The Hard-Right Swerve of the Super Rich

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An astonishing Times article serves to remind: The rich have always had more influence. But they haven’t always been this right wing.

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Published Oct. 13 2015 1:00AM EDT

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Well, the same New York Times that’s been dishing out sloppy Hillary-Benghazi scoops that it later has to walk back and weirdly sourced columns about Beau

Michael Tomasky

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The Hard-Right Swerve of the Super Rich

An astonishing Times article serves to remind: The rich have always had more influence. But they haven’t always been this right wing.

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Michael Tomasky