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NEW at @tytinvestigates: I mapped out the numerous rightwing, GOP megadonors who have funded the career of conservative star Ben Shapiro. It's not just Daily Wire funders: tytnetwork.com/2018/07/31/ben…
@tytinvestigates Explore this interactive @twittlesis map here: littlesis.org/maps/3266-ben-…
@tytinvestigates @twittlesis Turning Point USA and Young America's Foundation, which both provide and promote Shapiro speaking gigs, are also funded by rightwing billionaires.

Shapiro is part of the trend of old, wealthy conservatives funding millennials to spout out free-market talking points to young ppl
@tytinvestigates @twittlesis Also just want to assure everyone that Jonathan Banks is in fact not the Texas fracking billionaire owner of Daily Wire.
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They went to court with zero evidence of what they're publicly alleging to the media & all over social media.
Amazing: Rick Scott's team's argument is that "the public has lost confidence" in the process.

Scott & other Republicans have been making evidence-free claims about Dems trying to steal the election **w/ obvious purpose of diminishing public confidence**
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The day after the election, not a single caravan mention on Fox News' front page. You have to scroll WAY down to mind the only mention: in the World section.
At the white supremacist Breitbart, NOT ONE story on the caravan.
Gateway Pundit? NOTHING on the caravan. Compare today (L) with a site search of "caravan" (R) which includes one from yesterday.
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So it appears that Manafort's associate illegally used a "straw purchaser" to buy $50k worth of Trump inauguration tickets for at least 2, probably 3, pro-Russia Ukrainians.
ok, so one Russian in fact.
And note this, uh, fairly large sum of mystery money.
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1. Counterpoint: AnonymousQ1776 gave Twitter the what-for today. They did not "get owned," because you can't harm the reputation of a rando anonymous Twitter feed. But they did accomplish 2 things: a) they acquired 2000 new followers in 24 hrs & b) they created a distraction.
2. First of all, and I really do hate to say this, but Ben Shapiro is right...there simply were not any conservatives of note (who tweet under their own name) who made fun of AOC dancing. Almost no, actual, existing conservatives thought this video "owned the libs."
3. But what we perhaps didn't notice as much today was that Ben, and many other conservative pundits, were glorying in the fact that Trump tweeted out a racist meme created by Shapiro's compatriots at the Daily Wire. Trump's tweet got 20X more rt's than the AOC dancing video.
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@Jim_Jordan Any #Trump sycophant, alleged pedophile protector, trying to besmirch this hero, while his own children will have to suffer from the decisions made for the country, is sad. Why wouldn't the #GOP make it an open door session if they had nothing to hide? Your reign ends soon.
@Jim_Jordan As time passes, more comes to light, with the Steele dossier, Trumps alleged involvement in Epstein child sex ring where Secretary Acosta stopped the FBI investigation before more suspects could be arrested, and money laundering campaign contributions from Russian operatives.
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Gee, maybe the conservative argument for free speech on campus is not in good faith. State officials who were just last year used free speech as an excuse to curb student protest are now reprimanding a Chancellor because they disliked his speaker 1/ eu.jsonline.com/story/news/edu…
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Mark Judge writes for Brent Bozell's "Christian" media empire, which is funded by Mercer money.

Cambridge Analytica, which worked for Ted Cruz's presidential campaign before Donald Trump's, was also funded Mercer money.

PLEASE. KEEP. DIGGING. HERE.
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@cnsnews Brent Bozell endorsed Ted Cruz for president in July 2015:
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You should go to the FBI before they come to you, @benshapiro.

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Manafort shopped a story around. Ben Shapiro wrote 3. So, what did it cost?
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"How are media narratives formed?"

Well, Johnny. This is how. A group like Media Matters pulls the strings. It's a topic that can easily fall into conspiracy territory if you aren't careful in your approach with talking about it. dailywire.com/news/19445/11-…
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Just hold on a sec.

I understand. Talking about this sort of stuff seems ludacrious to the average joe.

If you'd rather not read this thread, I'm not forcing you to.
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