married, Koch replied (via Page Six ): and I had this ring that was my grandfather's Cooper Koch and Stuart McClave attending the 2025 Golden Globes Earl Gibson III/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Images The relationship history between Cooper Koch and Stuart McClave is still unclear per multiple reports in the media which makes the timeline of when they started dating even more unclear it should be noted that this was the first official red-carpet event that Koch and McClave were photographed as a couple attending together — but they've obviously been together for longer than that The #GQ #MOTY red carpet is under way and Netflix star #CooperKoch shares what he’s holding space for in 2025 and his personal Man of the Year In December 2024, Koch told GQ Australia — during the publication's Men of the Year event — that his "personal Man of the Year" was "my partner Koch and McClave were then interviewed by Entertainment Tonight while attending the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday Koch discussed what it's been like having his partner along with him during the Monsters release and so he's just got me so grounded and pulls me down to the earth and holds me when it's a lot and he's been so supportive and sweet and just he's been the best partner I could ever [to] be the best partner to Cooper," McClave chimed in Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée In a twist that wouldn’t be believed in the worst TV movie the surviving Koch Brother and Supreme Court shadow boss Leonard Leo are moving to crush Trump and his tariffs. long considered as candidates for the worst people on earth We have no idea what the world will look like when Trump gets slapped down on his all-consuming major initiative Constitution gives control over tariffs to Congress The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes Trump has launched his tariff scheme through executive order and false bravado Like a fourth grader trying to prove to the teacher he was right Trump is making his arguments based on old and unrelated laws that do not give the president the opportunity to create tariffs. So Koch and Leo have filed suit against the Trump tariffs picking as a plaintiff a stationery shop that will be ruined if it has to pay tariffs on imported goods. Koch has been a main villain in support of rightwing causes for many years Leo is the puppet master of the Supreme Court showering Clarence Thomas in particular with everything he could want and much more. “Congress has sole authority to control tariffs which it has done by passing detailed tariff statutes The President cannot bypass those statutes by invoking ‘emergency’ authority in another statute that does not mention tariffs,” the group continued “His attempt to use the IEEPA [an old law] this way not only violates the law as written but it also invites application of the Supreme Court’s Major Questions Doctrine which tells courts not to discern policies of ‘vast economic and political significance’ in a law without explicit congressional authorization.” newrepublic.com/... The court loves them the “major questions” doctrine Throwing the entire economy of the world into chaos is undoubtedly a major question. here is another link to a writeup on this issue. www.msn.com/... Just a thought on how bad Trump’s stock market crash is If you took $500 bills and Scotch-taped them end-to-end you could create a chain that stretched to the moon It would not equal the amount of money Trump has destroyed this week. a pretty conservative town in eastern Arizona There were three MAGAs who turned out. Not signed up for Daily Kos yet? Create a free account Koch had three children with her husband—son Artwin and daughters Gisele and Gudrun; Gudrun died in infancy. Koch’s husband, suspected of corruption and enriching himself by skimming profits from the camp that should have gone to the SS, was relieved of command at the end of 1941. An SS court convicted him of corruption and graft, and he was executed by the SS in 1945. Despite the testimony of former prisoners who were forced to make such grisly objects prosecutors could not conclusively prove her involvement in committing such crimes she was convicted of being a part of the “common design” to abuse prisoners and was sentenced to life in prison Koch Industries is the second largest private corporation in the country Koch is the oil and gas industry’s top lobbying spender a massive funding source to climate-denial front-groups and major force fighting against clean energy policies Charles Koch has controlled Koch Industries since inheriting the company from his father Previously known as Rock Island Oil & Refining Co. For most of Koch Industries’ history, one of Charles Koch’s three brothers, the late David Koch, co-owned the company and worked as a senior executive when he was forced out of company for trying to overthrow Charles Koch and seize control of the company Bill Koch’s shares of the company were sold for approximately $470 million which only appeased the younger Koch twin for two years Bill Koch had convinced the eldest of the four Koch brothers that their shares in the family company had been undervalued by Charles Koch Bill and Freddie Koch initiated a series of lawsuits against Koch Industries and Charles Koch that lasted from 1985-1998 (Christopher Leonard See also PolluterWatch profiles of Koch Industries, Charles Koch and David Koch Cooper Koch and his brother Payton have joked about The White Lotus’ incest storyline (Instagram: @paytonjkoch) Cooper Koch has joined in the jokes about The White Lotus‘ “incestuous brothers” story line During the third season on the hit show, the Ratliff brothers, Saxon, played by Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Lochlan (Sam Nivola) not only kissed but engaged in a three-way romp It has provided the internet with countless memes the star of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Posting on Instagram on Sunday (6 April), the day the season finale aired in the US posted an image on social media of Cooper and Payton parodying the plot Spoilers for the finale of The White Lotus season three After his brother put some distance between them but don’t… ‘worship me’.” He was referring to the drug-fuelled threesome in which the two had engaged “All you care about is getting off,” Lochlan responded “I saw you lying there and thought you looked a little left out I just want to give everyone what they want and I’m in a family full of narcissists.” Saxon then shut the conversation down by saying they should “drop this The White Lotus is streaming on Now TV and is available on catch-up on Sky Atlantic in the UK Share your thoughts! Let us know in the comments below and remember to keep the conversation respectful About us Contact us Advertise Work for us Terms and conditions Privacy policy CR Fashion Book Saint Laurent dropped its latest project entitled “As Time Goes By”, a series of short films directed by Nadia Lee Cohen that explore the world penned by French novelist Marcel Proust. The films set a tone contradictory to the season’s usual festivities, opting instead to walk through a world of human condition and emotion. Creative director Anthony Vaccarello looked to Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, a favorite book of Yves Saint Laurent, that pulls back the curtain on memory. The short films feature beloved industry favorites, including Charlotte Gainsbourg, John Waters, Chloë Sevigny, Addison Rae, Cooper Koch, and more. They interact with their respective environments in a way that was intended to represent the glamour and intrigue in day-to-day life. Though the characters were shown reading works from Proust in most of these settings, there is a refined edge to the vintage-esque sequencing of shots and the spoken word layered over the visuals. a sign of how uncomfortable his allies were with a candidate whose positions were so far afoul from their own on so many issues But by the time the network gathered at the start of 2023, their position on Trump was not really a point of discussion. The deadly Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was finally a step too far The chief of the network’s main political arm told her patrons that they were ready to back an alternative Republican who showed promise of winning The group ultimately plowed more than $32 million into former South Carolina Gov and another $10 million in broader anti-Trump efforts before throwing in the towel The hopes of reclaiming the party from this gatecrasher were dashed and they had to live with Trump as their standard bearer It’s been six months since Haley ended her bid and just over six weeks since Biden followed suit Vice President Kamala Harris has scrambled the electoral map and might look like more of a threat than Biden on some key Koch issues So where does that lead Koch World and their deep pockets? Not far from where they’ve been all along—doing their best to help Republicans not named Trump Despite some pleas from Trump apologists who still pony up cash to the organizations operating under the Koch umbrella the leadership remains unbending in their decision to stay out of the presidential race altogether Koch-linked strategists say their main goal is to be a check against unified Democratic control of Washington staff and volunteers have already knocked on more than five million doors to help their Senate prospects the Koch network—and those who take their cues from it—are focused on about two dozen races many of them in deep-blue states like California and New York where voters have shown a willingness to split their tickets There are currently 17 Republicans from districts Biden won in 2020 and five Democrats from districts where Trump won With Republicans holding a razor-thin majority these races are likely to see some of the highest spending in some of the most expensive media markets. While the Koch network may be steering clear of the top of the ticket it’s flowing mightily toward these top-target congressional races is in at major levels; it was investing just shy of $70 million in all of 2022 and almost $48 million in 2020 campaign finance reports covering spending through Aug 12 show the group had already spent $78 million on federal races And there are still about three months of cash that is not yet accounted for this year If it seems like outside groups are playing bigger roles in campaigns than in the past During the 2020 campaign—the last presidential race albeit one that unfolded during a pandemic—outside groups spent $686 million $778 million has been dedicated to the presidential campaigns suggesting the Koch decision to sit out the White House race hasn’t choked off all of the heft just the expertise and efficiencies that come from a penny-pinching leader who is unmatched in getting a return on his investments for his political spending Make sense of what matters in Washington. 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Brief newsletter Write to Philip Elliott at philip.elliott@time.com EXPOSEDbyCMD This article was first published by Sludge Much media attention in the 2024 elections has gone to the world’s richest person whose political spending has exploded this cycle for former President Donald Trump and Republican candidates The frenetic cash outlays by Musk and his tech industry associates over the past six months have obscured record high spending in this election cycle by a more familiar conservative billionaire: industrialist Charles Koch and his Americans for Prosperity Action super PAC AFP Action’s spending in 2024 federal elections has more than tripled over its level in the 2020 contests !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var t in a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r About two-thirds of that amount this cycle has been to help Republicans hold control of the U.S where they need a net gain of at least one more seat if West Virginia elects the Republican candidate "The Koch network's premier PAC more than doubling its contributions over the last two election cycles is a clear indicator that our campaign finance system is badly broken,"said David Kass executive director of the coalition Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) which advocates for progressive tax reform "Ultra-wealthy donors like the Kochs are using their vast resources to influence key Senate races which would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy and big corporations,” Kass said Only the two super PACs tied to Republican congressional leaders the Congressional Leadership Fund and Senate Leadership Fund have spent more backing Republican candidates for the House and Senate this year than AFP Action has according to a Sludge review of Federal Election Commission spending data In a July statement the conservative AFP Action described its spending as part of a “firewall strategy” seeking “to prevent one-party progressive rule in Washington.” In October alone the super PAC spent over $42 million on canvassing Of this cycle’s amount raised by AFP Action $40 million has come from conglomerate Koch Industries in two donations made in May 2023 and July 2024 Three billionaire heirs to the Walmart fortune — Robert S. Walton — together have donated at least $25 million to AFP Action this cycle led by at least $15 million from Citadel hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin Republican challengers have received more support from outside spending groups than have their Democratic incumbents A recent report from ATF found that 150 billionaire families have already contributed are cord-breaking $1.9 billion to this election cycle Under the Republican-passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Charles Koch’s fortune grew from around $47.7 billion at the end of 2017 to over $59 billion, according to a July report by ATF on the effects of the Trump-signed legislation since the GOP tax cuts benefiting the very wealthiest took effect “If we want a government that works for all of us and not just the wealthy few we must curb the political influence of the ultra-rich This requires fair taxation and stricter limits on campaign contributions,” Kass said David is the co-founder of Sludge and executive director of the Participatory Politics Foundation the most-visited nonprofit site for tracking bills and campaign donations in the U.S Later open-source projects included AskThem and NYC Councilmatic December 12th, 2024 at 9:26 PM (CST) David: I was told/heard somehow that the Cocks finally relented and directed some funding to Trump Can you tell me if the Kocks donated to Trump in any traceable way – or just surmised though collective funding with others Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" © 1993–2025Center for Media and Democracy (CMD)520 University Ave, Ste 305Madison, WI 53703 · (608) 260-9713CMD is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit.Log in This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page swore her loyalty to canines of all shapes and sizes had long pledged her heart to the feline side of the animal kingdom Despite their differences these sisters shared a common interest: love In 2016, the Koch sisters opened The Ripped Bodiceopens in a new tab, a romance-only bookstoreopens in a new tab in Culver City Leah and Bea made their mark on the romance and literary world — establishing themselves as the county’s first ever romance-only bookstore The readers of Los Angeles soon caught wind inspiring the sisters to open another location in the Nora Ephron capital of the world: New York City (specifically Park Slope Brooklyn’s answer to Ephron’s beloved Upper West Side) just for our kinSave on the litter with color-changing tech that helps you better care for your cat they relied on their love of the work — and their pets — to keep the hustle going This interview has been edited for clarity. View this post on Instagram A post shared by esther, bookstagrammer (@estherfungreads) Bea: I have to start with a pet who is no longer with us: Fitz William Waffles D.D.S., Esq. was our first store dog. He passed away a few years ago, but he’s [with us] forever, and then there is Fiona Hodges Koch. She is our second one; Fitz sent her to us. She lives in the desert, so she hasn’t ever really been a shop dog. And then Hamilton Hoyt Hodges Koch, named after Minerva Hamilton Hoyt who got Joshua Tree protected, which is where I live. They are the lights of my life. Leah: I have three cats, and their names are Clementine, Antoinette, and Kevin. Bea: Oh, yeah. Leah is the definition of a cat person, and I am the definition of a dog person. Leah: Yeah, it’s pretty accurate. And I mean, I obviously love her dogs, but I would say it’s pretty reflective of our personality. Bea: I love Leah’s cats. I don’t really understand the point of them. And then I also don’t understand how life is worth living without dogs. Leah [laughing]: Your dogs are so needy. Cats just take so much more care of themselves and, like myself, they will present themselves to you when they would like attention, and then you just leave them alone the rest of the time. Leah: I understand why it fulfills people; I just don’t want to go on walks. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bea and Leah (@therippedbodice) Leah: We are both life-long romance readers but we came up with the idea almost nine years ago and we were talking about what we wanted to do with our lives Bea was finishing her graduate degree; I was finishing my undergraduate degree and we were sad to be away from each other and we should become shopkeepers because it will be like we’re in Gilmore Girls.” And and our parents really instilled in us a love of bookstores as community spaces “What if we had a store that only sold the genre that we like?” And we couldn’t believe that nobody else was doing that already in the United States with all the confidence and naïveté of young people who have no idea what they’re doing Bea: So many romance novelists love their pets so much that pets as an important part of the story is a very popular thing. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bea and Leah (@therippedbodice) and I think it’s inspired by wanting to make sure everybody feels included and knows that there are romance novels out there for them We have a tremendous amount of work to do as an industry in terms of diversity But also — and I always try to emphasize this — we are not a nonprofit There are more customers if you have books that are not just straight Bea: Queer titles have always sold well for us from the beginning Leah: And just to emphasize: It’s not that I want to be a good person Leah: OK, so the hilarious thing about our Brooklyn space is that it used to be a pet store. So, the dogs of Park Slope are frantically confused about what is going on because they’re used to going in there and getting treats. And so dogs, like, drag their owners into the store. Bea: There is one woman who has to lift her dog up by his harness to pass the store. Bea: We immediately got treats so we could give all the dogs treats. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bea and Leah (@therippedbodice) I’m living with my dad while I’m here in Brooklyn otherwise I would have brought them with me And I’m really enjoying myself; this is great but the literal one negative is I really miss my cats Bea: I have the most amazing dog sitteropens in a new tab in the world who comes and stays at my house with my dogs when I’m gone And I’m just insane about who I leave my dogs with — really they’re my children It’s just like a constant stream of what they’re doing and how they’re feeling and without that Leah: We’re just getting our sea legs in Brooklyn and we do have some really fun stuff coming up in LA we’re just on the heels of a very large project no big project on the horizon at the moment — but ask me again in a year or two he’s the writer’s favorite excuse to take a mental-health break from late-night edits the Emmy-winning actress and animal activist is giving it back through her rescue foundation and pet wellness brand and even our physical nature — anyone who has ever loved an animal knows that.” he’s turned her formerly pet-averse family into cat people Amy Koch and Morillo’s husband John Stiles pose for pictures at Koch’s annual family barn dance Courtesy of Amy KochPlayListenHow a liberal and a conservative became friends despite being ’wrong about everything’Go Deeper.CloseCreate an account or log in to save stories We have added it to a list of your favorite stories “I always introduce Amy as the only person invited to my wedding who tried to ban it from happening,” he said gay and a former labor organizer and progressive strategist a Republican and former majority leader in the Minnesota Senate once supported a state constitutional ban on gay marriage they would have considered each other political adversaries MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all And they co-host a political podcast together called “Wrong About Everything,” an irreverent politics show where they pick apart some of the hardest subjects that divide the country — abortion the war between Israel and Hamas and the January 6th insurrection “So many people are out there [have] existing relationships with family or friends that were good “We actually started on the other side of it.” These podcasters have had a lot of laughs all while navigating through some of the most polarizing years in American history They say the key to their success is not to take themselves too seriously — and to agree that they probably won’t agree on much So how did two people on opposite sides of just about everything become friends had just launched the “Wrong About Everything” podcast with Republican lobbyist Brian McDaniel “The whole idea was to create an environment where we create enough trust to talk about things and joke with each other,” he said “I’d rather risk offense but create that space.” Koch was asked to guest host the podcast. At the time, she was rebuilding her life after she’d had an affair with a Senate staffer and resigned from her leadership position “She made fun of herself off the air with me,” Morillo said Amy Koch said their friendship blossomed after that alongside two Democrats — Morillo and a rotating fourth host “We’re not going to come to an agreement,” she said “People have to understand that we are not only really great friends but we are really on different sides of the political spectrum.” arguing ideas with trustworthy adversaries has helped Koch crystalize why she’s a Republican “You have to bring your A game if you’re debating Javier It makes me more certain of why I am a conservative and what I believe in "Wrong About Everything" former host Carin Mrotz (far left) talks with current hosts Amy Koch Javier Morillo and Brian McDaniel.Courtesy of Sam SansavereA fight and a hiatusBut even so they had a big blow up over the prospect of another Trump presidency Morillo feared Trump would become a dictator if elected again McDaniel disagreed because he believes the constitution would prevent it The rift was so big that they called it quits on the podcast for about six months Morillo and McDaniel back in the host chairs Koch and Morillo's friendship survived the show’s hiatus Morillo says that when he encounters what feels like insurmountable political conflict on the show — or in life — he likes to talk about anything but politics “Focus on something else — maybe it’s cooking Then maybe you can come back to that stumbling block later and have a conversation.” “Just try to understand that so many people want the same thing so many people are trying to do the good thing.” Morillo and his husband will join Koch’s conservative family for a barn dance Koch will do chores for Morillo and his husband on their wedding anniversary “He’s just wrong about everything,” said Koch By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use. The stars of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez — Cooper Koch and Javier Bardem — speak with Out about how the series tackles homophobia In the episode titled “The Hurt Man,” written by Ian Brennan Abramson’s voice can be heard questioning him while the viewer only sees her from the back until the camera pushes in so close that she’s out of the frame entirely and only Koch’s Erik speaks directly to the camera This season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series Monsters has received criticism for taking liberties with and exploiting the true story of the brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents Jose and Kitty Menéndez (Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny in the series) The true story offers a jumping-off place for the series to delve into serious topics around homophobia the limitations of the justice system to fully arrive at a truth “The process of getting ready to do ['The Hurt Man' episode] was really just reading that script over and over and over again and I tried to just really get all of those memories so specific and detailed so that when I was going to recount them who became the subject of gay author Jean Genet’s 1947 play The Maids the brothers are seen holding a book about incestuous While detailing cycles of abuse in “The Hurt Man” at the hands of his brother and father and his complicit mother and the grandparents who allegedly abused Jose and Kitty Erik explains that he’s engaged in a rewarding physical relationship with another boy but admits he doesn’t understand his sexual identity because of what was “done” to him by the abuse he suffered “In terms of not knowing who he was or this boy that he speaks on at the end of the episode I really think it's in there to present what’s called traumatic reenactment which is when you’ve been through sexual abuse or really any kind of abuse and you keep going back to something that’s similar or familiar to you as a way to heal or cope,” Koch says “I think having that in there proves and further supports their claim that they were in fact sexually abused people really sympathize with him and believe his story.” Chloe Sevigny and Javier Bardem in Monsters: They Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryCourtesy of Netflix “I think it comes with the time where the educational pattern that these people had and where a man is a man and you cannot express any emotion and you can’t share your weakness And of course all that stupidity that comes with it and that creates so much harm around him,” Bardem says “There's still something in our education [of men] that is so wrong and I think Jose Menéndez is an example of that.” who admits to hating her sons in a fiery episode Sevigny sees her character as a product of a time that included stifling gender roles and so her admission of failing to love her children is all the more shocking of the attention that they got from her husband I think she has a lot of very old-fashioned values and really played into gender roles and was also threatened by them and their physicality I think that she was very unhappy in her life and her marriage and turned to drugs and alcohol,” Sevigny says “A lot of women during parenthood have different stages of it where it can be very confusing and disruptive and disturbing even especially when you have sons that you’re scared of in her case or at least in the story that we're telling in her case,” she adds “I think a lot of women don't admit that even postpartum is very hard for people to talk about I know a lot of women in my life that had a really hard time connecting with their children And I think it's just something that people don't address.” Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryCourtesy of Netflix successful Abramson is a counterpoint to Kitty’s succumbing to gender roles in the series “She was a woman of her time where the most frustrating thing somebody could say to her was calling her a ‘female attorney.’ She was coming [up] of an age and was a feminist in her own [way] without wanting to carry the card In that way,” Graynor says And yet I think that it comes up in the show still have a really hard time with powerful In another powerful scene describing abuse, Nicholas Alexander Chavez’s Lyle breaks down on the stand, only to flip into what appears to be a kind of sociopathy once the judge and jury are out of the picture. He boasts about his performance on the stand to a woman he’s dating from prison. “There is evidence to support that. Lyle Menéndez essentially, after he gave his testimony in the first trial, said something to the effect of, ‘I can't believe that I snowed them,’” Chavez says. Part of Chavez’s work in playing the character was to find those places of empathy. “It was important to me to do a lot of work on why he behaved so erratically and impulsively at times. And I think it stemmed from being a really, really deeply hurt and wounded child underneath. I think that he felt a tremendous amount of pressure to lead his brother through this. And as part of leading his brother through this, mimicked many of the behaviors of his own father, which is why my performance became so much clearer once Javier Bardem came into the picture,” Chavez says. “Because I think that Lyle Menéndez is first and foremost his father's son, and I was really grateful for the scenes… where you really get a chance to see Lyle's inner child and the place of hurt that he comes from, and maybe gives some sort of insight into why he behaves the way that he does in the other episodes.” Watch Out’s interviews with Koch and Chavez and Bardem and Sevigny in the video above. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is streaming on Netflix. Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. The nominations for the Golden Globe Awards are a starry collection of the biggest names from film and television “Emilia Pérez”is the leading nominee with 10, but Monday's nominations gave a boost to several films hoping to be in contention for the Academy Awards The Globes are known for bringing together television and film stars for the first major awards show each year. The Globes will be handed out Jan. 5 in Beverly Hills in a ceremony hosted by comedian (and Globes nominee) Nikki Glaser Here's a collection of reactions to this year's Globes nominations: Cynthia Erivo and I think it’s particularly special because it’s for a musical … it feels like a really beautiful full-circle moment to be celebrated for this and it’s a bit of a dream come true because there was definitely a time but I didn’t think that would ever happen … I don’t know how often you get to do a big musical onscreen Some people who don’t go to musicals full stop are going to see this it’s just been the most incredible thing to see happen and my eyes are wide open every day and my brain is blown away by the connection that’s its making with people." — In an interview with The Associated Press Demi Moore, for “The Substance” “Just to have this recognition, this acknowledgment, to be part of the conversation, I think is a huge win for women, but also for people seeing the importance of self-love and self-acceptance, which is really the kind of overall messaging in this. So I really am thrilled.” — In an interview. “Wow!!!! Thank you to the members of The Golden Globes. I am so grateful to be included on this extraordinary list of nominees and to Halina Reijn for trusting me with the role of Romy. I share this with Harris, Antonio, Sophie and the entire cast of Babygirl.” — In a statement. Cooper Koch, for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” “The thing that I’m most happy about in terms of the nomination is just that I get to have another stage — a big stage — to be able to advocate for them and talk to them. This part — this person — means the world to me and it’s very, very special.” — In an interview. Kochplayed Erik Menendez. For more coverage of the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/golden-globe-awards One standup asks moral questions about her family’s post-Soviet wealth the other uses a self-satisfied persona to survey his gilded lifestyle Both strike comedy gold at Edinburgh fringe At a festival where everyone’s losing money, and some can’t afford to come in the first place, how do you talk about your wealth and privilege? (Far less invite people to laugh about it?!) I’ve seen fringe shows address privilege in the past. Jack Whitehall, Ivo Graham not the slap-happy megastar): these acts broached their poshness but seldom looked beyond the superficial class signifiers they were doing so before the cost-of-the-fringe crisis reached He won the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny prize aged just 19 and amassed industrial quantities of online followers in his early 20s – so there was always something gilded about his rise even before he introduced generational wealth into the mix that privilege feeds into Christie’s pleased-with-himself persona: a reflex flippancy as if it would be vulgar to take anything seriously because he marries it to some light-touch cultural commentary (on the things we need to do these days to acquire social capital) I Deserve This does not address privilege as directly as Koch’s show but Christie’s wealth orients him in a particular way towards his subject: the things young people need to say do and claim these days to boost their social standing It gives him anthropological distance: he surveys the absurdity of it all from the impervious vantage point of a man spared struggles of his own they’re of a nice holiday.”) And so the show tours through trauma illustrated with reference to our host’s life: the time he had sex with a man just to look cool; the racism test he undertook when in a mixed relationship; his fondness for UK grime based on identifying with precisely half the lyrics of every song so income is bound to take a hit.) Certainly Olga Koch works harder to extricate herself from the channels down which supercilious rich-person comedy usually runs Her show interrogates the myths around money All of this is filtered through Koch’s life which fortunately intersects with three different financial systems: that of a collapsing Soviet Russia She is explicit about her own privilege (“The thing about being on a yacht …”) but not that explicit: a routine about being asked “How rich?” coyly withholds actual figures That stands out only because coyness isn’t Koch’s usual mode: in what she refers to as her “bad bitch” character her young adulthood working for “the video platform that radicalises teenagers” Checking one’s privilege was seldom so comprehensively undertaken – and in both these shows Olga Koch Comes from Money and Finlay Christie: I Deserve This are both at Monkey Barrel Comedy Ryan Murphy warned a crowd at a preview screening that we were about to witness a star being born also known as the last Wednesday before Nicholas and Cooper are super famous,” Murphy said of his Monsters stars Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch the brothers who are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole after being found guilty in 1996 of murdering their parents Murphy turned to the two young actors seated beside him and offered them a congratulatory yet foreboding message in their last moments of relative anonymity: “Enjoy it.” 25-year-old Chavez and 28-year-old Koch have been in the eye of the storm the actors attempt to articulate the wild ride they’ve been on since their portrayal of the Menendez brothers went public “I was speaking with some Netflix personnel before Monsters came out ‘This is going to go live in 190 different countries at once,’” Chavez tells VF the enormity of that is really difficult to grasp.” “I feel like the same person,” Koch tells me of his life post-Monsters “The only thing that’s different is we did a big TV show and everyone’s talking about it Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez in episode 202 of Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story Chavez and Koch took very different paths to Monsters Born in Houston at the turn of the millennium Chavez spent most of his childhood in Denver doing typical boy stuff—playing football It wasn’t until he spent a summer at Camp Rising Sun a full-scholarship international leadership program for teens directed me in Into the Woods and cast me as the cow,” he says “I remember being so nervous that all of the girls were coming over to the boys camp to see the play had his first brush with acting as a child a suburb of Los Angeles akin to Calabasas; his mother put him and his twin brother in community theater at age five “My brother and I had a manager for a second and we went on auditions for commercials and some film and TV but we had to keep getting pulled out of school,” he says “We really didn’t like that.” While child stardom wasn’t in the cards for Koch Chavez capitalized on his small but mighty role as Milky White the cow by joining his high school’s speech and debate team and soon found himself stepping into the role of Atticus Finch in his high school’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird after the original lead got sick and attended one for two years before striking out on his own “My first attempt at the real world got hit with a global pandemic,” said Chavez He took on odd jobs—selling life insurance and cars—to get by I probably sold it at one point or another,” he says Koch also felt the sting of rejection at the onset of adulthood “I auditioned for all the musical theater schools,” said Koch I want to be on Broadway.” The world had other plans: “I didn’t get into one school for musical theater.” He did get into Pace University in downtown Manhattan “It just really taught me how to be myself.” Gradually, both Chavez and Koch became working actors. Chavez did two years on General Hospital, earning a 2022 Daytime Emmy in the process. Koch found work as a model and an indie film actor, starring in smaller films like Swallowed and the queer slasher flick They/Them When a casting call for Monsters went around Although Murphy and Monsters cocreator Ian Brennan saw hundreds of submissions the relatively unknown Koch and Chavez stood out these are the guys,’” Murphy said during the Q&A “Usually when you have huge parts like this six people.” But Murphy had already seen enough ‘Come in for an audition.’ They didn’t know that they were the first and only choice.” Koch and Chavez met for the first time when they arrived at Murphy’s office there just already was this sort of innate chemistry between us,” Koch says That would be crucial to get them through the grueling monthslong process of shooting the series “Cooper is incredibly charismatic,” Chavez says He did such an amazing job of centering us both Taking a moment at the end of the workday to just look around and appreciate all of the incredible things happening around us He often would just come over and give me a big hug We often told each other that we were proud of the other person I felt really lucky to go through it with someone else.” Koch shared a similar sentiment when asked about working with Chavez “When you’re doing stuff that’s super intense and emotional Chavez and Koch share the mammoth responsibility of anchoring Monsters as it dives headfirst into deeply upsetting territory The show explores the brothers’ claim that they were psychologically and sexually abused at the hands of their parents particularly their father—something both brothers maintain to this day Koch and Chavez found different physical aspects they could use to tap into their characters it was the younger Menendez’s tendency to overemphasize his T’s carefully articulating them at the ends of certain words “He does really do an aspirated T,” Koch says these traits are all physical manifestations of Erik’s trauma “All of those things are behaviors that further support the claim that he was sexually abused by his father,” Koch says “There’s YouTube videos of behavioral analysts who analyze physical behavior and body language and they tell you these are things that people develop after they’ve been sexually abused.” Chavez was compelled by what was hiding underneath the glossy exterior of the Menendez family. So naturally, Lyle’s reported $1,450 toupee became something of a totem for him almost became symbolic of the mask that was imposed on Lyle by his family and by his father.” Koch does not mince words when sharing his opinion on the brothers’ claims against their father “I believe everything that they said on the stand to be true.” His costar but I’ve also come to the conclusion that I don’t really want to share what that is with anyone and that I really want to keep that part of my artistry and my interpretation to myself,” says Chavez The stars’ approach to the actual Menendez brothers diverged further when Koch (and Kim Kardashian) took a trip to the facility where Lyle and Erik are incarcerated the September trip happened spur-of-the-moment and was catalyzed by his stylist who happened to be out to lunch with Kardashian and she’s asking me all these questions,” says Koch Then Kardashian told him she and Scott Budnick a producer and criminal-justice-reform activist were planning to visit Erik and Lyle’s prison She asked if Koch would like to come as well Koch had previously spoken to Lyle a few times did not make the trip down to the correction facility “I was not made aware that there was a trip to see the brothers,” he says is having the grace to go into a character or go into a role and then also release it when you’re done with it,” he says He takes a second to carefully consider his words “I think a big part of the next phase of my artistry is recognizing when it’s time to release the role and my decision to not want to make those visits is part of that.” Despite Erik Menendez’s opinion about the series, “he seemed okay” when Koch met him, the actor says. “The first thing he said was, ‘I’ve heard nothing but great things about you and about episode five Koch understands how difficult this moment must be for both brothers and appreciates why Erik had a negative reaction to the series ahead of its debut “It makes sense that he would feel that way,” he says “This is the worst part of his life being televised for millions of people to see The day ended with Koch embracing both brothers “I got to give them a hug and look them in the eyes and just tell them that I believe them and I stand with them and I’ll do everything I can to advocate for them.” “I have now decided we will go through a thorough process of investigating both the new evidence for habeas and whether they have been rehabilitated for resentencing,” Gascón told Newsweek While Monsters arguably may have contributed to a reevaluation of the case there are still many vocal detractors of the series who take issue with its portrayal of the Menendez brothers One specific point of contention is Monsters’ suggestion that Vanity Fair reporter Dominick Dunne hypothesized that the brothers may have been in an incestuous relationship with each other and killed their parents to cover it up (Dunne never published that theory in his reporting for Vanity Fair.) “People like to take the small bits of the incestuous stuff or other people’s perspectives that they disagree with and like to say that we’re painting out the show for that to be the truth,” says Koch “But there’s so many different truths in this show You can align with the one that you feel the most compatible with Chavez and Koch are trying to process the public’s reaction to their work without letting it affect them too much “I imagined that the show would be interpreted in many different ways and that there would not be one singular positive or negative sentiment about the show,” Chavez says and these boys evoke such a strong empathy out of people so much so that we’re still talking about it 30 years later I understand why the reaction has been as intense and as outspoken as it has been.” is also at peace with the public’s perception and that point of view aligns with all of the people on TikTok who support them I know that I did everything that I could to support them and advocate for them in my performance and portray them as authentically as possible How Miriam Adelson Went From Big MAGA Winner to Casino Loser in Trump’s First 100 Days Trump’s Lies Are Finally Catching Up to Him The UK Has Found Another Reason to Be Mad at Meghan Markle “It’s About Him”: How Trump Is Perverting the Presidential Photo Stream The Ballad of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson The Truth Underlying Pete Hegseth’s Job Security Why Are Americans So Obsessed With Protein How Sebastian Stan Became Hollywood’s Most Daring Shape-Shifter Every Quentin Tarantino Movie Meet Elon Musk’s 14 Children and Their Mothers (Whom We Know of) From the Archive: Sinatra and the Mob Shop Las Vegas Aces Joe Tsai, Clara Wu Tsai, and family will continue to retain full control of teams BROOKLYN – Joe Tsai, Clara Wu Tsai and their family have agreed to sell a minority stake of BSE Global, the parent company of the Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and Barclays Center, to investors Julia Koch and her children. The transaction is not closed until final approval of the NBA Board of Governors. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The investment comes after extensive and collaborative discussions between the two families. Joe Tsai will continue his position as the Chairman of BSE Global and Governor of the Brooklyn Nets and Clara Wu Tsai will remain Vice-Chair of BSE Global and Governor of New York Liberty. The business and basketball operations of BSE Global will continue to be managed by professional management led by group CEO Sam Zussman, Nets GM Sean Marks, and New York Liberty CEO Keia Clarke and GM Jonathan Kolb. “We are pleased to welcome Julia Koch and her family to BSE Global,” said Tsai. “Mrs. Koch’s commitment to New York institutions is an invaluable addition to our franchise. The Nets have a special bond with the Brooklyn and broader New York communities, and we are looking forward to working with Mrs. Koch and her family as we increase investment in our franchise.” “We welcome this new partnership with the Koch family,” said Wu Tsai. “We are excited to expand upon our shared commitment to New York City, especially the borough of Brooklyn, and continue to bring the very best sports and entertainment to this city.” “Our family is honored to join the Tsai family in shaping, advancing and contributing to the shared vision for the future of The Nets, The Liberty and the broader Brooklyn community,” said Koch. If you are having difficulty accessing any content on this website These are just a handful of the corporate interests and right-wing communications platforms linked to the inner circle of Pierre Poilievre and his federal Conservatives as Canada heads into a snap federal election scheduled for April 28 Today DeSmog is publishing an interactive map illustrating the web of connections between federal lobbyists and the man who could become Canada’s next leader my obsession — my daily obsession — will be about what is best for the working-class people of this country.” and companies owned by the world’s richest man It will show in thick red lines the connections to other players in the Conservative universe Click on a name in the map to get more information about the person the organization has members such as Aaron Scheewe managing director at the lobby group Capitol Hill Group — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — as well as MBDA Missile Systems and the Canadian International Pharmacy Association is a current lobbyist at Crestview Strategies and the Canadian arm of the far-right social media platform Rumble The council’s president, Stephen Barber, is a vice president at the lobbying firm StrategyCorp, whose clients include Pathways Alliance an industry group comprised of Canada’s six largest oil sands companies Poilievre himself has close ties to lobbyists Murray states on the One Persuasion website that his previous connections to the Conservative leader are an asset to his clients Poilievre has been clear that the old ways of doing [government relations] will not work with Canada’s next government There are many who speculate on how to approach this “That’s why when it comes to crafting your story or presenting the right plan in the right way David will take you from just being heard to making a real impact,” it adds For the first decade or so that Poilievre was a member of parliament he served under Conservative leader Stephen Harper That connection persists to this day through political operatives such as Hamish Marshall, a partner at One Persuasion, who says that “he was the liaison between the central agencies of government and the Prime Minister’s Office on all matters relating to public opinion research” during years when Harper was in power Marshall also co-founded the right-wing media outlet Rebel News in 2015 Harper, who is widely seen as Poilievre’s political mentor is himself the owner of the lobby group Harper Associates which shares a staff member with Wellington Advocacy another lobby group that counts Koch Industries Haley Love, a former Wellington consultant, has helped lead digital services for Poilievre. She also formerly worked with Mobilize Media, the conservative communications firm behind the Facebook account Canada Proud Canada Proud posted a screenshot of Poilievre apparently “meeting with Canadian workers in a small Franco-Ontarian village,” next to a headline of Carney arriving in London to meet the King of England “The contrast couldn’t be clearer,” stated Canada Proud Cultivating an impression of working-class relatability is key to Poilievre’s political brand DeSmog’s map shows that the Conservative leader and his party are linked to a constellation of corporate lobbyists and industries far removed from the day-to-day interests of ordinary Canadians Stay up to date with DeSmog news and alerts Even as the mood at Edmonton’s annual expo turned cautious industry still bet on public dollars to keep its net zero dream alive private equity firm KKR contributed to the president’s swearing-in ceremony Despite widespread public support for clean energy and climate action Nigel Farage’s party is running on an aggressively anti-net zero ticket Newsletter Website by SeriousOtters Subscribe Donate IOWA CITY — Chris Tadjo provided reinforcements for fellow freshman Cooper Koch during an Iowa basketball workout this month Koch lined up a 3-pointer during a live-action drill it's a shot that he is very much capable of making Tadjo was ready for a possible miss and corralled the ball after it came bounding off the rim used a shot fake to get Owen Freeman in the air and then finished with a layup the two scholarship members of Iowa's freshman class (Trey Buchanan is part of it as a preferred walk-on) are preparing for their first season with the Hawkeyes The summer workouts have given glimpses of where they stand in their development and what they could provide early in their Iowa careers As briefly shown in that offensive rebound Even though Koch missed a 3-point shot in that particular instance he made other looks from deep on multiple occasions “Cooper — he can really score,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said really plays hard and is as good of an athlete as you’re gonna (see) anywhere in the country.” Beyond the fact that they are both freshmen and listed at 6-foot-8 similarities between the two are rather fleeting How Chris Tadjo ended up at IowaTadjo is well traveled Canada and Mexico before moving to Iowa for college Tadjo was playing for the NBA Academy Latin America when he got on Iowa’s radar “They put these teams together and they train and they drill them,” McCaffery said of the NBA Academy I felt like he provided something that we were looking for in the class.” He committed to Iowa shortly after taking a visit in September 2023 I didn’t know much about Iowa,” Tadjo said “But as I was going through the recruiting process And something became really interesting to me so like I pray a lot before I do everything So I put that in the hands of God and found out that was the place I wanted to stay.” Tadjo is still relatively early in his development process for someone his age He said he’s been playing basketball for only about seven years Knowing that he might just be scratching the surface of his potential is part of what makes him an intriguing prospect Iowa’s track record of developing talent is reason to be optimistic about his future “I’m learning new stuff,” Tadjo said of his first offseason in the program I’m kinda like frustrated sometimes because there are things I haven’t seen before I’m really excited because all my coaches here help me a lot More: Meet Trey Buchanan, a preferred walk-on in Iowa men's basketball's 2024 recruiting class Koch was familiar with the Hawkeye program from a young age played for Iowa for four seasons before being selected 46th overall by the New York Knicks in the 1999 NBA Draft garnered interest from a handful of Big Ten programs But he put a bow on his recruitment fairly early in the process electing to follow in his father’s footsteps “I have grown up dreaming of playing for the Hawkeyes.” “I just felt the tie here and (it) was ultimately a great decision,” Koch said this summer Because getting up and down — that’s what I love to do — compared to Purdue and Wisconsin They get up and down but not compared to Iowa.” Koch has been learning from Payton Sandfort It’s not difficult to draw parallels between the two Not only are they similar in stature but also in their skillset as wings who can stretch the floor Sandfort has incrementally improved each season at Iowa and now enters his senior year among the best players in the Big Ten He could be a blueprint for Koch to follow “He’s gone through the (NBA) Draft process and I have to guard him all the time in practice,” Koch said of Sandfort “So being able to see myself in his position in a few years gives me a lot of motivation.” Iowa should have the benefit this season of not needing to rely on its freshman class as much as it did last season The four members of Iowa’s 2023 recruiting class carried a significant load given their inexperience in college But Koch and Tadjo certainly could carve out meaningful roles if they prove capable One of Tadjo’s most translatable skills in the short term is rebounding something that was an issue at times for Iowa last season Riley Mulvey and Even Brauns could provide frontcourt depth behind Owen Freeman Koch’s shooting ability could be a weapon for Iowa this season But competition for minutes figures to be stiff as Iowa has a handful of bigger perimeter threats between Payton Sandfort “Probably a little too early to tell,” McCaffery said generally of the newcomers’ potential roles So it’ll be a function of how they continue to grow Follow Tyler Tachman on X @Tyler_T15 New York billionaire Julia Koch and her children are purchasing a minority stake in BSE Global, which owns the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA, the New York Liberty of the WNBA and Barclays Center in Brooklyn BSE Global announced the pending transaction but did not disclose financial terms The NBA board of governors must approve the deal Sportico reported the Kochs will buy 15% of BSE Global adding that the value assigned to the company's sports holdings was $6 billion the Kochs would pay $900 million for their share Forbes ranks Julia Koch as the 23rd-richest person in the world She and her children inherited 42% of Koch Industries -- one of the largest privately held companies in the nation -- upon the death of her husband BSE Global and the teams will remain under the control of Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai Joe Tsai will continue as chairman of BSE Global and governor of the Nets; his wife will remain vice-chair of the corporation and governor of the Liberty The management of the teams will not change "We are pleased to welcome Julia Koch and her family to BSE Global," Joe Tsai said Koch's commitment to New York institutions is an invaluable addition to our franchise The Nets have a special bond with the Brooklyn and broader New York communities and we are looking forward to working with Mrs Koch and her family as we increase investment in our franchise." Julia Koch said she and her children -- David Jr. Mary Julia and John -- are excited about their involvement "Our family is honored to join the Tsai family in shaping advancing and contributing to the shared vision for the future of the Nets the Liberty and the broader Brooklyn community," she said In view of the next Prix SVC Northern Switzerland award ceremony on 13 November 2025 the organizing committee and the jury of experts have been reshuffled The new Co-OK Presidents are Martina Koch and Bernhard B Four new jury members are also taking part in the nomination process Head of Corporate & Real Estate Banking Basel at UBS Switzerland will co-chair the organizing committee for the Prix SVC Nordschweiz "We are delighted to support this outstanding event that celebrates innovation entrepreneurship and success in Northern Switzerland The Prix SVC provides a unique platform to recognize the exceptional achievements and commitment of companies in our region and to highlight their future prospects We are proud to make visible these success stories that strengthen the regional economy and look forward to a successful award," say both with anticipation of their task The SMEs nominated for the Prix SVC are selected by a jury of experts work in a practice-oriented manner and have strong roots in the respective region They search for suitable companies in a comprehensive nomination process and on the basis of a list of criteria specially developed by the SVC The jury responsible for nominating the finalists for the upcoming edition of the Prix SVC Nordschweiz is once again headed by jury president Bernhard B Four new members have been added to the jury for the 2025 edition: Tobias Baumgartner (Forvis Mazars AG) Nicole Tschanz (Roche) and Magnus Willers (Willers Engineering AG) The following personalities will remain on the SVC Expert Jury in Northern Switzerland: Markus Balmer (IWB) Dieter Egli (member of the cantonal government of Aargau) Thomas Jourdan (member of the cantonal government of Basel-Landschaft) Steven Schenk (Emil Frey AG) Alberto Silini (Switzerland Global Enterprise) Beatrice Stirnimann (Session Basel AG) and Kaspar Sutter (member of the cantonal government of Basel-Stadt) The selection process for the award ceremony on November 13 2025 is already underway and the sixteen-member jury will analyze and evaluate the potential award-winning companies over the next few weeks The five finalists for the twelfth edition of the Prix SVC Nordschweiz will be announced in July 2025 Source: www.svc.swiss In March 1919, the Carolina Playmakers produced its first bill of original plays, folk dramas based on the “simple lives and homely ways” of ordinary people in North Carolina. Under the direction of Frederick H. “Proff” Koch and successive leaders a new type of people’s theatre emerged — one that would influence American drama for decades For more than five decades the Playmakers performed student-written and professional plays for audiences on campus and beyond and recordings to examine the group’s fifty-six year history and its legacy at UNC and on the national stage Focusing on Frederick Koch’s founding of the group for his playwriting students and on the group’s contributions to student and regional theatre in North Carolina the exhibit also contained materials relating to student-authored plays and musicals