Table of contents : The investors -- Weaponizing philanthropy: the war of ideas, 1970-2008. Radicals: A Koch family history The hidden hand: Richard Mellon Scaife Beachheads: John M. Olin and the Bradley brothers The Koch method: Free-market mayhem The Kochtopus: Free-market machine -- Secret sponsors: covert operations, 2009-2010. Boots on the ground Tea time The fossils Money is speech: The long road to "Citizens United" The shellacking: Dark money's midterm debut, 2010 -- Privatizing politics: total combat, 2011-2014. The spoils: Plundering Congress Mother of all wars: The 2012 setback The States: Gaining ground Selling the new Koch: A better battle plan.