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16 Oct, 4 tweets, 3 min read
1/ DEEEEP DIVE: How QAnon infiltrated the @GOP, leaving many Republicans leaders with a brutal choice:

1) Reject it & alienate supporters who also ♥️ Q
2) Flirt for political gain w/ a bonkers conspiracy theory about Satan-loving, child-trafficking Dems businessinsider.com/how-qanon-infi…
2/ Our investigation took weeks to report/write & published as social media cos have effectively declared war against Q.

Reporter @eliza_relman spearheaded the piece, w/ reporting from @elvina_nawaguna @KaylaEpstein @tomlobianco @angelareplica & yrs trly businessinsider.com/how-qanon-infi…
3/ If you don't read even one of our QAnon story's 4,000+ words, come for the interactive graphic that'll blow your mind. businessinsider.com/how-qanon-infi…
4/ And major h/t to @johnjcook and @dsamuelsohn for editing and steering this piece.

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“Today, we fight for her legacy.”

.@KamalaHarris fundraising this morning for the Biden campaign and @dscc, evoking the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Not long ago such political fundraising would’ve been considered churlish. We’re far past that, though. ImageImage
Good catch from @IAStartingLine:
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SCOOPLET: Trump's campaign, Republican National Committee, @NRSC and other @GOP committees have together taken money from 80+ people representing themselves — potentially in violation of federal law — as QAnon employees and the like. businessinsider.com/qanon-donation…
We reached out several times to @TeamTrump, the @GOP and @NRSC to ask about these QAnon contributions. None of them returned @businessinsider's messages. businessinsider.com/qanon-donation…
** Top tweet says 80+ people, should say 80+ donations, as some individuals made multiple donations.
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