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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
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Title: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

Release Date: 23 Sep 2016

Runtime: 1h 54m

Genre: Documentary

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Overview: Rolling Stone investigative reporter Greg Palast busted Jeb Bush for stealing the 2000 election by purging Black voters from Florida's electoral rolls. Now Palast is back to take a deep dive into the Republicans' dark operation, Crosscheck--designed to steal a million minority votes by November--and the billionaires who finance it.

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Average Vote: 7.2 (6 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Rosario Dawson
  • Self: Richard Belzer
  • Self: Shailene Woodley
  • Self: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  • Self: Willie Nelson
  • Self: Ed Asner
  • Self: Ice-T
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