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"On March 9, Mike Baker and Steven Rich of the New York Times published a long exposé of the corruption of American politics by billionaires."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

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heathercoxrichardson.substack.…

in reply to William Lindsey

"They explain how underwriting political campaigns from those for local school boards to the presidency has enabled the very wealthy to lock in their policy preferences for tax cuts, deregulation, and cuts to the social safety net while also steering valuable government contracts to themselves."

#billionaires #Republicans #Trump #oligarchy #EconomicElites #TaxCuts #BigBeautifulBill
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in reply to William Lindsey

For more reporting today on this topic of how billionaires have decisively bought the US and its political system in the Trump era, see:

Caleb Ecarma:

oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/h…

Wajahat Ali and Qasim Rashid:

thelefthook.substack.com/p/how…

Thom Hartmann"

hartmannreport.com/p/the-ceo-p…

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in reply to William Lindsey

The New York Times report by Mike Baker and Steven Rich featured in this thread of commentary is at the link below.

For articles behind paywalls, I frequently use the Archive Today site to read.

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nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/bill…