#JaneMayer #InvestigativeJournalism #MustRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/the-dark-side/
These Billionaires Are Donating Big in 2024 Election to Advance Their Interests
From Christian nationalists to fossil fuel barons, they are using their fortunes to pursue policies that impact us all
https://truthout.org/articles/these-billionaires-are-donating-big-in-2024-election-to-advance-their-interests
#billionaires #Koch #capitalism #RepublicanParty #Trump #Trumpism #libertarianism #ChristianRight #conservatism #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #SCOTUS #JaneMayer #NancyMcLean #ElectoralFraud #GOP
The Right's 50-yr plot to wreck democracy
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/16/unpacking-the-rights-50-year-plot-to-wreck-democracy--and-why-it-might-work
Antidemocratic: Inside Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections
https://bookshop.org/p/books/minority-rule-david-daley/20370445?ean=9780063321090
* equal parts Dark Money/Democracy in Chains
* riveting/disturbing history of 50-yr Republican plot to hijack voting rights
#billionaires #Koch #capitalism #RepublicanParty #Trump #Trumpism #libertarianism #ChristianRight #conservatism #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #SCOTUS #JaneMayer #NancyMcLean #ElectoralFraud #GOP
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Two books comprehensively, authoritatively detail this, explaining the current state of U.S. politics, and the spread of ultra-conservativism internationally. Basically, regulatory capture of political parties.
Jane Mayer: Dark Money ...
Nancy MacLean: Democracy in Chains ..
A bit dry if you are not interested in politics, but honestly essential reading if you want to understand contemporary conservative politics and movements.
#Koch #JaneMayer #DarkMoney #NancyMacLean #DemocracyInChains
New episode from #SusanGlasser #JaneMayer #EvanOsnos on #Biden #SOTU .
“He wasn’t looking to convince anybody,” Glasser says. “What he was looking to do was to tell his side, ‘Stop freaking out. I’m in the fight.’ ”
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-political-scene-the-new-yorker/id268213039?i=1000648548496
listening to Jane Mayer on the New Yorker podcast. She kicks ass. She suggests we refer to the current SCOTUS as the Dark Money Supreme Court. #janemayer
https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/the-dark-money-supreme-court