5/26/2023 0 Comments Dark Money by Jane Mayer“It is not easy to uncover the inner workings of an essentially secretive political establishment,” the New York Times‘ review of the book notes. Overall, the book tells the tale of a small number of ultrarich donors-including Richard Mellon Scaife and Harry and Lynde Bradley-who did much to create the modern conservative moment, with a strong emphasis on billionaires Charles and David Koch. Prize-winning New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer made headlines recently when she released a new book, Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, that revealed how the father of the Koch brothers once helped build a major oil refinery in Nazi Germany that was a pet project of Adolph Hitler. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.
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