He offered several examples, of which Phoenix was one.But unlike, say, the situation in Milwaukee, Minhaj used Phoenix as a symbol of hope.“Right now there’s a fight over public transportation in Phoenix, Arizona,” he said, and of course Minhaj touted the virtues of public transportation and light rail in Phoenix, saying the existing line has spurred $11 billion in local development. In Arizona, we can relate. They’re trying to make it illegal to build trains. Brews Brothers on Netflix. Hasan Minhaj, an American who is a Muslim, was the featured comedian at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2017, which Donald Trump boycotted. It would make it impossible for Phoenix to build any light rail in the future. In his show 'Patriot Act,' Hasan Minhaj made jokes about the Koch brothers trying to kill public transportation in Phoenix, but he often was deadly serious. Charles Koch leads Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held companies in the world, and he also funds an array of political/policy groups that seek to advance his agenda in federal, state, and local politics. Then he showed an ad supporting the proposition, with this critique:“The ad overstates costs, ignores the value that light rail has created and most importantly completely hides what Proposition 105 would really do,” he said.If the measure passes when put to a vote on Aug. 27, “It wouldn’t just kill light rail extension. She also noted that:“Americans for Prosperity and other Koch-backed groups have also opposed more than two dozen other transit-related measures — including many states’ bids to raise gas taxes to fund transit or transportation infrastructure — by organizing phone banks, running advertising campaigns, staging public forums, issuing reports and writing opinion pieces in local publications.”The new Netflix episode examines the role of Koch money in thwarting mass transit that would work well for many people, illustrating how Charles Koch’s agenda harms working people every day. Minhaj used the half-hour show to talk about the racial and economic implications of public transportation, to explore why it’s so important to so many people.No, it’s not unbiased. UNIDENTIFIED: The Koch brothers are the poster boys for the top 1 percent. The Koch brothers hope it will be them By Ben Jervey (This story was first published by the Sierra Club on June 28, 2019, here. This is the trailer for Koch Brothers Exposed: 2014 Edition. Their money, their … As Tabuchi reported last year, since 2015 Charles Koch-backed groups had spent money trying to block at least seven state or local ballot measures funding public transportation. Arizona gets laughed at a lot on various TV shows, the latest example coming Sunday night on the Netflix show “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj.” If you haven’t seen “Patriot Act,” it’s one of many shows like “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” or “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” that riffs off of news events, mining them for comedy.But it is an effective way to get to the heart of an issue, often in a way that straight reporting can’t. The Koch brothers have used their massive fortune to further their political interests, and are often credited with giving rise to the Tea Party movement and helping land Donald Trump the presidency. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 ... that's the point. Hasan Minhaj, an American who is a Muslim, was the featured comedian at the KochDocs is designed to highlight new material like Minhaj’s episode about the Koch agenda against mass transit, as part of its This video is also available at the series’ homepage That is some movie-villain (expletive). The new Netflix episode examines the role of Koch money in thwarting mass transit that would work well for many people, illustrating how Charles Koch’s agenda harms working people every day. The Koch brothers also want to roll the clock back on civil rights, voting rights and other reforms that patriarch Fred Koch so disdained. That’s a big part of what makes them so entertaining — and enlightening.“Remember, the Koches are doing this around the country … we can’t keep letting them win,” he said. Sunday night Minhaj took on the billionaire Koch brothers and their efforts to derail public transportation across the country. Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by zachattack12, Apr 10, 2020. Jervey is a Senior Fellow at DeSmog.) It’s also not journalism — it’s a subjective look on a comedy show at an issue about which the hosts are usually impassioned.
Koch along with many other "craft" brewers* were once anti-can and now many of them are canning their beers. It’s like that children’s book, ‘The Little Engine that Could but Won’t If It Knows What’s Good for It.’”This is a comedy show, so Minhaj often subbed in the It was funny and kind of goofy, but there was a lot of real information being discussed here.
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