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  1. #Musk lays groundwork for big #donor role in #midterm elections as time with #DOGE *ends*

    As billionaire #ElonMusk scales back work for #Trump, he’s laying the groundwork for a major role as a #Republican political #megadonor in next year’s midterm elections, according to 4 people with direct knowledge of the matter.

    #resist #DarkMoney #TheRealDeepState #USpol
    reuters.com/business/autos-tra

  2. Customs & Border Protection records revealed that #ClarenceThomas & his wife, #GinniThomas, took a round trip between Hawaii & New Zealand in Nov 2010 on #HarlanCrow’s private jet. Sen #RonWyden, #Democrat of Oregon, writing to Crow’s lawyer, demanded that he supply more info about the #financial relationship between the 2 men.

    #law #JudicialEthics #judiciary #corruption #ActivistCourt #DarkMoney #CourtReform
    static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/

  3. In an opinion essay in The WSJ, Justice #Alito responded to questions about his #PrivateJet travel to a #luxury fishing trip w/a #GOP #MegaDonor #billionaire who frequently has cases before the #SupremeCourt hours before the ProPublica article was published.

    The justice wrote he was not required to #disclose the trip or #recuse himself from his benefactor’s cases.

    #SCOTUS #DarkMoney #Influence #Law #JudicialEthics
    nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/poli

  4. Anybody wondering what I*m talking about re #KochNetwork #Cons - some great refs.
    - Ask the environmentalists - DesmogBlog
    - Tentoads4truth on Twitter - MegaThreads
    - Indies
    - dailykos RawStory truthout pressprogress
    - Books:
    - #DarkMoney -JaneMayerNewYorker
    - #DemocracyInChains -nancymaclean5
    - #ShadowNetwork - anelsona
    - Orgs
    #HeritageFoundation #CNP #ALEC #AmericaFirst #AmericansForProsperity #TurningPointUSA #FamilyValues #7Mountains #NAR ….
    #ChristofFascism 😱😡🤬

  5. POLL: What areas of money-in-politics are you most curious about as we head into the 118th Congress and the 2024 election cycle?

    Please boost this #poll for participation... #money #politics #campaignfinance #usa #lobbying #darkmoney #billionaire #megadonor #election #state #federal