Mayer, Jane

October 18, 2017

50:30

Understanding Mike Pence And His Relationship To Trump: 'His Public Role Is Fawning'

Though President Trump ran as an outsider, New Yorker writer Jane Mayer describes his vice president as "the connective tissue" between Trump and the billionaire donors in the Republican party.

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March 22, 2017

43:18

Inside The Wealthy Family That Has Been Funding Steve Bannon's Plan For Years

Jane Mayer writes in the New Yorker about Robert Mercer and his daughter, Rebekah, who have poured millions of dollars into Breitbart News, and who pushed to have Bannon run Trump's campaign.

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May 26, 2016

43:12

In New Political Warfare, 'Armies Of Video Trackers' Swarm Candidates

New Yorker writer Jane Mayer discusses conservative activist James O'Keefe's latest botched sting operation, and the new kind of political opposition research O'Keefe pioneered.

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Understanding Mike Pence And His Relationship To Trump: 'His Public Role Is Fawning'

Inside The Wealthy Family That Has Been Funding Steve Bannon's Plan For Years

In New Political Warfare, 'Armies Of Video Trackers' Swarm Candidates

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