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NEW:
@HerschelWalker
says he created the mental health program Patriot Support. But an
@AP
review reveals a celebrity spokesman who overstated his role in a program that allegedly preyed upon veterans and service members while defrauding the gov’t
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NEW: Turns out
@ewarren
had a big wine fundraiser of her own. Donors were treated to a Melissa Etheridge concert and those who gave $1,000+ got a souvenir wine bottle. It was part of a conventional fundraising operation she only recently opted to reject
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NEW: JR Majewski, a GOP House nominee who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, presents himself as a combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Air Force records obtained by
@AP
tell a different story.
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NEW:
@BernieSanders
says he doesn't want a super PAC and has attacked rivals who do. Yet he does have
@OurRevolution
, a nonprofit he founded that functions much like one.
Now legal experts tell
@AP
the group appears to be violating campaign finance law
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NEW: An
@AP
review of records from
@HerschelWalker
's business and divorce, many not previously reported, detail accusations that he repeatedly threatened to kill his ex-wife, exaggerated his success and alarmed associates. W/
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,
@JZBleiberg
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NEW: Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, now a leading Republican Senate candidate, was physically abusive and demonstrated such “unstable and coercive behavior” that steps were taken to limit his access to firearms, according to new affidavit from ex-wife
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NEW: AP sources say DeSantis campaign was in contract with his super PAC over spending decisions. Federal law prohibits this kind of coordination.
Via
@sppeoples
and
@TomBeaumont
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NEW:
@CommonCause
files FEC complaint alleging
@OurRevolution
, the nonprofit founded by
@BernieSanders
, broke campaign finance law. Comes after
@AP
reported on the groups activities earlier this month.
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“Over the weekend, another attorney, William Moran, told the AP he was working with Reade.
Moran, who works at a law firm in .. Maryland previously wrote and edited for Sputnik, a news agency founded and supported by the Russian state-owned media company”
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Mark Robinson calls the safety net a “plantation of welfare and victimhood”
His political rise wouldn’t have happened without it
Wife’s nonprofit:
-$7M in taxpayer $$$
-Paid $800k+ to family
-Allowed Robinson to quit job for politics
-ongoing state probe
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NEW: Turning Point turned MAGA politics into a lucrative lifestyle brand. They had less success helping the GOP win.
Featuring:
_ $4.75M mansion
_Charter travel
_ $15M to friendly vendors
_ A lavish wedding reception
_ Tige ski boat
_ $333k to Don Jr
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NEW:
@BernieSanders
has attacked
@JoeBiden
's past willingness to make Social Security "adjustments," which his allies say is a euphemism for cuts. News stories from the 1990s show Sanders was open to doing much the same.
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NEW: Amid an intense lobbying campaign, Sinema took $1M from private equity, VC and hedge funds before single-handedly thwarting her party’s longtime goal of raising their taxes
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NEW: Major donors to President Donald Trump's campaign have found a way to gain influence beyond writing massive checks. They're lending their private jets, too.
“He turned ‘the swamp’ into a gold-plated hot tub without a drain,” says
@Scaramucci
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NEW: Matt Mowers, a Trump WH official now running for Congress in New Hampshire, voted twice during the 2016 primary season, potentially violating voting law and leaving him at odds with the GOP’s intense focus on “election integrity.” w/
@hramer
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NEW: The former Chicago attorney who fought releasing the Laquan McDonald video is co-hosting a fundraiser for
@PeteButtigieg
today.
Jesse Jackson says he should skip it. Buttigieg, who has struggled with race, isn't commenting. w/
@emarvelous
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cesar Sayoc is an amateur body builder and former male stripper, a loner with a long arrest record who showed little interest in politics until Donald Trump came along.
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And here’s a picture of one of the pins that used to be awarded to donors who bundled over $50k for Elizabeth Warren
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AP Exclusive:
@VP
Mike Pence slated to attend Montana fundraiser hosted by proponents of the
#QAnon
conspiracy theory
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@Kunzelman75
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Moreno, his campaign and allies have made opposition to LGBT rights a campaign issue. Here’s an ad his super PAC is running:
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“We did a lot of bullshit when I worked there.”
Dr. Oz made a fortune as a pitchman. Some of the companies he worked closest with were investigated by federal authorities and accused of operating as illegal pyramid schemes
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@timelywriter
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NEW:
@OurRevolution
, the political group founded by
@BernieSanders
entered into a nondisclosure agreement with an African American political consultant who alleged racial discrimination w/
@apwillweissert
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NEW: John Fetterman kept a light sked as PA LG. 1/3rd of his daily schedules were blank. A typical day he did work was 4-5 hrs long. And he often missed state biz to do national media interviews, or for reasons unexplained.
W/
@timelywriter
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@BernieSanders
@OurRevolution
@AP
It's been pointed out that Our Revolution's 2018 990 tax form isn't widely out there. Happy to share our copy, which includes the schedule B that lists their largest donations (but not donors). "
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UPDATE 2: This is not the first time Patton was raising money for Buttigieg. He was also a co-host of a fundraiser in July. Buttigieg’s campaign is still not saying how much money he raised for them.
UPDATE: after
@AP
reported on the fundraiser, Buttigieg's campaign now says they have removed Patton from the event and are returning his donations.
“Transparency and justice for Laquan McDonald is more important than a campaign contribution."
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Forty lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than $10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose work potentially violates Trump’s own ethics policy, according to a report.
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NEW: As COVID surged, Dr. Deborah Birx said Thanksgiving should be limited to “your immediate household." The CDC urged no travel
Days later, Birx traveled to her Delaware beach house, gathering with family from two separate households
W/
@AamerISmad
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A co-founder of the Lincoln Project faced accusations of sexual harassment in June, but no action was taken as tens of millions of dollars flowed to the anti-Trump group.
Latest w/
@sppeoples
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“Jack Daniel's whiskey and Jimmy Tosh's hog farm are among those warning that Trump's trade policies — and the Republican candidates who support them — are hurting the very people who backed the Republican president in the first place.”
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NEW: In the early days of the pandemic, New Jersey
@RepMalinowski
scolded those looking to capitalize on the pandemic.
The Democrat did not heed his own admonition, trading as much as $1 million in companies that had a stake in the virus response.
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NEW: Previously undisclosed text messages obtained by The Associated Press and additional interviews show that the relationship between Cal Cunningham and a California woman extended beyond suggestive texts to an intimate encounter as recently as July.
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NEW: ActBlue shattered its own record in 2019, routing over $1B to Democratic candidates and causes.
By way of comparison, WinRed, the GOP’s answer to ActBlue that launched this year, took in $101M during the second half of the year.
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NEW: Does
@joniernst
have a dark money problem? Documents obtained by
@AP
raise the possibility that her ties to an outside group could violate campaign finance law. (Featuring special appearance by dieting guru Jenny Craig.)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lacking votes, Senate GOP leaders abruptly delay vote on health care bill until after July 4th recess.
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NEW: Biden raised $5.3 million online in the month of October. An average contribution of $28 from 182,000 donations. It’s a significant increase that the campaign hopes will quell the haters who say he lacks grassroots support.
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After 3 years, it’s time to say goodbye to Indiana. Details on my next
@AP
job TK soon. Will miss my editors, friends and colleagues. An extra special thanks to the following former senators and congressmen: Todd Rokita, Luke Messer, Marlin Stutzman, Evan Bayh, Joe Donnelly. -30-
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UPDATE: after
@AP
reported on the fundraiser, Buttigieg's campaign now says they have removed Patton from the event and are returning his donations.
“Transparency and justice for Laquan McDonald is more important than a campaign contribution."
NEW: The former Chicago attorney who fought releasing the Laquan McDonald video is co-hosting a fundraiser for
@PeteButtigieg
today.
Jesse Jackson says he should skip it. Buttigieg, who has struggled with race, isn't commenting. w/
@emarvelous
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ICYMI ---> Our scoop on Mayor Pete's visit to a renowned Napa Valley wine cave: Swarovski crystals, $900 cabernet and a Buttigieg fundraiser
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NEW: in Irvine, CA, where the median home price is $1.3M, Rep. Katie Porter's housing arrangement through the UC Irvine, where she has not taught in nearly four years, is a bargain. It’s also drawing scrutiny.
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The $983,000 she has collected since last summer more than doubled what the industry donated to her during all of her preceding years in Congress combined.
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GOP Indiana Senate candidate Todd Rokita — who once said government spending is “choking our economy and stealing freedom” — has spent $3M in public money on self-promotion
#INsen
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McCarthy leans in:
“Steve Wynn is one of the great innovators in the history of modern capitalism. I thank him for his continued support, and I look forward to working with him to retake the House Majority.” – Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy
NEW: A House Republican fundraising committee overseen by GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy received over $770,000 from Steve Wynn, a Las Vegas casino mogul who stepped down from his company in 2018 after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.
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“250 books is definitely not enough”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s staff prodded public institutions to buy copies of her books
Workers in other branches of gov’t would be barred from doing the same under ethics rules
w/
@etuckerAP
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"And for the second time in less than two months, Perdue’s timing was impeccable. He avoided a sharp loss and reaped a stunning gain by selling and then buying the same stock" w/
@rplardner
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NEW: A House Republican fundraising committee overseen by GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy received over $770,000 from Steve Wynn, a Las Vegas casino mogul who stepped down from his company in 2018 after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.
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Virtually all Democrats running for the White House rail against the flood of campaign cash that courses through the political system. But as the primary unfolds, it’s becoming clear that those pledges come with asterisks.
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Pretty sure AP has banned this phrase in leads, but happy to finally report that "it's official."
The talented
@BrianSlodysko
has broken so much news in Indiana. So happy he’s joining the
@AP
Washington bureau to cover money and politics!
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Republicans' chief impeachment investigator, James Comer, has intensely focused on Hunter Biden's use of shell companies, as well as his shadowy business associates.
@AP
found he has his own shell company and complicated friends.
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Lastly, here's a screengrab of a list of Majewski's postings, which his campaign emailed us. Afghanistan is not included. We asked multiple times if he ever went to Afghanistan in the course of doing his job, even if he never deployed there. They refused to answer.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue sold up to $5 million worth of stock in a company where he once served on the board. Weeks later, after shares nosedived, he bought much of it back — and it’s quadrupled in value since.
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Last Saturday, before Sinema helped secure a separate tax carve out for the industry, a Blackstone lobbyist sent the following email to Dem Sens: “Would you and your boss be willing to raise the alarm on this and express concerns with Schumer and team?”
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NEW: President Donald Trump recently accepted $1 million in campaign contributions from a couple whose vocal support for the QAnon conspiracy theory led to the cancellation of a fundraiser they were supposed to host for Vice President Mike Pence last month
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The GOP already faces a difficult Senate map. But some in the party say the problem may be bigger than that after 8 GOP senators voted to reject Biden’s win, stirring a corporate backlash. Rick Scott, the chief fundraiser for the NRSC, is one of them.
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“The allegations were first reported in The Atlantic. A senior Defense Department official with firsthand knowledge of events confirmed some of the remarks to The Associated Press, including the 2018 cemetery comments.”
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Since I've been asked, here's a copy of Majewski's DD214 with his reenlistment code included at the bottom.
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NEW: One warm fall evening in 2001, police in Irving, Texas, received an alarming call from Herschel Walker’s therapist. The football legend and current Republican Senate candidate in Georgia was “volatile,” had a gun and was scaring his estranged wife
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Donald Trump on Hemingway and the beauty of Twitter:
http://t.co/wOqwtUbyNK
http://t.co/AdRdEXafJL
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Turns out the Shortest Way Home is aboard a private jet: Buttigieg leads 2020 Dems in private flights
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Pretty amazing culture war item at the Indiana State Fair: Ronald Reagan doing a burnout in a supercharged American flag Camaro, shooting a revolver out of a busted-open windshield.
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Seriously. What’s going on at this school?
Roncalli principal apologizes for using N-word at school assembly
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AP Sources: Senate candidate .
@ToddRokitaIN
likely violated ethics laws as Indiana's secretary of state by repeatedly accessing Republican donor database from his government office, prompting party officials to lock him out of the system
#INSen
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New: JR Majewski’s campaign said last week he was demoted by the Air Force for a 2001 “brawl.” Records obtained since then by
@AP
show it was for a DUI. It’s the latest instance of records contradicting what Majewski told voters.
W/
@JimLaPorta
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NEW: One faces charges. Another was sued for using slurs at work. And the establishment pick acted in a horror movie where a zombie bit off a man's penis. The GOP primary for MI governor is shaping up as a battle of whose baggage is the least disqualifying
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NEW: Before Mike Johnson's election to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn't exist.
The school collapsed before opening amid infighting, claims of financial impropriety and accreditation challenges.
(fixes bad link)
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GOP Senate candidate
@braun4indiana
likes to talk about how his business is “made in America.” The only problem is that much of his own trademarked brand of auto accessories is made in China. We even made a purchase to prove it.
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It's not exclusive if the
@nwi
Times had it first
Exclusive: AG Curtis Hill 'grabbed' my buttocks. Legislator speaks out for first time.
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I got a new job, you guys: AP names Brian Slodysko as Indiana government reporter (from
@AP
)
http://t.co/ALLbq51vP5
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In the Year of Our Lord, 2019, an actual thing I received in the mail at work.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A half-dozen senior advisers to President Donald Trump have repeatedly voted by mail, according to election records obtained by The Associated Press, undercutting the president’s argument that the practice will lead to widespread fraud.
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.
@ToddRokitaIN
calls
@AP
’s story on him likely breaking ethics law by repeatedly accessing a GOP donor database on state time “fake news.” Yet his campaign hasn’t disputed the facts. Nor have they produced an IG ethics opinion that they insist gave him permission to do so.
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APNewsBreak: Donald Trump’s re-election campaign orders
@ToddRokitaIN
to take down misleading “Trump/Pence” endorsement yard signs. Rokita reax: "We do not comment on yard sign strategy."
#INSen
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NEW:Joe Kent’s story of military valor and unfathomable loss helped make him a conservative star. But Kent has cultivated ties to right wing extremists since launching his U.S. House bid in WA state. That includes a Proud Boy on his payroll.
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Because people are raising this question: this is an analysis of how he spent his time before his stroke. Not after.
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New year, new gig
Our 2021 Congress team will be led by
@dweaverDC
and chief correspondent
@LisaMascaro
, and some of the most experienced reporters in town:
@APAndrewTaylor
@asfram
@MCJalonick
@APkfreking
@BrianSlodysko
and
@padmananda
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AP Exclusive: Pence family's gas station empire left behind costly environmental legacy in 3 states
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A VIP party? Some might call that "elite."
Just arrived at the
@ToddRokitaIN
party. Pretty small crowd so far, but there is apparently a VIP party going on too.
#INSen
#primaryelectionresults
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Washington Crossing the Delaware (aka our cat Beyoncé looking out as we leave Indiana)
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Lonely cash bar at the Wilson party. Maybe it's early. But maybe $16 a well drink is too much for a working man.
http://t.co/DEvrM4EEIq
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In the text messages to her friend, Guzman Todd told her she was intimate with Cunningham in his home, which she later characterized as “weird.”
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After getting rapped on the knuckles by Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, it appears
@TeamRokita
is covering up Trump-Pence endorsement mentions with painters’ tape.
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Says the guy who said the same thing when
@ap
reported on him potentially breaking Indiana ethics law
A
#FreePress
is essential to a free republic. However, the measures taken by our fake news media has diminished their credibility. Informing our citizens should never be contingent on political vendettas. TY
@POTUS
for not succumbing to the liberal media elite and their agenda.
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FACT CHECK: TRUE
“If you were a child in the ’80s or ‘90s — and maybe even if you were an adult — you probably lost a few nights’ sleep to ‘Unsolved Mysteries.’”
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Congrats to
@aric_chokey
, who just three year ago was an
@AP
temp working with me in the basement of the Indiana Statehouse.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has ordered the military’s independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, to cease publication at the end of the month, despite Congressional efforts to continue funding the century-old publication.
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Florida donors with state business fueled last months of DeSantis 2024 run
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Some dude just called the Sun-Times city desk asking for R. Kelly.
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