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Who Really Paid for Your Political Feed?

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Rebecca Gibian
Sep 23, 2025
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Just a few short weeks after a record-breaking election season that saw nearly $11 billion spent on ads, black SUVs ferried the ultra-wealthy from their private planes to a five-star hotel in Las Vegas.

The attendees were met there by some of the newest appointees to the incoming Trump administration, including Susie Wiles, who had just been chosen to be…

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