Krystal Ball helpfully refuted such falsehoods, such as the pipeline will lead to lower gas prices or energy independence, the coup de grace came when she quoted a State Department report regarding the number of jobs that will be created by the project.
The Koch Brothers SuperPAC, Americans for Prosperity, is currently running an ad in Michigan targeting Democratic Senate candidate Gary Peters, who is up for election in November. It is a lie.
On Tuesday, after the Senate passed a bill to extend unemployment insurance to the long-term unemployed, and President Obama held a press conference requesting the GOP-led House to also pass it, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement.
Late on Monday, just 15 minutes before the deadline to file, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) shocked the GOP establishment by placing his name on the ballot for March’s Republican primary and will face off with incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
As you can see, the ad implies heavily that the woman is an actual resident of Alaska and a constituent of Begich’s. Of course, we now know this to be a complete lie, as she is a paid actress who resides in Maryland
The idea of using violent force to prevent a democratically elected government from operating began when the Koch brothers’ funded tea partiers brought signs to rallies.