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Democracy for Sale

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A newsletter dedicated to revealing how dark money and hidden influence threaten our democracy

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About Peter Geoghegan

Journalist. Writer. Muck raker. OCCRP. Author of best-selling Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics. Founder: the Ferret. Former editor-in-chief: openDemocracy. Irish.

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