Thread by @kenvogel

NEW @FEC: ANNETTE SIMMONS donated $500k to @CLFSuperPAC, which is trying to help the GOP take back the House.

She inherited $667M+ from her late husband, the influential GOP mega-donor HAROLD SIMMONS, who funded the Swift Boat attacks against JOHN KERRY.
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RUPERT MURDOCH's daughter-in-law KATHRYN MURDOCH, who has been increasingly stepping out as a Dem donor, last month gave another $3.1M to a bi-partisan PAC she founded called @UniteAmerica, bringing her total donations to the group to $5.6M. docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/…

TOP TRUMP VICTORY DONORS:
ROBERT H. & AMY BOOK: $1.2Mk
IKE & LAURA PERLMUTTER, Marvel CEO & wife: $1.2M
KELCY & AMY WARREN: $1M
WALTER & MARJORIE BUCKLEY: $900k
DOUGLAS SCHARBAUER: $581k
RANDALL VANWOLFSWINKEL: $531k
ANNETTE SIMMONS, widow of Harold: $500k
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TOP BIDEN ACTION FUND DONORS (& their hedge funds, private equity/VC firms):
JOSH & ANITA BEKENSTEIN (Bain Capital): $710k
ROB & AMY STAVIS (Bessemer): $610k
JAMES SIMONS (Euclidean Capital): $358k
CHARLES TAYLOR (TGS Management): $361k
TOM STEYER: $360k
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MURDOCH $$$ FOR BIDEN:

RUPERT MURDOCH's son, JAMES MURDOCH, & James's wife KATHRYN MURDOCH donated $615k each to @JoeBiden's joint fundraising committee BIDEN VICTORY on 6/30.

Other big $ came from:

JEFFREY KATZENBERG: $618k
LAURENE POWELL JOBS: $611k
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TOP BIDEN ACTION FUND DONORS (& their hedge funds, private equity/VC firms):
JOSH & ANITA BEKENSTEIN (Bain Capital): $710k
ROB & AMY STAVIS (Bessemer): $610k
JAMES SIMONS (Euclidean Capital): $358k
CHARLES TAYLOR (TGS Management): $361k
TOM STEYER: $360k docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/…