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Alito Took Unreported Luxury Trip With GOP Donor Paul Singer — ProPublica
In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.
Donald Trump, American Preacher (Published 2016)
Building a congregation for his prosperity gospel, one chaotic rally at a time.

Ben Carson, the humblebragging instrument of God
In his various books, the GOP presidential candidate combines two deep faiths -- in his own skills, and in God's frequent intervention in his life.
El-Sayed Full Victory Speech
The Money Behind Hakeem Jeffries
Executives at Anduril and Palantir, crypto industry advocates, and investors giving through AIPAC helped fund the Democratic leader preparing to become speaker.

Strategy?! Ty Pinkins Claims He Was Helping Scott Colom’s Mississippi Senate Race
Charlie Kirk: The Man Who Broke Politics
Conservative PACs have paid at least $1.6 million to the extended Metric Media network this election cycle, a Tow Center investigation reveals.
Nonprofits and political action committees (pacs) are using Metric Media’s extended network of local news sites to provide a range of campaign services to conservative candidates in the run-up to the November midterm elections, new research by the Tow Center shows. The tactic of using partisan newspapers to launder advocacy is being taken up […]

Trump Grieves By Talking About $200 Million Ballroom, MAGA Hits New Lows & Guillermo at the Emmys
Meta Threw a Party for a Right-Wing Influencer Who Wants to “Save the West”
The celebration offers a cocktail-fueled look at the tech behemoth's rightward pivot.

How did the Platner campaign spend their money?
mostly on ads and consulting. so much ads and consulting.

Rogers’ campaign faith coalition has two ties to a church upended by child sex crimes • Michigan Advance
The scandal brewing at Mark Barclay’s Living Word Church — which includes three ministers being convicted and sentenced for criminal sexual conduct with minors — now has two connections with the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers.

Liberalism Won't Admit What it Actually Stands For
Meet Hasan Piker, the streamer dividing Democrats in the midterms
The progressive Twitch commentator is a household name among political junkies. But do the debates he provokes carry into real-world politics?

beehiiv's CEO backs a MAGA candidate but don't pack your bags just yet.
Tyler Denk, CEO of beehiiv, endorsed MAGA candidate Spencer Pratt in the LA mayor race on Instagram. We knew this was coming. But it's not anything like what's happening at Substack.

I wonder if having some kind of "atproto Foundation" would help with fundraising for the broader atmosphere? Currently there is no easy way to invest in the atmosphere so would-be funders default to bsky cc @ecosystemaction.com
Erin Kissane
Knight Foundation's kind of an exception here, tbh, and has a specific interest that's different from the VCs—and also a specific connection into the protocol. I'd love to see them send money to a slew of atmosphere projects and I wouldn't be super surprised if they did.