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Lee Fang
Lee Fang is a journalist with a longstanding interest in how public policy is influenced by organized interest groups and money. He was the first to uncover and detail the role of the billionaire Koch brothers in financing the tea party movement. His interviews and research on the Koch brothers have been featured on HBO's "The Newsroom," the documentaries "Merchants of Doubt" and "Citizen Koch," as well as in multiple media outlets. He was an investigative blogger for ThinkProgress from 2009 to 2011, and then a fellow at the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute and contributing writer for The Nation.
In 2012, he co-founded RepublicReport.org, a blog to cover political corruption that syndicates content with TheNation.com, Salon, National Memo, BillMoyers.com, TruthOut, and other media outlets. His work has been published by VICE, The Baffler, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Progressive, NPR, In These Times, and the Huffington Post. His first book, "The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right," published by the New Press, explores how the conservative right rebuilt the Republican Party and its political clout in the aftermath of Barack Obama's 2008 election victory. He is based in San Francisco.
In 2012, he co-founded RepublicReport.org, a blog to cover political corruption that syndicates content with TheNation.com, Salon, National Memo, BillMoyers.com, TruthOut, and other media outlets. His work has been published by VICE, The Baffler, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Progressive, NPR, In These Times, and the Huffington Post. His first book, "The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right," published by the New Press, explores how the conservative right rebuilt the Republican Party and its political clout in the aftermath of Barack Obama's 2008 election victory. He is based in San Francisco.
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Virginia Voters Get Mysterious Robocalls That Their Polling Places Have Changed
In Virginia, voters in a prominent Democratic-majority county are getting robocalls falsely telling them their polling places have changed.
Rahm Emanuel on Donna Brazile Claims: "This is Really, Totally Irrelevant"
Three aides to former President Bill Clinton dismissed Donna Brazile's claims about an agreement between the DNC and Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.
A Business-Friendly Mayoral Candidate in Atlanta Is Pulling in Some Very Odd Contributions
Limits on giving are doing little to actually limit giving to Keisha Lance Bottoms.
House Democratic Whip Resists Effort to End U.S. Involvement in Yemen War
Rep. Steny Hoyer is said to be building resistance to a resolution that could end American military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
Trump's IRS Chief Snuck Through With a Unanimous Vote in a Private Room Just off the Senate Floor
Democrats have little ability to protest Trump's pick to run the IRS, despite his absurdly disqualifying backstory.
Fake News Alert: Media Conglomerates Convince FCC That Facebook Can Replace Local News Stations
The FCC voted to roll back a regulation that requires TV and radio broadcasters to have local stations, in a move seen as a big win for media conglomerates.
Ending Net Neutrality Can Help Puerto Rico Recover, Verizon-Funded Nonprofit Proposes
Is an obscure, telecom-funded nonprofit attempting to use the crisis in Puerto Rico to get rid of the open internet?
Opioid Lobbyist Left a Digital Fingerprint on a Campaign by "Patient Advocates"
Defenders of a controversial bill that clipped the wings of opioid regulators say they were only acting on behalf of beleaguered patients. A new document calls that into question.
Koch Brothers' Internal Strategy Memo on Selling Tax Cuts: Ignore The Deficit
Talking points circulated by the Koch brothers network tell tax-cut advocates not to worry about the deficit impact.