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22 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
1. Andrew Yang's NYC mayoral campaign is backed by a super PAC heavily supported by Philly-area hedge fund billionaire Jeff Yass
2. Yass has also been implicated as a major donor to an Israeli, right-wing pro-settlement think tank whyy.org/articles/jewis…
3. Yang recently got in hot water for his unabashedly pro-Israel tweet in its conflict with Palestine cnn.com/2021/05/19/opi…
4. Time to connect the dots?

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