Dark Money: How The Kochs Built The Conservative Movement
I'm reading Jane Mayer's new book, Dark Money right now. As someone who has tracked the Koch's spending on politics as best as I can for years, I didn't expect to learn anything new.
I was wrong, right out of the gate.
Take, for example, the fact that while Republican politicians were meeting 7 years ago yesterday to plan how to defeat Democrats and destroy Barack Obama's presidency by obstructing everything, the Koch network was meeting on the very same day in Palm Springs to plan out their strategy to prevent what they saw as an apocalyptic defeat.
Yes, that happened. And Jane Mayer has details, not only about the Kochs, but about the larger billionaire network who funds and promotes the "conservative movement." She names names, and some of them will be names you haven't heard of before.
Democracy Now! interviewed Mayer in anticipation of the book's release this week. There are three parts, but this is the one that interested me the most. You can find the full transcript here.
Here's a little taste to whet your appetite.