Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse used his 30 minutes of allotted time during Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing not to ask questions of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett—who repeatedly dodged the straightforward questions of other lawmakers—but to deliver a detailed presentation on the sprawling "dark money operation" fueling the right-wing takeover of the U.S. judicial system.
July 13, 2017Nancy MacLean delves into the deep, dark history of the American far right.
June 1, 2012Mother Jones' Friday roundup of the must-read articles and significant events involving money and politics this week.
