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Welcome back to The Stratosphere, now broadcasting from Washington.
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Today, a scoop on a new Ron DeSantis event next month with a top Republican donor that’s already making waves in the ’24 shadow primary.
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- EMILY’s List & an S.B.F. Scoop: Women Vote!, a super PAC aligned with EMILY’s List, plans to set aside and return the $2.25 million that they received last cycle from Nishad Singh, the FTX executive who pleaded guilty last month to serving as a straw-donor for Sam Bankman-Fried. In its first public comments about its plans for the donation, and after being a bit of a holdout, the super PAC told me...
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The DeSantis-Lonsdale ’24 Beauty Pageant
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Joe Lonsdale, the outspoken Palantir co-founder and V.C., is rolling out the green carpet for Ron DeSantis at a splashy event next month. Will the rest of the Silicon Valley G.O.P. billionaires follow suit?
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The Republican shadow primary is now in full swing among Silicon Valley megadonors. I have recently learned that Joe Lonsdale, the outspoken investor and Palantir co-founder, is preparing to introduce Ron DeSantis to his network next month in Austin, his adopted hometown. About 200 of Lonsdale’s business and political contacts are expected to attend, including some who are flying in specifically for the event and the chance to meet the Florida governor...
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