DN: Billionaire Right-Wing Koch Brothers Fund Wisconsin Governor Campaign and Anti-Union Efforts

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In Madison, Wisconsin, record numbers of protesters have entered the eleventh day of their fight to preserve union rights and collective bargaining for public employees, inspiring similar protests in the states of Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. The protests have also helped expose the close ties between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and David and Charles Koch, the billionaire brothers who helped bankroll the Tea Party movement. On Wednesday, blogger Ian Murphy revealed he had impersonated David Koch in a recorded phone conversation with an unsuspecting Walker.

Democracy Now! interviews Lisa Graves, executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy, who wrote the recent report, "Scott Walker Runs on Koch Money." Graves spoke from the Wisconsin State Capitol building where protests are expected to swell today.

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