Anne Nelson on Shadow Nework: Media, Money and The Radical Right

Anne Nelson on Shadow Nework: Media, Money and The Radical Right

For this episode, Claudia Cragg (@claudiacragg) speaks with Anne Nelson (@anelsona), about her new book. Shadow Network:Media, Money, and The Secret Hub of the Radical Right. An award-winning author and media analyst, Nelson chronicles the astonishing history and illuminates the coalition's key figures and their tactics. She traces how the collapse of American local journalism laid the foundation for the Council for National Policy's information war and listens in on the hardline broadcasting its members control. And she reveals how the group has collaborated with the Koch brothers to outfit Radical Right organizations with state-of-the-art apps and a shared pool of captured voter data - outmaneuvering the Democratic Party in a digital arms race whose result has yet to be decided. In 1981, emboldened by Ronald Reagan's election, a group of some fifty Republican operatives, evangelicals, oil barons, and gun lobbyists met in a Washington suburb to coordinate their attack on civil liberties and the social safety net. These men and women called their coalition the Council for National Policy. Over four decades, this elite club has become a strategic nerve center for channeling money and mobilizing votes behind the scenes. Its secretive membership rolls represent a high-powered roster of fundamentalists, oligarchs, and their allies, from Oliver North, Ed Meese, and Tim LaHaye in the Council's early days to Kellyanne Conway, Ralph Reed, Tony Perkins, and the DeVos and Mercer families today.

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"Smart and Just On One Side, vs. Free and Real On The Other"

"Smart and Just On One Side, vs. Free and Real On The Other"

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Dennis Kucinich, the Energizer Politician

Dennis Kucinich, the Energizer Politician

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Former Ag Secretary and Congressman Dan Glickman

Former Ag Secretary and Congressman Dan Glickman

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Dr Neil Schachter in the NY War On Covid For More Than 16 Months

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After 16 months on the front lines of the COVID war in New York at Mount Sinai, Dr Schachter @MountSinaiNYC does not focus on exhaustion or trauma, but rather the possibilities that have come with dea...

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The Urgent Housing Issue, All Hands On

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Denver Post columnist, Sue McMilllin

Denver Post columnist, Sue McMilllin

Claudia Cragg speaks with Denver Post columnist, Sue McMilllin on the difficulties of trying to rent an affordable apartment.

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Speaking with Mother Jones Michael Mechanic, 'Jackpot' Author\

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Claudia Cragg speaks here with Mother Jones' senior editor @MichaelMechanic (Michael Mechanic) who offers a harsh wake-up call for the millions of American dreamers who still believe that winning the ...

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Donnel Baird's BlocPower

Donnel Baird's BlocPower

Claudia Cragg (@claudiacragg - all comments, reviews, suggestions welcome) speaks here for @KGNU #ItsTheEconomy with Guyana-born Donnel Baird, founder of BlocPower, This is a startup that markets, fin...

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