Open Secrets .org just released the names of the top PAC donors for the present election cycle. Hedge fund founder and environmental extremist Tom Steyer to the list followed by anti gun nut Michael Bloomberg. Paul Singer is a GOP PAC donor with nearly a third of his contributions going to American Unity PAC, a super PAC he founded to help elect Republicans who support gay rights. Singer also gave a combined $5 million to Crossroads and Ending Spending. Notice way down the list are Charles and David Koch, each donating $2 million.
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Thomas F. Steyer |
$73,725,000 |
Michael Bloomberg |
$20,011,895 |
Paul Singer |
$9,333,539 |
Robert Mercer |
$8,070,000 |
Fred Eychaner |
$7,900,000 |
Sheldon Adelson |
$5,000,000 |
J. Joe Ricketts |
$4,870,000 |
Richard E. Uihlein |
$4,235,000 |
Robert C. McNair |
$3,500,000 |
George Soros |
$3,315,000 |
Warren A. Stephens/Stephens Inc. |
$3,035,000 |
James H. Simons |
$3,000,000 |
Kenneth C. Griffin |
$2,825,000 |
Linda McMahon |
$2,635,000 |
Joseph W. Craft III |
$2,625,000 |
Seth A. Klarman |
$2,600,000 |
B. Wayne Hughes Sr. |
$2,500,000 |
Kenneth W. Davis Jr. |
$2,458,911 |
Ronnie Cameron/Mountaire Corp. |
$2,350,000 |
John W. Childs |
$2,165,000 |
S. Donald Sussman |
$2,025,000 |
Charles G. Koch |
$2,000,000 |
David H. Koch |
$2,000,000 |
Andrew Jerrold |
$2,000,000 |
Amy Goldman Fowler |
$1,999,760 |
Virginia James |
$1,800,000 |
George M. Marcus |
$1,750,000 |
Marlene Ricketts |
$1,725,000 |
Herbert M. Sandler |
$1,700,000 |
Jon L. Stryker |
$1,625,000 |
Anne Getty Earhart |
$1,600,000 |
Sean Fieler |
$1,574,670 |
Ronald M. Firman |
$1,476,620 |
Angelo Tsakopoulos |
$1,347,000 |
Daniel S. Loeb |
$1,250,000 |
Robert B. Rowling/TRT Holdings |
$1,200,000 |
Sean Parker |
$1,125,000 |
Ian M. Cumming |
$1,025,000 |
Julian H. Robertson Jr. |
$1,012,000 |
Diane Hendricks |
$1,000,000 |
Meridee Moore |
$1,000,000 |
Clarence L. Werner |
$1,000,000 |
So how do the Koch brothers warrant so much attention? In the hilarious audio below Mark Steyn calls it Democratic Tourette's where by compulsion Democrats spontaneously shout "Koch brothers funded".
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