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Shows featuring Andy Kroll

  • Dark Money: Inside the Final Frontier of Unlimited Political Spending (Part 2)

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    In part two of our conversation with Monika Bauerlein and Andy Kroll of Mother Jones magazine, we continue to look at "dark money" — the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by outside groups who are helping to make the 2012 presidential race the most expensive race in history. Bauerlein and Kroll discuss...
    June 27, 2012 | Story
  • Wanna Buy an Election? Mother Jones Exposé on Dark Money, Citizens United (Pt. 2)

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    Part two of our conversation with Monika Bauerlein and Andy Kroll of Mother Jones magazine. The new cover story in the magazine is called "Follow the Dark Money." We discuss at how Karl Rove, Sheldon Adelson and others are bankrolling Mitt Romney’s campaign, why President Obama has opted to accepted unlimited...
    June 22, 2012 | Blog Post
  • Dark Money: Will Secret Spending by a Group of Billionaires Decide the 2012 Election? (Pt. 1)

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    The 2012 presidential election is set to become the most expensive race in history, with spending projected to top $11 billion — more than double the 2008 total. It will be the first presidential election since the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United decision, which lifted a 63-year-old ban prohibiting corporations,...
    June 22, 2012 | Story
  • Romney Cements Front-Runner Status with Unlimited Spending from Unregulated Super PACs

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    We speak with Mother Jones reporter Andy Kroll about how Mitt Romney "got his money’s worth" in New Hampshire’s Republican primary, winning about 40 percent of voter support, almost double that of his closest challenger, Rep. Ron Paul. Kroll says the victory demonstrates how one of the key stories in this...
    January 11, 2012 | Story
  • Lenders Forced to Suspend Thousands of Foreclosures after Admitting to Faulty Review Process

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    The banking industry’s handling of home foreclosures is coming under increasing scrutiny after revelations that employees at several lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. The banking giant JPMorgan Chase has suspended some 56,000 foreclosures after admitting...
    October 01, 2010 | Story