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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
https://t.co/PGluUZewaL
We obtained a filing from the IRS that shows that there is a new Trump "lawfare" fund with $36 million to help Trump people push back on investigations and lawsuits.
Here's how the fund describes itself in filing obtained by @kenbensinger.
who says a viral story can’t translate to print? 😂 our @detroitnews page designers beg to differ
more on Buff Mike Rogers —>>
https://t.co/ElSbKnVOSB
The OpenAI-Andreessen-Palantir SuperPAC admits that it was “part of their strategy” to create and run a false flag “doomer” X account that posted calls to violence.
From @drdrbrockman, a Texas deep-dive into Mainline Protestantism, from a true expert in the subject.
"The ferocity of anti-@jamestalarico invective reveals a deep and very public clash between two distinct ways of being Christian." https://t.co/rWyIXBwEaa
AI super PAC Leading the Future is now spending to help Lindsey Graham, who is trying to avoid being forced into a runoff.
LTF's American Mission group just disclosed $375k in spending.
The Trump Presidential Library says it can't find any DMs sent by the president who tweeted more than 25,000 times.
His administration opted not to enable the setting which would have preserved them.
Free link below.
The lesson from California Gov primary -- Swalwell's surprising rise, only to flame out in disgrace, to Xavier B's even more surprising rise into the poll position for November -- is, Golden State Dems prefer a specific model of candidate:
Pelosi Democrats.
How much does a hotel room cost during the World Cup? We tracked the prices at hundreds of hotels in host cities!
Rates on game days are ~50% higher than they are at other times. And those prices are falling.
Some variation from city to city but the trend is similar everywhere.
Incredible, detailed, necessary reporting from my colleagues about the challenges congressional staff face when reporting harassment in a workplace with no traditional HR department. @FoxReports@AnnieGrayerCNN@jeremyherb@alligordon_
https://t.co/28lCkQrznK
In most recent California elections, the count at 4AM on election night typically represents 50%-60% of the final vote total, with the remaining 40%-50% trickling in over the following weeks.
It's still not known where Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) is following his disappearance from Capitol Hill in early March.
But as @Jose_Pagliery of @NOTUSreports is reporting, the MIA congressman just sponsored a bill. https://t.co/6aBu0Olewb
She said she asked to bring her American-born son with her when she was deported to Honduras. Instead, the two were split up, and he was put in someone else's custody and beaten to death. Heartbreaking dispatch from the 3-year-old's funeral. Free link: https://t.co/2HNl6Un9jX
Must read this @hannah_natanson tribute to journalism, especially this heartbreaking part about her reporting on the federal workforce last year https://t.co/euolyIFSVX
Just bonkers stuff here. I love the NHL, but I can't watch five minutes of a Stars game without seeing a gambling company's ads on the ice or boards, let alone the commercials.
"A Washington Post analysis of 50 hours of televised football, basketball and hockey games found that betting references have become a ubiquitous part of the viewing experience." @jeremybmerrill@jocwapo https://t.co/mLw2DMVgqQ
our recently laid off colleague Frank Hulley-Jones was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer about four weeks ago. his wife has taken unpaid leave to take care of him and their sweet baby, and so they've started a gofundme to help with some costs associated with this process
please donate if you can: https://t.co/MqfLTcX3Ws
Consider the universe. Think about the sheer vastness of it, the multitudes it contains. Victor Wembanyama has.
“The world is eight billion people,” he said Monday night.
Imagine knowing that not a single one of them can stop you.
https://t.co/N1AnxwlDJF