Politico on how the plutocrats are united: Trump boasted that as president he wouldn’t be beholden to donors because he was wealthy himself and poured $66 million from his own fortune into his campaign, which didn’t get much support from… Continue reading

This time of the election season is the best to see the Plutocrats in full bloom.

WaPo reports: Mercer exemplifies a new breed of activist donors that has risen since the Supreme Court kicked off a flood of big money into elections in 2010. As one of the most influential figures in Trump’s orbit, she… Continue reading

Politico: While America’s political kingmakers inject their millions into high-profile presidential and congressional contests, Democratic mega-donor George Soros has directed his wealth into an under-the-radar 2016 campaign to advance one of the progressive movement’s core goals — reshaping the… Continue reading

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Very thoughtful Ryan Pevnick review in the New Rambler of my Plutocrats United book: There are many interesting discussions in the book that should challenge readers to rethink standard liberal and conservative positions on campaign finance reform.  For instance,… Continue reading

Bill Maurer reviews my book and Jane Mayer’s book for The Federalist Society: Nonetheless, Mayer’s Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Radical Right and Hasen’s Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of… Continue reading