Dark Money

 I have been reading the excellent book by Jane Mayer of The New Yorker. It's called Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right. This is an area I've read about before, but the depth on the topic in this book is truly amazing, and what I find more amazing is just how beautifully the book flows. It's probably not always easy to make certain parts of this story interesting, but she sure does.

What I have learned is the phenomenal part the Koch brothers have played in making politics more about big money than anything else. So many people say that there is too much money in politics, yet few realize what--and who--is at the root of the problem.

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