I'm Bill Moyers. It's good to have your ear. This week, Home Waters and Company,

the corrupting influence of money in politics.

This is the era of the empowered one percent. They're taking action and they are becoming the new

headline players in this political system.

People want influence. It's a question of whether we're going to allow it to happen, especially if we're

going to allow it to happen and nobody even knows who the influencers are.

Thanks for joining us.

It's barely spring.

And already, the spending for this year's midterm elections is three times higher than it was

on the very day the Supreme Court issued the Citizens

United decision back in 2010. That one fired the starting gun that set off the bad dash

for campaign cash. Look at this headline. Billionaires use super PACs to advance pet causes.

And this. Federal super PACs been big on local elections.

Right, unlimited and secret cash is no longer just for the White House or congressional races.

It's even being thrown at state and municipal races right down to county sheriff and school board.

I could go on, but don't take my word

for it. Listen instead to two of the best journalists covering the world of money and politics.

Kim Barker reports for the independent, non-profit news organization ProPublica. She specializes

in dark money from those so-called social welfare groups that keep the identity

of their donors secret.

Andy Crowe works in the Washington Bureau of Mother Jones Magazine.

He's a muck-raking journalist whose exposés have opened eyes to campaign finance corruption,

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