HBO MAX -- The Dark Money Game -- Excellent Documentary! Episode 2 made me slightly nauseous, but
it did an outstanding job of detailing the sinister, unethical, and corrupt path evangelical and catholic republicans took to accomplish their goal of overturning Roe v. Wade.
The Dark Money Game is an HBO Original 2025 documentary which premiered on April 15 and consists of 2 episodes based on source material by Jane Mayer’s reporting and her book ‘Dark Money’. Director and writer Alex Gibney investigates the shadowy world of campaign finance — and the outsized influence of dark money on American politics.
E1: Ohio Confidential — When a lobbyist (Neil Clark) is found dead, his apparent suicide highlights a bizarre turn in Ohio’s largest public corruption case.
E2: Wealth of the Wicked — A look at campaign finance reform and the stealth influence of special interests groups since the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.