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As a result, jane mayer s dark money a detailed accounting of their rise and riseis absolutely necessary reading for anyone who wants to make sense of our politics. For over a decade, ive followed their philanthropic and political activities, the history of their libertarian party dalliances, watched the documentary, citizen koch, and read accounts of their powerful donor network. But its my class, the rich class, thats making war, and were winning. A new yorker staffer, mayer published a memorably unflattering article about the kochs in 2010, and she spent five years working on this book. The fabulously wealthy industrialists, charles and david koch, are accused of corrupting us. Mar 10, 2016 as a result, jane mayers dark moneya detailed accounting of their rise and riseis absolutely necessary reading for anyone who wants to make sense of our politics. Summary of the dark money by jane mayer includes analysis. Our guest for the hour is jane mayer, staff writer for the new yorker, author of the new book, dark money. From dark money the last president election was a stunning political upset when donald trump, a billionaire businessman won in a political coup, with no experience whatsoever.
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