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Mar 10 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The @sixers are not letting people into tonight’s game wearing this Ben Simmons Dickhead shirt. Image
.@WellsFargoCtr Vendor: “Tonight we’re taking the caps off the waters.” Image
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Jan 29
WHY WE DID THIS STORY: @ShaneGoldmacher & I debated whether the limitations of assessing “dark money” made it worth trying at all.

We decided the difficulty was not a good reason to shy away.

In fact, the opacity was partly why we deemed this worthwhile. nytimes.com/2022/01/29/us/…
Secretive nonprofit spending shapes much of our politics, from campaigns to fights over voting rules & SCOTUS seats.

But it's difficult to get info about the donors & groups.

That's partly thanks to lax disclosure rules, & partly because some groups further obscure the $ flow.
There's no way to comprehensively search top spending groups.

They have file to file public tax returns (990s), but they're sparse, can be tough to obtain & come 12+ mos. after the relevant election.

That’s why we’re posting this story now — nearly 15 months after Election Day.
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Jan 29
Democrats complained for years about secretive political spending.

But in 2020, as they worked to beat Trump & take the Senate, they outpaced Republicans in “dark money,” @ShaneGoldmacher & I found in a @nytimes analysis.

Free link for non-subscribers: nytimes.com/2022/01/29/us/…
Our analysis found that 15 of the most politically active nonprofits that generally align with Democrats spent more than $1.5 BILLION in 2020, compared to roughly $900 million spent by a comparable sample of 15 of the most politically active groups aligned with Republicans.
So-called "dark money" is difficult to track & quantify.

We spent a lot of time honing our methodology, but we acknowledge it is imperfect for reasons I detail in the linked thread.

We welcome your thoughts on what we could have done differently.
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Nov 21, 2021
As they push back on BIDEN's big domestic policy bill, @SenatorSinema & @Sen_JoeManchin have been actively courting prominent Republican donors, many of whom have given to the Democrats for the 1st time this year, including:
➡️HARLAN CROW
➡️JIMMY HASLAM
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 nytimes.com/2021/11/21/us/…
MANCHIN & SINEMA took fundraising swings thru Texas (in July & Sept, respectively) that yielded GOP $, including separate events at BRINT RYAN's $18M home that were facilitated with help from Ryan's partner JEFF MILLER, a top fundraiser for @GOPLeader. 2/ ryan.com/europe/about-r…
Among the major GOP donors who gave to JOE MANCHIN for the 1st time this year:
➡️HAROLD HAMM: oil billionaire who pushed TRUMP to deregulate energy.
➡️ROY BAILEY: finance official for TRUMP's inauguration & c4.
➡️ANDY BEAL: donated $3M to TRUMP super PAC.
➡️TREVOR REES-JONES.
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Jul 20, 2021
NEW: @amazon paid JEFF RICCHETTI (the brother of top BIDEN WH adviser STEVE RICCHETTI) $90k over the last 3 months to lobby on legislation/regulations related to:
➡️online consumer privacy
➡️minimum wage
➡️unilateral digital services taxes
lda.senate.gov/filings/public… Image
The lobbyist JEFF RICCHETTI is the brother top BIDEN advisor STEVE RICCHETTI.

In the 1st half of 2020 (under TRUMP), Jeff Ricchetti’s firm collected $370k in lobbying fees.

In the 1st half of 2021 (under BIDEN), Ricchetti’s firm collected $1.67M in fees. wsj.com/articles/lobby…
Since the election, companies with huge interests in US policy (@amazon, @GM & the co. behind the Keystone Pipeline) have signed JEFF RICCHETTI to lobby.

But the WH said STEVE RICCHETTI recuses himself from matters concerning his brother Jeff’s clients. wsj.com/articles/lobby…
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Jun 19, 2021
Trying to avoid watching the @sixers, but I’ll probably cave & tune in, since I am a Philly fan, & therefore a glutton for optimism-crushing disappointment.
At least Ben Simmons is trying to foul out. That will make this game somewhat easier to watch.
We are witnessing a Carson Wentz-level regression from Ben Simmons.
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Jun 10, 2021
NEW: Former RUDY GIULIANI associates PAVEL FUKS & ANDRII TELIZHENKO are sued by an estranged associate of Fuks who alleges Fuks (a developer who once discussed a Moscow project with TRUMP) is "an agent of Russian intelligence services, & a money launderer" documentcloud.org/documents/2080…
The suit was brought by YURI VANETIK, a prominent GOP fundraiser & sometime lobbyist.

In 2019, PAVEL FUKS had sued Vanetik for bilking him out of $200k he paid for VIP tickets to TRUMP's inauguration.

Fuks ended up watching the inauguration from a DC bar nytimes.com/2019/06/18/us/…
The suit alleges PAVEL FUKS sought contacts with
TRUMP by retaining well-connected lawyers & consultants, including RUDY GIULIANI.

Fuks paid Giuliani Security & Safety, which is now under scrutiny in the probe of Giuliani for possible FARA violations. thedailybeast.com/federal-invest…
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