"Should some senator or congressman have a sudden attack of conscience and blurt something out, “dark money” brings them to their senses and reminds them that their job is to facilitate the transfer of public funds into the pockets of the few and to not ask too many questions."
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Poets from the United StatesEditors from the United StatesPoets from New HampshireTranslators from the United StatesPoets from Serbia
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"A Thieves' Thanksgiving," New York Review of Books, November 26, 2014
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