WATCH: Daniel Schulman Talks Koch Family History

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Mother Jones senior editor Daniel Schulman joined Chris Hayes on MSNBC to discuss his new book, “Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty.” We published a scintillating excerpt from the book here and posted a rare Koch family home video from the 1940s depicting the boys fighting with boxing gloves here.