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12 Noon: Are the Koch Brothers making the Republican Party irrelevant? The Koch brothers’ political operation has increasingly come to resemble its own political party ….an ambitious expansion of the billionaire brothers’ political operation that includes the recruitment of new donors and fundraisers into their network by a development team led by summit emcee Kevin Gentry, and their recent hiring of in-house political operative Marc Short to oversee the spending of funds raised at the summits. The expansion is also reflected in Charles and David Kochs’ bid to take over the libertarian Cato Institute as well as their operations steering cash to groups that aren’t commonly thought of as Koch affiliated. The 60 Plus Association, American Energy Alliance, American Future Fund, Americans for Limited Government and National Right to Life have all received funds through the Koch donor network. “They ask for support – and they get it because we all love our country and we have a different vision than do the liberals,” said Stanley Hubbard, a Minnesota television station owner who has attended the Koch donor summits for years and plans to be in San Diego for this month’s meeting. “I’ve gotten friends to be involved, and I think others have, too, so I would guess, yes, that’s expanding.” Yet, even as Koch World has increasingly flexed its muscles in conservative politics, its inner sanctum – comprised of the brothers and their longtime right-hand man Richard Fink – has remained all but impenetrable to even big GOP players who want a piece of the Koch action….” politico.com Fergus Cullen, Union Leader columnist and former chair of NH Republican Party 12:30pm: Poet Michael Cantor… Meet poet Michael Cantor at Gibson’s Bookstore for the Poetry Society of New Hampshire monthly gathering Wednesday, June 20th 7 p.m. at 27 S. Main Street Concord,NH
