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Category: Money in Politics

What’s on the Line in the California Recall?

Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In February 2020, at the start of the drive to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom, axing the widely popular Democrat was the fringe project of anti-maskers, QAnon believers, and the state’s ever-shrinking hard right. For months, that’s…

Dark Money Is About to Get Much Darker

Charles Koch, chief executive officer of Koch Industries, in 2019.AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The conservative Supreme Court majority ruled in favor of the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity on Thursday, holding that…