Who are they and how do they work?

They (the shadow government, Illuminati, Skull and Bones, CFR, what ever of the hundreds of names they operate under) have the single minded goal of World Domination.
They are doing this through a carefully thought out plan of slowly taking over politics (completed), religion (almost complete), media (completed), industry (completed) and transportation (completed), just to mention a few.

Starting in 1832 they started sending out Bonesmen as Priests, Senators, Bankers, Industrialists and lawyers, again, just to mention a few. They have had Presidents elected, and several have been sworn oath Bonesmen (Taft, Bush and Bush) and they have had Senators, Congressmen, Judges and mayors put in place. Controlling the elections is easy when you dominate the media (ALL the TV networks are Bones controlled, as are almost ALL Newspapers and Radio). Often, as in the last Presidential election, both candidates are Bonesmen, sworn to further the goals of the Bones.

They have control of education to the extent that they actually rewrite history. They own the publishing houses that make the school books, most are written or edited by them and the Teachers and Professors are either Bones, Bones family or must tow the Bones line or face being removed.

As I write this there is a scandle brewing about the firing of Federal Prosecutors, I'm sure if the truth ever washes out they were all removed for their views and replaced with Bones or Bones controlled prosecutors.

They have sworn an oath to aid the takeover of the World. They hire or appoint Bonesmen whenever possible. With 15 new Bonesmen every year since 1833 2,610 Bonesmen have been sworn in. Many of them are currently in leadership positions in politics, appointed as Ambassadors, controlling Weyerhouser, Alcoa, GE, Viacom, Boing, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, Taft (Clearchannel and thousands of local radio and TV stations) and they control virtually every public and private prison in America.

So, they appoint or are the Judges, They act as Lawyers and Prosecutors and Defenders, they control the House, Senate and Judicial not to mention the White House and they control the votes right down to owning the companies that print ballots, automatic voting machines and the news stories about each candidate.

The Fox is not just in the Hen house, the Fox owns the Hen House, Pimps out the Hens, Is conspiring with the Dog and Rooster and taking all the eggs, leaving us to try and stay alive on the chicken shit they leave us.