Dark money in politics
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On today's Tangle episode we sit down Anna Massoglia, an investigative researcher with OpenSecrets. Her work exposes how money is being spent in politics, tracks the sources of "dark money" and helps illuminate the underworld of campaign spending.
OpenSecrets is a non-partisan organization used by journalists across the world that tracks money in politics.
You can find Anna on Twitter @annalecta and you can visit OpenSecrets at https://www.opensecrets.org/
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| 0:40.7 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening to my Tangle listeners, and welcome to the Tangle |
| 0:59.6 | podcast, a place where you get views from across the political spectrum, some reasonable debate |
| 1:05.3 | and conversation and independent thinking. Without some of that hysterical nonsense, you find |
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| 1:11.0 | I am your host, Isaac Saul, the founder of the Tangle newsletter, which you can find at |
| 1:15.3 | readtangle.com. |
| 1:17.3 | And today, my friends, I'm very thrilled to introduce our guests. |
| 1:21.1 | I have gotten so many questions over the last year and a half of running Tangle about |
| 1:26.2 | money and politics, about dark money, |
| 1:28.7 | about foreign money in politics. And our guest is an expert in that field. Anna Masolia is an |
| 1:35.3 | investigative researcher at Open Secrets. Anna, thank you so much for being here with us. |
| 1:41.4 | Thank you for having me. Before we jump in, I think, you know, probably the best thing to do. |
| 1:46.4 | I have been following Open Secrets for a long time. |
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