David Koch, 1940-2019
David Koch, a radical plutocrat who funded right-wing extremist movements for decades and pushed humanity to the brink of extinction, has died at 79.
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It is unclear who raised David. Investigative journalist Jane Meyer notes that the family nanny was a “a fervent Nazi sympathizer, who frequently touted Hitler’s virtues…She enforced a rigid toilet-training…