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Blue AF. Pro-democracy, pro-human rights, pro-animal rights, pro-environment. 🚫 DMs. 🚫 fascists. 🚫 Nazis. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum! Sic semper tyrannis 🦋 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇨🇦

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u... Slave ships in reverse??
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Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)
Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
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Germany’s Far Right Claims Its First Statehouse Speaker Since 1945 (Gift Article)
After winning a state election last month, the Alternative for Germany is the first far-right party to oversee a state legislature since the Nazi era.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Who’s the Shadow President?
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · October 1 · 36m
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...
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Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon (Gift Article)
The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Being born a girl shouldn’t have to come with survival instructions! #cornell #why #women
YouTube video by The Real Slim Sherri
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"No Jewish person in NYC is responsible for actions of Israel... critique of genocide is not antisemitic... we need a politics of humanity, not just at home but for people we're bombing." @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells Theo Von the genocide must stop & Bibi should be arrested
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/w...
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Russia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine (Gift Article)
Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Children are facing immigration judges alone. womenforward.substack.com/p/children-a...
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Children are facing immigration judges alone.
Here is how we fight back.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name - Inside Climate News
As a record breaking El Niño continues to grow in the Eastern Pacific, climate scientist Daniel Swain explains what may be in store for the next year as we brace for an El Niño “so far above anything ...
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Update: The Texas Tribune identified Gregory Feathers as the ICE agent who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned It Wasn’t Doing Enough About Security www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models (Gift Article)
Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/t...
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OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest Astra A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns (Gift Article)
The company’s researchers raised questions about the security of the model, known as GPT-6.1 Astra.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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For about $50, you can apply to be a Canadian citizen. But you will need to wait … for awhile. - The Boston Globe
When the amendment to the Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect in December 2025, the expected wait time for processing citizenship applications was about 9 months. Now it’s 33 months.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump banned three newsrooms from the White House on Friday, and by Monday evening, he had launched his own state television channel to fill the gap. The White House announced it is starting its own news channel, 24/7 on called Trump TV: The Essentials Station.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/09/2026
White House official Peter Navarro says it's "treasonous" for White House reporters to accurately report things like the fact that the Iran war is going poorly for the US
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"The price of heating oil, a fuel that is very similar to diesel, is up roughly 60% since the start of the war in Iran on Feb. 28. "Many Americans are heading into a 'much more expensive' winter..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
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Why the Iran War Will Make Heating Oil More Expensive for Some This Winter
The cost of heating oil, which is similar to diesel and used extensively in Northeastern states, has climbed sharply because of the war in Iran.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is hilarious. 😂 😂
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
HHS wants to relax regulations on human subject research (The Common Rule). For example, they want to redefine “undue influence” on vulnerable human research subjects (children, prisoners, disabled, culturally disadvantaged). 1/
From the federal register: The foundational framework for human subjects protection in the United States was established by the National Research Act of 1974 in response to widespread public concern over unethical biomedical and behavioral research practices. Following its passage, the then-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare issued the first version of 45 CFR part 46. These regulations established institutional review boards (IRBs) as the key mechanism for oversight and ethical review of human subjects research. While these protections remain vital, the current regulatory framework no longer reflects the realities of modern research.
In 1991 the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, known as the Common Rule, was formally adopted by HHS and 15 other federal departments and agencies. Although the last major revision in 2017 introduced several changes to modernize human subject protections while reducing unnecessary regulatory burden, investigators and institutions have continued to report that the Common Rule imposes unnecessary burdens and unclear requirements, particularly for minimal-risk studies. For example, the Department has received feedback that applying the Common Rule remains cumbersome for research within Learning Healthcare Systems and for other research methods that are integrated into clinical care settings and are intended to improve the quality and safety of medical care.
Without additional changes intended to clarify ambiguities, expand flexibilities, and redirect protective measures toward high-risk activities, the rights and safety of research participants as well as scientific breakthroughs can be impeded. Examples of how this rulemaking will address these issues include expanding exemptions for certain additional types of low-risk research, incorporating flexibilities for de minimis protocol changes, and clarifying key terms such as the definition of undue influence. These reforms will reduce ambiguity and undue administr…
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
a tributary connected to the Hackensack River. Crews have been working to contain and clean up the spill, but the extent of damage to wetlands and wildlife may take time to fully understand. This is exactly why the rapid expansion of massive data centers deserves far more scrutiny!
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Data Center Spills 5,500 Gallons Of Diesel Into North Jersey Creek
The spill happened Friday night at Equinix data center, which is located on Hartz Way and is expanding.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
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Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Manta Rays Need Healthy Oceans — Tell Congress to Act. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/mant...
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Manta Rays Need Healthy Oceans — Tell Congress to Act
Manta rays move through the ocean with an almost effortless grace, crossing vast stretches of water in search of food and the places they need to survive. But their journeys are becoming more dange...
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Palestinian people deserve our discomfort, Ed. They deserve to be on our breath because the voices of white people can carry their cries to people in the world who need to hear them, despite how uneasy it makes them... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/hey-ed-she...
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Hey, Ed Sheeran, Palestine Is Dying In White Silence Like Yours.
Hey Ed Sheeran,
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is National Voter Registration Day! Go to iwillvote.com to double-check your voter registration so that you’re prepared to vote for Democrats up & down the ballot! Make a vote plan! Many states including CA allow early voting! Ballots start going out to California voters on 10/5/26! #Bluewave!
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 15/09/2026
This would end careers BT.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
substack.com/@closertothe... Haven’t we thought all along that he’s a Russian asset?
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WHAT PUTIN HAS ON TRUMP
On August 12th, 2025, Alnur Mussayev, the former head of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin possesses a comprehensive kompromat file on Donald J.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is why using questionable data to investigate voters should concern everyone. Bad data doesn’t just create a bad spreadsheet. It can put an American citizen into a federal law enforcement system.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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AI researcher says there is 'substantial probability' AI could kill all humans in next decade
YouTube video by NBC News
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Anthropic Is Building a Huge Surveillance System to Spy on Anti-AI Activists and Predict Their Activities
The AI lab is reportedly building out a dragnet not just to surveil protestors, but to predict "threat engagement" before it happens.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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The 50501 Movement (@50501)
**ATTENTION** Go check your voter registration to make sure you are eligible to vote. We are coming up quickly on midterms. Make sure you are prepared and able to vote. ⚠️ HOWEVER. DO NOT GO...
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine if the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I called it. That is why he’s been traveling around the country doing political rallies at taxpayer expense in the middle of the week.
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defiantinblue.bsky.social @defiantinblue.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms (Gift Article)
The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.
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