Who's behind the curtain?
Calvin TrillinThey’re meant to be a grassroots gang Of populists who quickly sprang From nowhere ’cause they’ve had enough Of liberal bureaucratic guff. Less government is what they’re for— The very goal pushed heretofore By every oilman who’s a foe Of regs that slow up making dough. And guess who’s funding them—no joke. Two wealthy oilmen name of Koch, With faux foundations in cahoots, Provide the funds. Some grass. Some roots.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”